Join us for a book launch and lunch buffet on September 21, 2009 from 1:00-2:30pm. George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut will be handing out and signing copies of their new book Onboarding – How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time. Guest experts who contributed to the book as well as members of the press will be attending the event. This is exclusive event for CEO Connection Members.

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George Bradt has a unique perspective on transformational leadership based on his combined senior line management and consulting experience. After his education at Harvard and Wharton, George progressed through sales, marketing and general management roles around the world at Fortune 500 companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and then J.D. Power and Associates as chief executive of its Power Information Network spin off. Now he is a Principal of The CEO Connection and Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, the executive onboarding and transition acceleration group he founded in 2002. Since then, George and PrimeGenesis have reduced the risk of failure fourfold for executives they have worked with - from 40% to 10% - based on their own team, tools and perspective on delivering better results faster.

George is the author of The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan (Wiley, 2006 and 2009), Onboarding – How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time (Wiley, 2009), The Total Onboarding Program – An Integrated Approach To Talent (Pfeiffer, 2010).

Mary Vonnegut has a unique perspective on helping leaders accelerate transitions based on her combined senior line management and consulting experience. After her education at Middlebury and Harvard, Mary progressed through a series of direct and database marketing experiences at companies including Hanover Direct, Ross-Simons and Passport Internationale, leading up to her role as President of Gumps by Mail. Over the past decade, Mary has worked primarily for CEO’s and COO’s of private companies that drive revenue with multi-channel marketing emphasizing mail, email, print and Web direct response. She has launched new businesses, built marketing departments from the ground up and crafted growth strategies. Now she is a partner in the executive onboarding and transition acceleration group PrimeGenesis. Since its inception in 2002, PrimeGenesis has been able to reduce the risk of failure fourfold for executives they have worked with - from 40% to 10% through a single-minded focus on driving them and their teams to deliver better results faster over their first 100-days.

Mary is co-author of: Onboarding – How To Get Your New Employees Up To Speed In Half The Time (Wiley, 2009).