CBIC’s December CxO Roundtable will be held on December 8, 2009 from 8:30 to 10:30.  The CxO Roundtable is a forum designed to bring C-Level individuals from technology based companies together to discuss topics of interest.  The peer based forum is designed to share and stimulate ideas amongst Technology Executives.  The CxO Roundtable is only open to those individuals that hold a C-level position within a company that has a technology base.  The CxO Roundtable currently focuses in on this specific target group to keep the our topics and discussion focused.  All registrations will be reviewed and only those individuals that meet these requirements will be authorized to attend. 

Our topic for discussion will be developing creative incentive structures and hot to implement them effectively.  Our speaker is Michelle Braden, founder and CEO of MSBCoach and the Emerging Leader's Program. With a passion to develop leadership at all levels, she has been coaching and training for seventeen years. Michelle is an advanced certified human behavior consultant, certified business coach and facilitator of GET CLIENTS NOW! Her down to earth approach makes her easy to work with. She has a sharp business sense, ability to stretch, inspire and motivate leaders to accomplish their dreams. Michelle has a passion to develop authentic leaders at all levels and then partner with them to empower others. Michelle has successfully coached and trained: business owners, executives, non-profit organizations, teams, new managers and individuals in transition.  Michelle will provide a view into incentive structures, their effectiveness, and how to be creative in developing incentive structures within your organization.

Our sponsor and host for our CxO Roundtable is OpenSpace.  OpenSpace provides a new venue for small to large businesses to work in a collaborative environment.   They are located at 455 Second Street SE, Suite 100, Charlottesville, VA 22902.  OpenSpace is the most flexible and technologically advanced work and meeting space in town. Their concierge team can help you plan meetings, conferences, and events for two people or a whole department, for an hour or two or all day. Their technology rich environment and dedicated staff means that your event, no matter how large or small, is plug and play. You won’t have to worry about screens, projectors, cumbersome cables , they take care of everything.

Michelle Braden is the founder and CEO of MSBCoach and the Emerging Executive Leader's Program (www.msbcoach.com and www.emergingleader.info).  Michelle exudes passion to develop leadership at all levels, she has coached and trained leaders for seventeen years.   Michelle is an advanced certified human behavior consultant, certified business coach and facilitator of GET CLIENTS NOW!  Her down to earth approach makes her easy to work with. Michelle has an amazing combination of strategic business sense and interpersonal relationship skills.  She uses this combination to stretch, inspire and motivate leaders to reach their impossible future.   Michelle is dedicated to help leaders discover authenticity and use this knowledge to empower themselves and others.   Michelle has successfully coached and trained: business owners, executives, non-profit organizations, teams, managers and individuals in transition.  She has worked with leaders from:  Morgan Keegan, LexisNexis, The City of Charlottesville, RUI, Jefferson Area Board on Aging, State Farm and King Family Vineyards (for a complete list see:  http://www.msbcoach.com/Programs.php ).  As adjunct faculty at PVCC, Michelle teaches leadership development and high performance team building.  Michelle freelance writes for The Business Networker and has a column in Forward VA Magazine titled “Ask Your Coach”.   Michelle says, “We coach accomplished people to greater accomplishments, and turn potential into success!”