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MAKAU CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NEGOTIATIONPLUS FOR WOMEN, SEMINAR SERIES PRESENTED BY ITS TRAINING PARTNER NEGOTIOTION EXPERT LEE E. MILLER
Autumn Negotiation Tour Kicked Off for October
New York, NY & Orem, UT – Sept 28, 2006 – Lee E. Miller, a training partner of Makau Corporation and one of the industries foremost experts on negotiating and influencing and co-author with his daughter, Jessica, on their book “Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating” (McGraw Hill) announced the kick off of his “NegotiationPlus for Women” Autumn tour.
Lee Miller, a principal at NegotiationPlus.com and one of Makau Corporation’s featured experts, has appeared on CBS Early Show along with his daughter Jessica to give tips on negotiation skills for women. Lee and Jessica co-authored the best-selling book, A Woman’s Guide to Successful Negotiating, How to Convince, Collaborate and Create Your Way to Agreement (McGraw Hill), selected by Atlanta Woman magazine as one of the 50 best books for professional women.
The Miller’s book has also been featured on The Early Show and Good Morning America as NegotiationPlus for Women seminars which are based upon the book are launched around the country in October. Influencing techniques from Lee’s new book UP: Influence, Power and the U Perspective—the Art of Getting What You Want due out later this fall will also be previewed at these seminars.
A recent Catalyst survey showed that most large U.S. companies have made scant progress in advancing women... to leadership and top-paying positions over the past decade. In the last three years, average growth in the percentage of corporate officer positions held by women fell dramatically to 0.23 percentage points per year, the lowest yearly gain in the past ten years according to the survey.
“If this rate of progress continues, it could take 40 years for women to achieve parity with men in corporate officer positions,” According to Miller, research indicates that one of the reasons for that is that women need to learn to negotiate more effectively and more often, especially for themselves.” The NegotiationPlus for Women seminars are designed specifically for women to help them move their careers forward.” For more information go to the program website: http://www.srinstitute.com/conf_page.cfm?instance_id=25&web_id=892&pid=496 NegotiationPlus for Women programs are scheduled to be held in the following cities: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Woodbridge (Central New Jersey), Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC.
The principal sponsor for Lee Miller’s Autumn NegotiationPlus for Women Series is Bank of America. Other sponsors include the National Association of Female Executives, Women Unlimited, Commercial Real Estate Women, International Coaching Federation, DAWN, The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Minority Business Enterprise, Makau Corporation and Women's Enterprise.
Lee is available for interviews and can be reached at negotiate@earthlink.net or 917-690-0029
According to Makau CEO, Dan Smith, Makau has seen an increase in demand for women’s professional skills development training. “Makau is proud to offer Lee Miller’s content in our library,” said Smith. “As your training partner our goal is to assist company’s in keeping their employees competent and happy.”
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