— managers matter, being awesome, behaviors, coaching, energy  …
Speaker: Lori Krein, Training Specialist, Google
Meeting Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016
Time: 6.00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking; 7:00 pm sandwich dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Cost: See Eventbrite for tickets, pricing and registration.
Location: AMD Commons Building / AMD Campus, Sunnyvale
Reservations:  Eventbrite Link
Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.
Presentation: Google’s Secrets to Becoming a Great Manager
— In 2002, Google ran an uncontrolled “experiment” by simply getting rid of all managers. It didn’t go well. So in 2008 a team of researchers set out to prove what some at Google suspected — that managers don’t matter. But the team discovered quite the opposite. Managers matter a lot.
— The research effort, called Project Oxygen, refocused to figure out exactly what makes for a great manager at Google. The guiding question shifted from “Do managers matter?” to “What if every Googler had an awesome manager?” Project Oxygen identified a set of common behaviors among the best managers and those behaviors now guide our management development program.
— Lori will review the highlights of this program, which helps managers get better at coaching, empowering teams, managing team energy, staying results-oriented, communicating, developing teams, and sharing a vision.
Bio: Lori Krein is currently a Training Specialist at Google where she co-facilitates their New Manager Training program. Lori received her Masters in Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University, and has facilitated and designed technical and management training programs for PG&E, AT&T, Lam Research, VolunteerSpot.com, and many other companies over the past 20 years.  Lori, who grew up in NJ, lives in Campbell.