Empowered Leadership:

How well do you understand YOU? Are you aware of your own behaviors and how they impact every conversation and relationship? Do you know the triggers that influence these behaviors? Is it possible to improve your relationship with others by first recognizing, and then modifying your own thoughts and behaviors? What drives your behavior – is it the external event or is it something else? How can you changing help, when it’s the behavior of others that creates your pain? These questions and more are answered in "EmPowered Leadership" where you learn that constructive conversations, honest communications and harmonious relationships cannot begin without a greater understanding of YOU.

Thursday evening, April 22, 2010
TIME: 6:00 PM Sign-in & Networking; 7:00 PM: Dinner; 8:00 PM: Presentation
COST: Free to members of PMI Silver Spring and PMI Baltimore, and staff and students of UMBC. All others pay $7.
PDUs: This event is worth 1 PDU.

LOCATION: UMBC - South Campus- Technology Center, Technology Workforce Enterprise Building

Directions to the UMBC Technology Center 

UMBC Technology Center, Technology Workforce Enterprise Building
1450 South Rolling Road, Baltimore, MD 21227-3898

From Baltimore: Take I-95 South (follow Washington signs.) Pass Beltway (I-695) exit. Next exit (47B) will be I-195 - take exit and bear right (North towards Catonsville. DO NOT GO SOUTH ON I-195 TOWARDS BWI AIRPORT). Continue on I-195 North. Stay in the middle lane and go PAST the UMBC exit on the right until you come to the stop sign at Rt.166 (Rolling Road). Turn left onto Rolling Road (Rt.166) (South towards Arbutus). Go 1/2 mile to sign for "South Rolling Road" (There is also a sign to "Gun Road." – if you start to go over a bridge, you've gone too far.) Turn right. Road immediately forks, left-hand fork is the road leading to the UMBC Technology Center. After driving a short distance on this road, you will pass a guard’s station on your left. Just past the guard’s station, you will want to bear towards your right and drive up a short hill. The Technology Workforce Enterprise Building is located at the top of this hill on your right. There will be a parking lot (also on your right) just before you reach the top of the hill.

From Washington: Take I-95 North (toward Baltimore). Pass Harbor Tunnel (I-895) exit. Next exit (47B) will be I-195 - take exit and bear left, under I-95, North towards Catonsville. DO NOT GO SOUTH ON I-195 TOWARDS BWI AIRPORT. Continue from directions above.

Sheila Savar, President and CEO, The Savar Institute

Sheila Savar is the president and CEO of The Savar Institute, a prestigious firm she founded in 2002 that specializes in the human element of business - the leadership, communication and interpersonal skills necessary for the successful performance and completion of every job. Sheila believes in Human Sigma and the importance of developing people – a company’s greatest resource – in order to advance business. This belief aligns her mission with her passion: helping people to succeed — personally and professionally—so they may lead more joyful and rewarding lives. Before starting her firm, Sheila enjoyed a successful 20+ year career in sales, customer care and executive management, working for a broad range of companies from start-up ventures to Fortune 100. She is a transformational speaker and facilitator whose motivational style inspires people to take actions that lead them to enjoy greater success and happiness. In 2008 she authored her first book on her most requested speaker topic. The Power of Networking is an easy-to-read and practical how-to guide for achieving career and business success, and it is receiving much acclaim and great reviews.