PTDA to offer Leadership Development Conference.

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Featuring Joe Ellers, the distribution and manufacturing industry's expert in training leaders, 2011 Leadership Development Conference develops skill sets that upcoming leaders need to manage people, processes, and relationships. Four interlocking sections include Take Your Leadership Skills to the Next Level; Managing Margins: A Joint Effort; Making Money Together: Profitable Distributor/Manufacturer Relationships; and Making Process Work for You: Sales Strategies for Today's Market.



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Is Your Next Generation of Leaders Ready to Step Up?



Develop Essential Skills at the Leadership Development Conference

Chicago, Ill. - Companies operating in the power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) channel are expert at training salespeople - but the skills that make a top-notch salesperson are very different from the qualities expected in a leader. The leading association serving the PT/MC industry, the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), is helping its members groom the next generation of talent by tapping Joe Ellers, the distribution and manufacturing industry's leading expert in developing and training leaders, to offer the 2011 Leadership Development Conference.

Held March 21-22, 2011, at the New York - New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., the Leadership Development Conference develops the skill sets that upcoming leaders need to effectively manage people, processes and relationships. The 2011 program features four distinct but interlocking sections:

o Take Your Leadership Skills to the Next Level

o Managing Margins: A Joint Effort

o Making Money Together: Profitable Distributor/ Manufacturer Relationships

o Making Process Work for You: Sales Strategies for Today's Market

"Having attended the conference the past two years, I have found it very beneficial. The topics covered and discussed have been very helpful to me in the field in dealing with various distributor partners," said Todd Lindow, regional manager for Drives, LLC.

Co-located with PTDA's Mid-Winter Meetings, participants in the conference will build connections not only with their peers but also with PTDA's Board of Directors, committee and council volunteers. The IFPE: International Exposition for Power Transmission (co-located with CONEXPO-CON/AGG) will also be in Las Vegas immediately after the conference. Locating all of these events together helps maximize networking opportunities and travel budgets.

"As a first-time attendee to the Leadership Development Conference [in 2010], I found the seminars to be not only informative and very relative to our industry, but they also presented some excellent networking opportunities. I would highly recommend participation for anyone looking to refresh their skills and meet other successful leaders in the power transmission industry," said Craig Bobbie, director of business development for PTM Industries Inc.

PTDA's Leadership Development Conference is open to PTDA member employees only. For more information and to register, visit www.ptda.org/LeadershipDevelopmentConference or contact PTDA at +1.312.516.2100 or ptda@ptda.org.

Founded in 1960, the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) is the leading association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel. A U.S.-based trade association, PTDA represents 185 power transmission/motion control distribution firms that generate more than $10 billion in sales and span 3,500 locations in North America and 11 other countries. PTDA members also include 181 manufacturers that supply the PT/MC industry.

PTDA is dedicated to providing exceptional networking, targeted education, relevant information and leading-edge business tools to help distributors and manufacturers meet marketplace demands competitively and profitably. For more information, visit www.ptda.org.

Contact:

Brigitte Lyons

Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA)

blyons@ptda.org

+1.312.516.2100

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