How to Get an A in Business and Life
Featuring John Wright
September 4, 2025 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM (CT) | Virtual or In-Person at
Diamond Oaks Country Club | 5821 Diamond Oaks Drive North | Fort Worth, TX 76117
Register by Monday, September 1st | Early Bird pricing ends Thursday, August 14th
Session Description
As learning professionals we have a responsibility to help others to achieve their full potential or "get an A." Yet, we often struggle with achieving excellence in our own lives and professions, resulting in stress, anxiety, and frustration. John will share some simple leadership strategies that will help you do more of what matters and less of what doesn't, becoming happier and more fulfilled in the process.
About the Speaker
John Wright - Founder and President
John Wright has been training managers and developing leaders for over thirty-five years. As Founder and President of Simple Leadership Strategies, John has lead workshops in thirty-six cities in the U.S and twelve countries on five continents. Specializing in transformational or heart learning, he helps organizations transform customers into advocates, workgroups into teams, employees into partners and managers into leaders. Job one is to create leaders at every level of an organization. He is a Certified Seminar Leader and a Past President of the Association of Talent Development. He and his wife Karen have been married for fifty-two years, have four children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Connect with John on LinkedIn or at simpleleadershipstrategies.com.
Menu
- Southern Comfort Buffet with Pot Roast Carrots & Onions
- Country Bacon Green Beans
- Mashed Potatoes
- Apple Pie
(Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements or prefer a vegetarian meal.)
Meeting Agenda
5:30 pm - In Person Networking
5:45 pm - In Person Dinner is Served
5:50 pm - Virtual Attendees Arrive
6:00 pm - Meeting Begins for Everyone
6:15 pm - Keynote Presentation Begins
7:15 pm - Final Announcements and Door Prizes
7:30 pm - Meeting Concludes
Virtual reservations are OPEN the day of the meeting.
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How can this session help enhance your professional development?
This session will provide actionable insights from the Capability Model, showing you how to develop key skills and strategies, such as:
 | Personal: Lifelong Learning, Emotional Intelligence & Decision Making, Collaboration & Leadership Professional: Career & Leadership Development, Coaching, Evaluating Impact Organizational: Performance Improvement, Organization Development & Culture |
