2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium & Award Dinner

April 27-28, 2012

Westin Chicago | River North

Transform Yourself,

Transform Your World

2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium & Award Dinner

The 2012 Transformational Leadership Award Dinner and Symposium is dedicated to facilitating the best of the human spirit—the yearning to learn, to grow, to serve, and to become our finest selves through leading others.

Join us for this unique and powerful opportunity as we celebrate a kind of leadership that touches the heart with both individual concern and universal vision, that engages the minds of all, and that puts into action the principles and ideals that draw out the best in all. This leadership sees new possibilities, sets new benchmarks, and discovers new answers to old problems.

For organizations to thrive in this challenging climate, transformational leadership is no longer optional—it is imperative. Through inspirational examples, such as Dr. Muhammad Yunus, and the latest social and emotional intelligence technologies, we have the opportunity to transform ourselves, our organizations, and our world.

Why Attend?> Hear and honor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, one of only

seven individuals to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize plus both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.

> Be inspired as a leader by talking with and hearing from other world-class leaders.

> Learn how to touch the hearts and minds of those you lead more powerfully than you already do.

> Take those you lead to heights of performance they never imagined reaching.

> Move your organization towards its full potential by focusing those you lead on an inspiring vision of what’s possible for them as individuals and as a team.

WELCOMEto a Celebration of Transformational Leadership

2012 Transformational Leadership SymposiumWestin Chicago | River North 320 North Dearborn Street > Chicago, Illinois

Program Overview

Friday Evening, April 27, 2012

Transformational Leadership Award Dinner6:00 p.m. – Reception

7:00 p.m. – Dinner and Awards

Dr. Muhammad Yunus will accept the 2012 Transformational Leadership Award for his achievements as the pioneer of the micro-finance movement, as a social entrepreneur and humanitarian, and for his work in maximizing human potential and leading individuals to their best.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

VIP Breakfast and Panel DiscussionLeadership and Social Business7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

The symposium resumes on Saturday morning starting with an exclusive VIP breakfast panel on social business, followed by a full day program featuring speakers and panelists who will lead in-depth discussions on transformational leadership.

2012 Transformational Leadership SymposiumIgniting Transformational Leadership with Social & Emotional Intelligence9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (lunch will be served)

Presentations • Resonant Leadership• A World without Waste• ISO Applied to Social and Emotional Intelligence• Drive Transformation with Emotional Intelligence• Taking It Into Our Organizations

The 2012 Transformational Leadership Award

Dr. MuhaMMaD YunuSis a Nobel Peace Prize winner and recipient of both

the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the U.S.

Congressional Gold medal for his achievements as the

pioneer and catalyst of the micro-finance movement and

as a social entrepreneur and humanitarian. As a catalyst

of the micro-lending movement, he has changed the

face of humanity and humanitarian work by creating

and implementing an endeavor to empower poor

people with financial loans giving them the means to

achieve sustainable economic activity. As a founder

of the Grameen Bank, Dr. Yunus became a powerful

agent of economic independence for Bangladesh’s

poor, ultimately providing more than eight million

impoverished individuals the chance to climb out

of poverty. Dr. Yunus’ impact extends far beyond

Bangladesh: It’s been estimated that one in every

1,000 people on the planet is being helped by similar

socially responsible businesses.

Friday Evening, april 27, 20126:00 p.m. – Reception

7:00 p.m. – Dinner and Award

The program kicks off Friday evening with the Transformational Leadership Award Dinner at which U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois will introduce Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Brad Anderson, former CEO of Best Buy, will present Dr. Yunus with the 2012 Transformational Leadership Award for his achievements as the pioneer and catalyst of the micro-finance movement and as a social entrepreneur and humanitarian. The Award recognizes an individual who embodies the principles and practice of transformational leadership; namely, to inspire others to achieve extraordinary outcomes and realize their full potential. The award is a celebration of the human spirit and the capacity inherent in every individual to exceed limitations.

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Springfield, is the 47th u.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, the state’s senior senator, and the convener of Illinois’ bipartisan congressional delegation.

Durbin also serves as the assistant Majority Leader, the second highest ranking position in the Senate. also known as the Majority Whip, Senator Durbin has been elected to this leadership post by his Democratic colleagues every two years since 2006. In 2004,

he was elected as Minority Whip. Durbin is only the fifth Illinois Senator in history to serve as a Senate leader.

Elected to the u.S. Senate on november 5, 1996, and re-elected in 2002 and 2008, Durbin fills the seat left vacant by the retirement of his long-time friend and mentor, u.S. Senator Paul Simon.

