Zenger Folkman to host 5th Annual Extraordinary Leadership Summit in Park City, Utah July 28 - August 1

SALT LAKE CITY, April 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenger Folkman is pleased to announce the fifth annual Extraordinary Leadership Summit. The Summit will feature best practice presentations by leadership development executives from Celgene, Deloitte, DirecTV, Renault, Sony PlayStation, and State of Minnesota. Zenger Folkman's award-winning leadership development programs will also have a featured role in the 2014 agenda including The Extraordinary Leader™, The Extraordinary Coach™, The Inspiring Leader™, Advancing The Extraordinary Leader™, and their newest program Elevating Feedback™.  The conference will take place July 28 - August 1, 2014 at Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.

With more than 75 years experience, Zenger Folkman is an acknowledged leader in the training and development space. Recently, Zenger Folkman was awarded as one of Training Industry's Top 20 Leadership companies of 2014. The company's founders, Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman, were acknowledged as ISA's 2014 thought leaders of the year, and Jack was recognized as the Top Leader in HR.com's Leadership 500 Excellence Awards. Zenger Folkman's extensive experience and more than a decade of empirical research serves as the cornerstone for their development programs, each proven to increase leadership effectiveness and drive employee engagement.

"What organizations need now, more than ever, is extraordinary leaders," said Jack Zenger, CEO and co-founder of Zenger Folkman. "They need people who are willing to step up, work hard, and become more inspiring and extraordinary. Our leadership development programs will boost leaders' effectiveness at motivating others to reach higher levels of performance to create organizational success. The results they achieve will improve employee satisfaction, increase engagement and commitment, boost employee productivity, encourage innovation, and increase profitability."

Organizational leaders at all levels - from C-level executives to first-line supervisors - will benefit from this four-day interactive experience that employs assessment, experiential learning, discovery, short lectures, group discussions, and practice sessions. Each session will include feedback that will assist in engaging and educating established and emerging leaders. At the conclusion of the workshops, participants will have completed an individualized plan with concrete goals and actions to generate personal changes that will help to drive positive business outcomes for their organizations.

"If you play a strategic role in identifying and implementing development programs in your organization, or if you are interested in your own development, register now to attend," said Joe Folkman, president of Zenger Folkman."We offer an ideal opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and learn new ways to approach leadership development."

The Annual Extraordinary Leadership Summit will be held July 28 - August 1 at Deer Valley in Park City, UT. Participants who register by June 1, 2014 will receive $100.00 off the registration fee. Enter code: EARLYBIRD. Register HERE to attend.

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Zenger Folkman is the authority in strengths-based leadership development. Their award-winning programs employ research-based methods that improve organizations and turn good managers into extraordinary leaders.

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