“Designing Your Destiny”

Lisa Marie Platske teaches professionals how to develop a clear leadership vision, increase

their sphere of influence and achieve long-term growth and steady profits. Her book, Designing Your Destiny, takes the reader on a path of self-discovery.

“Teamwork: Independent Minds Working Together to Maximize Success”

Jon Slater founded Optivus to develop

therapies to treat cancer and to develop

centers throughout the world. In 1987, he joined the team at Loma Linda Medical Center and subsequently led the engineering team that developed the world’s first proton beam

treatment center.

 

Cost:

$25.00 ($40.00 for Walt Pavlo January 31 Briefing Only), or

$175.00 per ticket for all 8 events

$10.00 for Business Alliance members, CSUSB faculty, staff and students or $75.00 per ticket for all 8 events

                 (Go to www.cbpa.csusb.edu “community” to see if                  your company is a member of Business Alliance)

Leadership:  Hear it - See it - Do it

“Stolen Without A Gun: Confessions from inside history’s biggest accounting fraud – the collapse of MCI WorldCom”

Pavlo’s perspectives on business ethics are personal; he used his position as a senior

manager at MCI Telecommunications for

personal gain, was convicted of white collar crime, and served time. His fascinating book Stolen Without A Gun is now on newsstands.

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008

Lisa Marie Platske, President and CEO

Upside Thinking

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008

Walt Pavlo, Founder and President

Etika, LLC

Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008

Jon Slater, President and CEO

Optivus Technologies

Location for all Briefings:

Pfau Library, CSUSB, 4th Floor, Room 4005

5500 University Parkway , San Bernardino, CA 92407

Parking: $4.00 at Kiosk

Enter Campus at University Ave. Main Entrance and

purchase parking permit at kiosk; Pfau Library is straight ahead.

 

Text Box: Thursdays: 
January to March
2008
Text Box: Time: 
7:30am—9:00am

Questions?  Email sharkeya@csusb.edu or call 909-537-3388

Business Alliance Executive Briefings

“When Brands Leap, Business Bounds”

Gail Guge’s talent drives right to the heart of the strategic platform, where brand essence comes alive and increases bottom-line results. She is Southern California’s first certified brand strategist.

“Selling with Intention”

Ursula Mentjes has helped businesses double and triple their sales revenue in time as short as two months. She attributes her success to setting aggressive goals and empowering her employees to be the best that they could be. She authored Selling With Intention to cover ten sales principles for your success.

“Strategies for Keeping an

Organization Entrepreneurial”

Having also served UPS as Metro Chicago COO and as Atlanta’s district manager, Noel Massie links his organization with business and is deeply involved in community service.

Thursday, February 28, 2008
Gail Guge, Managing Partner, Brand Strategist, Wilkin Guge Marketing

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Noel Massie, Vice President Southeast California District, UPS

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Ursula Mentjes, President and CEO

Potential Quest Inc

“Disruptive Innovation”

Steve Lambert is a 27-year veteran of the newspaper business and is the editor of the San Bernardino County Sun.

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

Steve Lambert, Executive Vice President News Los Angeles Newspaper Group

“Leadership in Tough Times”

Citizens Business Bank is the largest bank headquartered in the Inland Empire area of California with 39 offices and over $6 billion in assets.  Linn Wiley is the College of

Business and Public Administration's 2008

Executive-in-Residence.

Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008

D. Linn Wiley, Vice Chairman of the Board

of Directors, past President and CEO

Citizens Business Bank

Text Box: Continental Breakfast will be served