Eight leadership pitfalls and how to avoid them

Monday, September 28 | 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Speaker: George Deines


Description:
Great leadership and management skills are key to a successful operation. This session will discuss eight common leadership pitfalls and how they affect your organization as a whole, as well as help you identify a framework to avoid and counteract them. 

Participant will:

  1. Identify the need for quality leadership in their organization.
  2. Summarize the various ways leadership pitfalls affect their organization in operation, performance and employee relations.
  3. Develop a strategic organizational matrix to help avoid and counteract the eight leadership pitfalls.

Speaker:

George Deines is a Project Manager for Counsilman-Hunsaker, specializing in aquatic master planning, business planning, feasibility studies and operational training and development. Before joining the CH team in 2014, he worked as the Aquatics/Sports Manager for the City of Garland, Texas, overseeing the operation of Surf and Swim, the city's 4-acre waterpark, and three community pools. He holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Dallas Theological Seminary.  He is an Associate with Ellis & Associates, Chair of the World Waterpark Association's Safety Committee and President of the North Texas Aquatics Association.