Leadership, A Growing Focus by Organizations and Topic Trend at Worldwide Conferences, Tips On Avoiding Leadership Burnout

Online, October 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - AmyK International, Inc. is today announcing that its founder, CEO and Intelligence Activist, AmyK Hutchens, is noting a marked shift in companies and organizations moving focus from tactical topics, such as sales, to those that are more strategic, such as leadership, especially in the past 14 months. AmyK, who has made 700+ presentations around the globe to thousands of executives, is slated to emcee/speak on the theme of leadership recovery at four upcoming, high profile conferences and has also noted a growing majority of organizations seeking leadership training over sales and other more tactical topics. AmyK will keynote the Vistage National Chair Development Conference (November 4-6 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel); the NIPA Management Conference (January 15-17 at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona); the BSCAI CEO Seminar (January 20-22, 2011, at The Westin Resort Aruba), to name a few, on topics of leadership.
"Leaders are suffering from their own business hangover. During our recent political in-fighting and economic uncertainty, businesses have had their nose to the grindstone striving to do more with less. Everyone was so focused on surviving and cutting, they're just now looking up and realizing they have no clear next steps, limited vision and no energy," said AmyK. "As a result, 70 percent or more of organizations are now coming to us asking for leadership training over sales and other more tactical topics-the focus has flip flopped-and even for those that are coming to us for sales, we're discovering leadership and communication challenges at the root of their business development issues."
AmyK, who has worked with Martha Beck (Oprah's Life Coach, bestselling author and columnist for O), National Geographic, IBM, John Paul Mitchell Systems, to name a few, offers these three quick and easy tips for executive development that any business leader can practice to immediately improve his/her leadership performance:
• Focus on energy, not time. Time is a constant; energy is a manageable, renewable resource. What's sucking out your energy and what refuels it? Your answers will influence your strategy for energy management within the constraints of time.
• Leadership happens one conversation at a time. Slow down and ask better questions. Focus on thought-provoking questions over reports. In meeting prep, devote at least five minutes to think of three to five questions that will lead to a more productive, more thought-provoking meeting. These five minutes will save you hours down the road.
• Create internal alignment. Step back and ask yourself: What am I resisting? What am I judging?
What am I attached to? Answer these three questions and you'll gain clarity, insight and a foundation for momentum.
AmyK will focus on healthy leadership and its influence on creating healthy companies when she addresses 600+ leaders and executive coaches throughout the next 90 days.