Complementing Leadership Development
Learning Labs are hands-on, skill-based 90-minute sessions that bring real-world perspective from a practitioner with expertise in a particular field or subject. The labs are designed with top-notch instruction and feature individual and small-group activities that foster intentional connections and fast-paced learning. Session topics are selected to complement leadership development at different stages of careers. Participants will walk away with new information and concrete takeaways that carry the learning into practice.
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Upcoming Labs
Virtual Lab: Developing Your Personal Brand & Voice for Social Media Networking
Event Details:
Date: October 13, 2023; 9:00 – 10:30 AM
What is Branding? Branding is a fancy word for how you communicate what’s important to you and why.
Andrea Walker-Leidy will share her personal story of finding balance between professional and personal brand building while guiding participants through an exercise to discover their own personal brand. You will walk away with inspiration (and a few tips and tools!) to share with social media communities you want to connect with.
Your personal brand is the ‘why’ behind who you are. It is, at its core, what you want people to think, feel and remember when they interact with you. As a business owner or professional, your personal brand is a large part of your organizational brand, setting the tone for how you do business. When it comes to branding and marketing on social media, a few things are true — First: You are what makes your business unique. Second, and most important: You are the story behind the work!
In this lab, you will:
-Learn how to create personal branding designed to share your unique story and thought leadership with connections, clients, partners and your ideal community.
Virtual Lab: A Simple Guide to Overcoming Assumptions
Event Details:
Date: November 9, 2023; 9:00 – 10:30 AM
We make assumptions about other people all the time. Regardless of our intentions, without taking the time to ask better questions, we can be way off the mark. Our assumptions about others can quickly erode trust and harm workplace interactions, often before we even realize what’s happened. In this interactive workshop, we’ll share simple actionable steps you can take to help improve your everyday interactions.
In this lab, you will:
-Clear ideas on how to have the hard conversations about assumptions that lead to clarity and greater trust
-Learn ways to ask better questions to achieve great clarity
-Access to an indepth and robust reflection guide
Virtual Lab: The Power in Presence – Staying Connected with You
Event Details:
Date: December 7, 2023; 8:00 – 9:30 AM
As high achievers, our identity as individuals often gets lost in the shuffle of responsibilities and demands. You may sometimes feel consumed and like you’re drowning in work, pulled in many directions and on autopilot, and have lost your sense of self. We all know this comes with a cost to people and important relationships, happiness, joy, and health. You don’t have to lose yourself in the process of being great. I want to teach you and your team the tools, strategies, and tricks for showing up more consistently as yourself while still getting the work done. Being present is mentally, emotionally, and physically freeing and helps you enjoy work and life every single day.
In this lab, you will:
-Reconnect with your personal needs.
-Increase mental, emotional, and physical presence.
-Learn a repeatable process that can be applied across concepts and experiences to increase your presence.
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