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2-Hour Virtual Seminar on Advancing Yourself As A Manager And As A Leader: The 10 Most Important Steps To Take And Include In Your Action Plan
May 13, 2026
10:00 AM AET
2 Hours
40064
Group Attendees: Any number of participants
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Strong managers do more than keep work moving - they create clarity, build trust, develop people, and lead with purpose.
In this practical and energizing webinar, participants will explore the 10 most important steps for advancing themselves as both managers and leaders, while building an action plan they can begin using immediately. Whether you are stepping into greater responsibility, refining your leadership presence, or preparing for the next stage of your career, this session will help you identify where to focus, how to grow, and what habits, skills, and priorities will move you forward. You will leave with a clearer leadership roadmap, stronger self-awareness, and a structured plan for turning insight into measurable progress.Why should you Attend: By participating, you will:
- Recognize the key differences - and the connection - between effective management and strong leadership
- Assess your current strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities as a manager and as an emerging or advancing leader
- Identify the 10 most important actions that help build credibility, influence, resilience, and long-term leadership effectiveness
- Strengthen your ability to communicate expectations, give direction, and lead others with clarity and confidence
- Learn how to develop an intentional action plan that translates leadership goals into practical next steps
- Improve your ability to manage priorities, lead through change, and build trust across teams and stakeholders
- Understand how to invest in your own development while also coaching and developing others
- Leave with tools and ideas you can apply immediately to elevate performance, visibility, and leadership impact
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Clarifying the difference between being a manager and being a leader - and why you need both
- Taking inventory of your current effectiveness: strengths, blind spots, habits, and leadership reputation
- Building executive presence and credibility through communication, consistency, and accountability
- Improving how you lead people: delegation, coaching, feedback, and development conversations
- Managing priorities and decision-making more effectively so you stay strategic instead of reactive
- Strengthening relationships, trust, and influence with direct reports, peers, and senior leaders
- Developing resilience, adaptability, and confidence during pressure, uncertainty, and change
- Thinking more strategically: aligning your work, your team, and your leadership approach with bigger organizational goals
- Creating a personal growth process that includes learning, reflection, feedback, and measurable progress markers
- Building a practical action plan with specific next steps, priorities, timelines, and accountability measures
Who Will Benefit:
- CEO
- Senior Vice President
- Vice President
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
- Regional Vice President
- Area Supervisor
- Manager
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
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