Durbin sits on the Senate Judiciary, appropriations, Foreign relations and rules Committees. he is the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil rights and human rights and the appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government subcommittee.

2012Transformational LeadershipAward Dinner

Program > Saturday, April 28, 2012

VIP Executive Breakfast & Panel Discussion7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Leadership and Social BusinessThe VIP breakfast will be a dynamic event, bringing together Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus; Nobel Prize laureate in economic sciences, Dr. Roger Myerson; Brad Anderson, the former CEO of Best Buy; and Marc Lane, noted author and attorney for socially responsible businesses. This session will be a freewheeling dialogue among these dedicated leaders on how transformational leadership and economics can be leveraged to best serve social transformation. The panel discussion will be hosted and moderated by Dr. Robert Wright, co-founder of the Foundation for Transformational Leadership.

VIP Breakfast Panelists

Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in addition to being a Nobel Peace Prize winner and recipient of both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the U.S. Congressional Gold medal for his achievements as the pioneer and catalyst of the micro-finance movement, is a world

renowned economist. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with miniscule loans based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few. In his groundbreaking book, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (the sequel to Banker to the Poor), Yunus outlines his concept of social business—where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today’s most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet.

Saturday, April 28, 2012 > 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

VIP Breakfast & Panel Discussion

Brad Anderson

Brad Anderson is the former CEO of Best Buy and went on to serve on its board. Mr. Anderson is the 2009 recipient of the Transformational Leadership award and currently sits on the board of directors for seven major corporations, including Waste Management, Inc. He is an innovative,

creative international business leader who embraced personal and organizational transformation to build one of the great retail success stories of our lifetime. Dedicated to his belief in the unlimited potential of all of Best Buy’s 180,000 employees, Anderson was part of the leadership team that took Best Buy from three local record retail stores in Minnesota to the fifty billion dollar global retailer of today.

Marc J. Lane

Marc J. Lane, author of Social Enterprise: Empowering Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs, is a nationally recognized business and tax attorney and an expert in socially responsible and mission-related investing. The author of 34 books on corporate organization, management, taxation,

investment, and social enterprise, Mr. Lane spearheaded legislation to create Illinois’ low-profit limited liability corporation model to aid companies with limited financial prospects but significant potential for positive social impact.

Dr. Roger Myerson

Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in recognition of his contributions to mechanism design theory. Professor Myerson has made seminal contributions

to the fields of economics and political science. He is the author of Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict (1991) and Probability Models for Economic Decisions (2005). Professor Myerson has a PhD from Harvard University and taught for 25 years in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University before coming to the University of Chicago in 2001. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences.

Igniting Transformational Leadership with Social & Emotional IntelligenceFollowing the VIP breakfast and panel discussion, the Transformational Leadership Symposium continues with an extraordinary gathering of some of the best minds in the field of social and emotional intelligence and transformational leadership.

The Session Leaders

Dr. Richard Boyatzis

Professor, Case Western Reserve University and Adjunct Professor, ESADE

resonant Leadership

Dr. Richard Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor, as well as Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University and Adjunct Professor at ESADE. He is the author of more than 150 articles and books on leadership, competencies, EI, coaching, and change from a complexity perspective, including: The Competent Manager; Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee, in 28 languages; Resonant Leadership, with Annie McKee; and Transforming Qualitative Information.

Saturday, April 28, 2012 > 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium

Jim LiautaudClinical Professor, University of Illinois - Chicago

ISO applied to Social and Emotional Intelligence

Jim Liautaud, Clinical Professor, University of Illinois - Chicago, researches and implements ISO processes for implementing positive behavior change in the area of Emotional Intelligence. His Process-directed Emotional Intelligence (PdEI) ISO behavior processes and P^EI system are clinically proven to increase Emotional Intelligence in all participants and have been implemented in a wide variety of organizations, from the Chicago Public School System to Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and Young Presidents’ Organization. Prior to his academic career, Liautaud was awarded 65 patents, founded four manufacturing companies and was the founding investor of four start-ups including Jimmy Johns, Raffles, National Interstate, and Blue Rhino.

David P. SteinerChief Executive Officer, Waste Managment, Inc.

a World without Waste

David Steiner is chief executive officer for Waste Management, Inc. Prior to being elected CEO in March 2004, Steiner was Waste Management’s chief financial officer. Steiner joined Waste Management in November 2000 as vice president and deputy general counsel and was appointed senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary in July 2001. In April 2003, he was elected CFO. He joined WM from Phelps Dunbar, a law firm in New Orleans, La. Prior to that, he was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in San Jose, Calififornia. Mr. Steiner holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University and a Law degree from University of California, Los Angeles.

