The Network of Executive Women presents

The 2009 NEW Leadership Summit

October 12-14, 2009 • Sheraton Dallas Hotel • Dallas

Breakout sessions

 

Career Development

Resilient Leadership

Karlin Sloan, CEO and Founder, Karlin Sloan & Company

It's not what happens to you, it's how you respond. In turbulent times, resilient leaders adapt, change and use challenges as opportunities to reinvent themselves. Resilient organizations are the same, and leading them takes courage, focus and the ability to engage others. In this highly interactive session, you will learn how to "bounce back" in times of rapid change with skill, strength- and motivation-building exercises that you can use yourself and take back to your teams.

Winning the Game of Office Politics

Jo Miller, CEO, Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc.

Too many smart, talented women are working hard and going nowhere while colleagues are gaining recognition and advancing their careers through superior understanding of how their organizations really work. In this workshop you will learn the difference between office politics and organizational awareness, discover the unwritten “rules of the game” at work, dodge the mid-career plateau and build an influential workplace network.

Core Competencies

Storytelling: Developing and Presenting Powerful Business Presentations

Suzanne Bates, President and CEO, Bates Communications

Delivering a great presentation is essential in today’s business environment and storytelling is key. Stories connect the audience to your ideas and are a great way to motivate, inspire and influence. When you tell a good story, audiences see you as confident and authentic — a natural speaker and leader. In this workshop, Suzanne Bates, nationally acclaimed author, speaker, and president and CEO of Bates Communications, shares her simple and effective method of writing and telling original stories for business presentations. Learn how to turn your experiences into memorable impressions that resonate with your audience.

The Look of Success: Avoiding the Image Ceiling

Kathryn Lowell, Founder, Image Matters, Inc.

Certified image consultant and executive coach Kathryn Lowell finds that many her professional clients hit an “image ceiling” when they are no longer promotable based on their skill-set alone. Why? They have not fully mastered the qualities of a professional image or established a strong professional brand for themselves. Join Lowell for an introduction to the appearance, behavior and speaking attributes that provide a strong professional presence, establish rapport and authority. You’ll learn to identify your image blind spots, overcome introversion and send your career trajectory soaring.

Changing Workforce

Reach Your Gen Y Customers by Engaging Your Gen Y Employees

Leah Reynolds, National Lead, Generational Strategies and Rewards Communication, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jayne O’Donnell, Money reporter for USA Today and co-author of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twentysomethings are Revolutionizing Retail

Companies that want to attract Gen Y consumers will first have to figure out how to engage Gen Y employees. But many consumer businesses are managed by members of older generations who don’t understand what the Millennium generation values at work. To engage Gen Y employees, management must embrace young talent as a valuable link to their Gen Y customer, involving them in strategic product and customer service decisions and tapping them as a fertile source of ideas on how best to reach their peers. This session will explore Deloitte’s latest research about the needs, attitudes and habits of Gen Y employees in the workplace and answer questions about their communication preferences, level of job satisfaction and their reason for choosing employers. USA Today money reporter Jayne O’Donnell will take attendees one step further, delving deep into the hearts and minds of Gen Y through the revealing lens of their shopping habits. She will discuss her new book, Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twentysomethings are Revolutionizing Retail, and share research about the unsurpassed influence this segment has on older generations and the marketplace.

Diversity Roundtable: Leveraging the Multicultural Organization

Trudy Bourgeois, President, The Center for Workforce Excellence

This leadership panel discussion will give you a new appreciation for the importance of building strategic relationships with white men (the dominant group in the workforce); learn how to establish and leverage relationships to improve your personal performance; and get ideas on how to engage in meaningful and courageous dialogue about workplace challenges and how to work together to drive cultural change.