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SUMMARY:Seminar In Entrepreneurial Excellence - Finding Your Fit in an Entrepreneurial Venture – A Scientific Approach to Growing Your Team 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Baiada Center/Seminars in Entrepreneurial Excellence/February 29=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship Presents=0D=0A“Finding Your Fit in an Entrepreneurial Venture - A Scientific Approach to Growing Your Team”=0D=0A=0D=0AFebruary 29, 2012=0D=0A8:30 a.m. - Noon (Continental breakfast available at 8:15 a.m.)=0D=0ALaurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship=0D=0A3225 Arch Street, Ground Floor=0D=0ADrexel University's Main Campus      =0D=0A=0D=0AGetting the right people on the bus is one of the greatest challenges for every entrepreneurial venture.  Limited financial resources often compounds this challenge and makes it even more imperative to hire and train folks who are a good fit and provide value to the organization.=0D=0A=0D=0ABuilding on a 35-year foundation of research by Dr. Janice Presser and Dr. Jack Gerber, the Gabriel Institute created and validated technology that measures how people interact in teams. The resulting TGI Role-Based Assessment™ (RBA) incorporates a range of predictable individual and group performance variables that have not been directly measured by other forms of assessment:=0D=0A=0D=0A•  Coherence: expressed as positive, flexible, constructive teaming behaviors=0D=0A•  Role: the affinity for specific modes of service to an organization=0D=0A•  Teaming Characteristics: individual styles of responding and relating to others=0D=0A•  Job-fit: the right people performing the right tasks=0D=0A•  Role-pairing: known, replicable synergies between specific Roles=0D=0A=0D=0AAttend this Seminar in Entrepreneurial Excellence to:=0D=0A=0D=0A•  Choose better people!=0D=0A•  Build better teams!=0D=0A•  Drive better performance!=0D=0A=0D=0AThis Seminar in Entrepreneurial Excellence is a two-part experience.  Participants will complete the Gabriel Institute Role-Based Assessment™ online by February 27.  A Self-Directed Report that outlines areas in which they excel and areas where improvement would be beneficial will be generated. These reports will be brought to the seminar on February 29 and the results will be discussed to reveal to participants the process for adding the right team members to help their growing businesses succeed.=0D=0A=0D=0AInstructor:  =0D=0A=0D=0ABruce H. Rubin is a principal in the consulting company BHR Global Associates, Inc.; a partner in the consulting company Nenko Advisors International, LLC; and an agent for The Gabriel Institute and its Role Based Assessment.  Bruce provides expertise and assistance in the areas of global sourcing, supply chain management, product development, logistics support, as well sales and marketing support.=0D=0A=0D=0ABruce has over thirty years experience in product development and introduction, supply chain management, purchasing, inventory management and systems implementation, and has developed forecasting models and led the materials planning and purchasing efforts for two mid-sized consumer products companies.  He has worked with most major retailers in the US, including Wal-Mart, Lowes, and Kmart, as well as their supply chain organizations, to develop new products.  He has personal contacts in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea, Germany, India and Israel for sourcing and product development.=0D=0A=0D=0ABruce has taught APICS certification classes and is a speaker at regional conferences on supply chain and materials planning. He holds a BS in Economics from Fairleigh-Dickinson University and an MBA in Business Management from Temple University.=0D=0A=0D=0ACost: $100 General Admission; $75 Drexel Alumni - Contact Debra Colbert-Maduforo at debbie@drexel.edu for coupon code. =0D=0A=0D=0AVisit baiadacenter.com/calendar to register.  For more information contact Terri Zobel at terriz@drexel.edu; 215-895-0302.=0D=0A				
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