Saturday, April 28, 2012 > 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium

Session Leaders, continued

Dr. Robert Wright

Co-founder of the Foundation for Transformational Leadership

Drive Transformation withEmotional Intelligence

Considered by many to be one of the leading thinkers in human development, Dr. Robert Wright is an internationally recognized visionary, educator, program developer, author, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and executive coach. In the course of coaching and training hundreds of C-level executives, Dr. Wright developed the Wright Model of Human Growth and Development. Called “one of the most powerful and comprehensive models of its kind,” it forms the core curriculum at Wright and the Wright Graduate Institute, which Dr. Wright co-founded. He is also the author of Beyond Time Management: Business with Purpose and People Skills.

Dr. Judith Wright

Co-founder of the Foundation for Transformational Leadership

Drive Transformation withEmotional Intelligence

A media favorite, sought-after speaker, respected leader, best-selling author, world-class coach, and corporate consultant in the area of personal transformation, leadership development, and personal goal fulfillment, Dr. Judith Wright wrote There Must Be More Than This, The One Decision, and The Soft Addiction Solution to share her personal transformation and proven methodologies with a broader audience. Dr. Wright’s ground-breaking research into the fundamental process by which human beings learn, grow, and develop is the core of the curriculum at Wright and the Wright Graduate Institute, which she co-founded. Dr. Wright has appeared on more than 500 radio programs, and 80 TV programs including Oprah, ABC’s 20/20 and the Today show.

Brad Anderson

Former CEO of Best Buy

Closing remarks(See bio under VIP Breakfast Panelists)

2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium and award Dinner

Hosted by The Foundation for

Transformational Leadership

The Foundation for Transformational Leadership, a 501(c)(3)

organization, is committed to developing and transmitting

the principles of transformational leadership with a unique

emphasis on personal transformation as the starting point for

transforming our businesses, our communities, and our world.

The Foundation supports the Transformational Leadership

Award and the Symposium, as well as supporting individuals to

become the best transformational leaders and change agents

they can be. The Wright Graduate Institute for the Realization of

Human Potential is a division of the Foundation.

Full-Weekend 2012 Transformational Leadership Symposium Friday & Saturday, April 27 & 28 (Awards Dinner, VIP Breakfast and Saturday Program)

> $1,250 per person

Friday Evening, April 27 > Award Dinner> $3,000 per table (full table seats 10)> $350 per person (received on or before April 15, 2012)> $450 per person (received after April 15, 2012)

Saturday, April 28 > VIP Breakfast: Social Business> $700 per person (attendance is limited)

Saturday, April 28 > Symposium (lunch included)> $350 per person (received on or before April 15, 2012)> $400 per person (received after April 15, 2012)> $1,000 per person (VIP Breakfast & Symposium)

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Location

Westin Chicago | River North 320 North Dearborn StreetChicago, IL 60654Phone: 312.744.1900

hotel accommodationsThe Foundation for Transformational

Leadership is pleased to hold the 2012

Transformational Leadership Symposium

& Award Dinner at the Westin Chicago

| River North. To book your room,

contact the Westin Chicago directly at

1 (800) 233-4100 and ask for the Wright

Foundation Group. Rooms blocked are

$199, plus tax. Dates available are Friday,

April 27 and Saturday, April 28. The

number of blocked rooms is limited, so

please book your rooms early. (Room

block at the hotel expires April 10, 2012

following which registrants may need to

seek off-property accommodations.)

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“ Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.”

– Dr. Muhammad Yunus

Thank YouThis event was made possible through generous support from individuals, organizations and many volunteers.

Sponsors> Chicago Tribune

> Stan Smith

> Karen Wilson Smithbauer

Karen Colina Wilson Foundation

Board of Directors - Foundation for Transformational Leadership

> Tom Terry, President

> Dr. Stan Smith, Treasurer

> John Davidoff, Secretary

> Richard Lyons, Board Member

> Karen Smithbauer, Board Member

Foundation Executive Leadership> Dr. Robert Wright, Chief Executive Officer

> Dr. Judith Wright, Chief Learning Officer

> Dr. Michael Zwell, Chancellor

for the Wright Graduate Institute

Symposium Steering Committee> Jon Fieldman, Chair

> John Davidoff

> Randy Seffren

> Munzoor Shaikh

> Scott Stephen

Thanks to:> Bangladesh6G

> Tom & Karen Terry

> Wright

Foundation for Transformational Leadership

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