Instructor: Rick Lochner

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Rick Lochner is an accomplished coach, facilitator, college professor, keynote and workshop speaker, author and foremost, a leader. His vision is to help business owners, corporate and non-profit teams and individual professionals make leadership a way of life. Rick grew up in the military. During the 20 years his father was in the army Rick and his brothers and sister moved 26 times. He learned to adapt quickly to his changing environments and from an early age became a very goal-driven individual. Rick has over 30 years of leadership experience in the military, fortune 100 companies, and through his own entrepreneurial and non-profit ventures. Rick is the author of The Missing Piece - Achieving Sustainable Success through Business Alignment

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There was a time when leaders believed they could make unemotional decisions. Brain research over the last 20 years proves that every decision leaders make has an emotional element to it. How do leaders effectively identify and manage not only their own emotions, but the emotions of the members of their team? This interactive session will delve into the current best practices around emotional intelligence including an individual self-assessment of each participants current level of understanding of their own emotional best practices. Participants will then return to their workplaces with tools they can immediately implement to have positive impact on how they manage theirs and others emotions, especially in difficult situations.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, WDC*D124
There is a saying that change is constant yet growth is not. As humans are hard-wired for consistency and stability, managing change is one of the most difficult challenges leaders face today. In this interactive session, participants will learn how to manage both the substantive and the emotional elements of change as well as how to best effectively communicate in change situations. Participants will also learn methods and tools to effectively manage resistance to change, an occurrence that is a given in any change situation, regardless of the level or complexity of the change effort.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, WDC*D124
Gone are the days when employees stayed with an employer for 20 to 30 years. With the rapid retirement rate of the Baby Boomers and the rapid rise of a technology infused workplace, employee turnover is the new headline for today's leaders. In this interactive session, participants will learn the value of developing a culture of trust and how to manage the modern workforce that views work differently than previous generations. Now more than ever, leaders must fully lean into the value of purpose and inclusion as a means to attract the talent needed to create sustainable success in their organization. Participants will leave this session with the tools to do just that.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, WDC*D124