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OVERVIEW "The Times They Are A-Changin”   There are many practice opportunities for physicians to consider for the future.   Will you remain in solo practice? Merge with others to form a bigger single specialty, multi-specialty group or ACO?  Join a Foundation or University Affiliation?   This workshop will present a balanced discussion of options and issues for physicians to consider before making these important practice decisions.  This workshop has been presented for the California Medical Association /Western Leadership Academy for the last three years. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND This healthcare compliance workshop will be presented by experienced consultant, Debra Phairas, President Practice & Liability Consultants, LLC who has advised physicians in making these critical transitions including shoring up solo/small groups, merging practices, consulting on being acquired and negotiating compensation for physicians.  She has worked with over 1,800 practices since 1985.

OVERVIEW We will explore the difference between a severance package and aseverance agreement. You will learn the key elements of a severance agreement and what you need to do to afford your company maximum protection against employee lawsuits, administrative complaints with government agencies and whether your severance arrangements may be subject to ERISA laws. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND When done properly, severance arrangements can be an extremely valuable risk management tool for employers—but you need to be aware of the pitfalls. Many employers think that if they offer severance pay conditioned on certain restrictions that they have eliminated all legal risks, and assume everything is fine—until it’s not.  Severance Arrangements For example, do you condition severance pay on promises not to sue and other post-termination restrictions? Did you know that you might be contractually obligated to provide severance pay even if you do not have a written agreement? Did you kno

OVERVIEW LinkedIn has become much more than a career transition tool.  When used properly LinkedIn is a powerful business tool. In this webinar, we will explore who should be using LinkedIn as a business tool as well as the three activities you need to execute on LinkedIn to create real business value. Attendees of this webinar will be exposed to ideas and best practices which when adopted can provide the framework for using LinkedIn as a business tool. Using LinkedIn as Business Tool WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND LinkedIn has been purchased by Microsoft not because it’s a social media fad, rather because it provides significant business value to those who learn to use it correctly. In today’s highly connected and social communities LinkedIn is a business tool that should not be ignored. Primarily in a business-business environment, however also in a business-consumer environment, ignoring LinkedIn today will move you further into catch up mode in the next few years. AREAS COV

OVERVIEW Have you looked at how your company develops strategy lately? Is your organization poised to implement strategies that create value, generate growth and result in profits? Who thinks strategically in yourfirm? Strategy formation and strategic thinking have evolved; make sure your strategic thinking skills are keeping pace. You need to know the answers to these questions. Additionally you also need to know what tools still work and continue to be useful in the development of strategy and what new approaches might give your organization a kick-start to move to a new level of high performance. This course is designed to mesh the proven-by-practice strategies with new insights and ideas from a wide range of current strategic thinking. Managers learn by doing and gain a wider perspective of management practice through breakout sessions, practice exercises and case applications. Bring your strategic dilemmas to this program and get direction on up-to-date analytical and org

OVERVIEW This webinar is designed to assist bankers: Calculate cash flow utilizing the Uniform Cash Flow Analysis (UCA) method. Apply the analysis to better understand borrower’s cash flow. Compare the UCA method of calculating cash flow to the less effective traditional methods of determining cash flow. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND To better understand the benefits of utilizing UCA in analyzing cash flow. AREAS COVERED UCA Cash Flow Analysis and application of the analysis to better understand borrower’s cash flow: An Illustration on how Cash Flow Analysis is used to transition an Accrual Basis Financial Statement into a Statement of Cash Flow (or Cash Basis Statement) because loans are repaid with cash and not profits. Review of the Rules of Cash Flow which are essential in determining how much cash is generated from items on the balance sheet. Comparison of the UCA method of calculating cash flow to the less effective traditional

OVERVIEW You’ve heard of Agile and your competitors are starting toimplement Agile methodologies and are now getting product(s) to market faster and better than your organization.  How did they do this and why did they do it? In this agile project management training we will discuss the basic tenants of Agile and some of the more popular frame works involved in Agile transformation.  The topics will include outlines of these frame works, how the organization’s change can improve productivity, ROI and team morale. Agile helps teams respond to rapidly changing requirements and unpredictability through incremental, iterative work cadences. Agile methodologies are an often very successful alternative to waterfall, or traditional sequential development. Agile Development WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Being quick to market with your product and/or product changes is essential these days.  If you want to gain or at least keep current market share, being Agile is how you accomplish

OVERVIEW Compliance with ISO 9001 is merely the first step in the realization of its full potential. Compliance alone provides substantial protection against poor quality, and this protection is then often taken for granted. Poor quality is, however, only one of the Toyota production system's Seven Wastes. The other six can often be far more costly and, as they are built into the system, they are present 100 percent of the time. Use of the standard as a starting foundation, rather than a final objective or destination, with which to address these wastes enables organizations to realize enormous cost reductions, shorter cycle times, and other advantages that deliver world-class performance. Attendees will also learn Henry Ford's four key performance indicators (KPIs). All seven of the TPS's Seven Wastes can be expressed in terms of these KPIs, which are easy for everybody in the organization to understand and apply. This makes the shop floor, and also the organization