WMCO to host interactive online leadership series
Barry Reid LMI Canada WMCO Leadership series

HANOVER, Ontario — The Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario will once again host its popular LMI Leadership Series of bi-weekly interactive online workshops.

Each of the two-hour “Effective Leadership Development” sessions will be presented by Barry Reid, business and executive development specialist of Leadership Management International Canada. Reid has spent the past 17 years helping leaders take command of their mindset, elevate performance, and unlock their full potential. He was named Facilitator of the Year for the Americas in both 2019 and 2021 and has received multiple production awards for his impact and excellence.

Reid’s structured, eight-part course is designed to help professionals in the wood manufacturing sector build essential leadership competencies, improve communication, and enhance productivity.

The program begins with a one of two pre-session goal setting sessions on May 7 and concludes with graduation presentations on Nov. 5.

Course content and schedule  

Pre-Conference Goal Setting
Thursday, May 7 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Pre-Conference Goal Setting
Thursday, May 21 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Kick-Off Meeting / Planning Tool Training
Thursday, June 4 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Goal Setting
Thursday, June 18 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson One: Successful Leaders are Made, Not Born
Thursday, July 2 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Two: Improving Results Through Better Time Management
Thursday, July 16 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Three: Exercising Authority Effectively
Thursday, July 30 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Four: The Art of Delegation
Thursday, August 13 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Mid-Term Review
Thursday, August 27 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Five: Effective Communication
Thursday, September 10 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Six: Motivating People to Produce
Thursday, September 24 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Seven: Preventing and Solving Problems
Thursday, October 8 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Lesson Eight: Developing People’s Potential
Thursday, October 22 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Participant Graduation Presentations
Thursday, November 5 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Learn more and register.

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Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a Chicago-based communications firm focused on the industrial woodworking sector. Rich is the former long-time editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has toured more than 250 woodworking operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has written extensively on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars including the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Canada’s largest woodworking show.