Friday, May 1st Keynote: Kostas Voutsas

Kostas Voutsas has been teaching Management and Human Resource courses for over 17 years. He is a tenured Assistant Professor of Business at Dickinson State University (DSU) in the Bismarck campus. He is also an author, a corporate trainer, and motivational speaker.

Kostas received the 2013 educator of the year award from Bismarck's Chamber, the distinguished teacher of the year award from DSU, the outstanding teacher of the year award from DSU, as well as the TRIO outstanding faculty award from DSU. He also received two outstanding presenter awards from Eastern Michigan University and the Clute Institute of Academic  Research.

Kostas delivers humorous dynamic presentations at national and state conferences and publishes his research in scholarly journals.  He also serves as a consultant conducting individualized training/professional development seminars.

Kostas' keynote will cover the subject:

"Leadership Cookbook - Building Diverse Relationships One Pot at a Time"

Looking for simple solutions to manage regional, cultural, and generational differences in Washington's workforce?  Not sure how to communicate and collaborate with the newcomers from out of state? Looking to turn regional, generational and cultural differences into opportunities?

Travel with Kostas to the U.S., West Africa, China, Mexico, Korea, India, Russia, Australia, Canada, and throughout Washington and explore strategies to making cultural diversity work. Discover his secrets to managing regional and generational differences. And please, share these secrets with the world!