One of the outstanding presentations lauded by fellow presenters was for Nick Amadori, Senior Vice President from UST who highlighted, “Nutritional Learning”…so well digested by the gathering. He shared with us UST’s participation in a study by The National Leadership Council and what the challenges are that leaders and their corporations are currently facing. A highlight of Nick’s presentation was the importance of leaders to nurture the development of their human assets… that they provide clarity of business directions and goals, establishing buy-in…and finally the most crucial application, making an environment where integrity of feedback between subordinates and managers takes place on a spontaneous basis. That caused one of the participants of Benchmark 2003 to suggest that The BrainSmart Leader be read by The National Leadership Council.

Marshall Tarley, Director of Leadership Development at ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), gave the audience raised eyebrows. What was unique about this presentation was that Marshall’s PITT™ team presented to the onlookers their outstanding results sans Tony Dottino. How did they do this, you say? ASCAP worked out a licensing agreement with DCG which utilized DCG’s intellectual property thereby successfully duplicating PITT results. The Chief Operating Officer at ASCAP said, “I see tangible results, with people doing the right things through correct teaching…and we’re moving in the right direction.” As Marshall closed his presentation, “You cannot duplicate Tony Dottino, but you can duplicate his performance and get the same results.”

“ASCAP impressed me as an unconventional client, who you wouldn’t normally expect to use PITT. It proved to me that through the proper PITT principles it can work in any company or organization.”

Audie Serrano, Media Consultant