Southern California's Premier Connection Group for the C-Suite Welcomes Top Gallup Executive to Discuss Leadership & Engagement Strategy

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 18, 2011) - The Executive Next Practices Forum (ENP), a unique "mastermind like" group for C-level executives to review leadership and business strategy, will host Larry Emond, CMO of Gallup and Executive Publisher of Gallup Press to speak at its next session on the theme of leadership and engagement. The event, "Leadership & Engagement: Key Drivers for Growth and Results," will be held on Thursday, May 5 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Taco Bell World Headquarters in Irvine, Calif.

"Based on the latest data from Gallup, Emond will uncover new strategies in engagement and encourage Southern California C-level executives to collaborate on completely new approaches to engage a five-generation workforce," says Scott Hamilton, President of the Executive Next Practices Institute. "We look forward to Emond's moderation of this upcoming event. Our events are unique in their highly collaborative format, and provide a chance for ENP members to look beyond technology and social resources -- to build ideas off one another and look at their business in a new way. Our C-level peer-to-peer group can find new approaches for complex business problems -- faster."

"Leadership & Engagement: Key Drivers for Growth and Results," will be held Thursday, May 5 with special guest speaker Larry Emond, CMO of Gallup Worldwide. The session begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Taco Bell worldwide headquarters in the Irvine Spectrum - 1 Glen Bell Way, Irvine, CA 92618. Registration on or before April 30 is $65, and increases to $95 thereafter. To register for the May 5 event, visit www.regonline.com/ocmay2011. To request an invitation to the event, or with questions, call 888.857.9722 or email scott@allignteam.com.

In addition, the highly popular "Strategic Regulatory Compliance" session will be repeated on May 12 at Pepperdine University (Hughes Center near LAX) Register at www.regonline.com/lamay2011.

About the Executive Next Practices Forum: The Executive Next Practices Forum (ENP) is an established group of Southern California Fortune 1000 C-level and top functional leaders (CFO, CMO, HR, CIO) who meet to discuss innovative business and leadership strategies. Roundtable sessions are held with a strict "no-selling" policy to encourage leaders to interact, engage and think collaboratively, and to ensure maximum relationship-building. The group follows a "next practices" development method which discards the status quo in favor of a more effective and relevant approach to today's business problems and tomorrow's solutions. For more information on the ENP, contact Executive Next Practices Institute President, Scott Hamilton, scott@allignteam.com or call 888.857.9722.