This program is suitable for a wide range of departments and positions and is highly beneficial for women who are already leading in higher education, and who are looking to consider the next phase of their career journey.

Register 3 or more people and get a team discount! Discount will be automatically applied at check out.  

While our popular Women’s Leadership Success in Higher Education conference focuses on building leadership skill sets, this course helps you to manage conditions for career growth and gain invaluable feedback.

Your registration fee includes full access to all conference sessions and digital materials, lunch, and access to the networking reception on Wednesday, breakfast and lunch on Thursday, breakfast Friday, as well as refreshments and snacks throughout the conference.
DAY ONE: Wednesday, October 2, 2024

(12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time)

Registration & Lunch (included in registration, please RSVP)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Creating our Learning Agenda
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
During this opening session, you’ll meet your cohort and the program faculty, unpack the features of the program, and co-create our learning agenda.

Deepening Self-Awareness: Identifying Your Strengths & Leadership Style
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
We’ll dive right into the Five Paths to Leadership℠ Self-Assessment to identify your strengths. This assessment will help you to understand your predominant leadership style and how it changes under stress. In order to get the most value out of the conversation, we ask that you complete the assessment before the session. Instructions will be sent in advance.

Break
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Assessing Your Skill Sets for Career Growth and Surveying the Higher Education Landscape
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
Your path to developing your leadership career depends primarily on two components: 1) building the necessary skill sets and demonstrating those skills to others, and 2) shaping the right conditions of support and advocacy as you move forward in your career. We will focus on the first component in this module.

You will learn how to:

• Identify the skills higher education needs from its leaders now.
• Build a strategic skill set and develop “horizon” thinking.
• Avoid getting trapped in outdated models of leadership and discover the importance of authenticity as you grow as a leader.

The Five Paths to Leadership℠ 360 Assessment
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Each participant will complete a Five Paths to Leadership℠ 360 Assessment before coming to the program, and you’ll receive your results on-site. You’ll have a 30-minute coaching session with one of the facilitators to discuss your feedback, identify action steps you can take, and connect what you’ve learned to the topics of the program.

Networking Reception (included in registration fee)
5:15 – 6:00 p.m.
This informal reception is your chance to decompress, have some refreshments on us, and expand your network of connections. Our programs are intentionally designed for smaller groups, so this is a great time to catch up with attendees and speakers whom you may not have connected with yet.

DAY TWO: Thursday, October 3, 2024

(8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time)
Breakfast (included in registration fee)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Day 2 Kick-Off
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Aligning Your Career with Your Goals and Values
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Now that you’ve identified your strengths, surveyed the landscape, and assessed your skill sets, this workshop provides the time to pause and consider what you want next in your career journey. This session will be a workshop designed to push you to dig deep and discern your next steps. Whether you already have a new position or path in mind or are seeking an answer to “what’s next,” this session will provide you with the space and time to intentionally consider, evaluate, and sort through the cloud of information and emotion—and begin to crystallize your non-negotiables, your core values, and your goals.

You will learn:

• Strategies for evaluating external input about your career.
• A technique for identifying your non-negotiables, career values, and aspirations.
• How to apply a framework for choosing your next steps.

Lunch (included in registration fee)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Composing Your Career Narrative
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Before you can take the next step in your career, you must reflect on where you’ve been and effectively communicate your career journey to others. Rather than just listing past roles you’ve held, you must also be able to detail your accomplishments and their impact, so that you are seen as a standout candidate for future opportunities.

You will learn how to:

• Quantify the impact of the projects you led in order to demonstrate your expertise in leading large-scale operations.
• Seize new opportunities as they come along, even when they don’t necessarily align with your current skill sets.
• Rewrite your résumé or CV to quantify accomplishments and show how those align with strategic initiatives.

Break
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Speaker Panel
2:15 – 3:00
During this session, you’ll hear from each of the speakers about advice that helped them to navigate their own careers.

360 Debriefs & One-on-Ones
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Those who register by September 2, 2024, and complete their 360 assessments in advance will have the opportunity to review your 360 results with a subject matter expert. For those not participating in the 360, you will have the opportunity to meet with a speaker for a one-on-one meeting to ask questions, workshop an idea, or brainstorm solutions to specific challenges you are facing.

DAY THREE: Friday, October 4, 2024

(8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time)
60 Debriefs & One-on-Ones (as needed, only for those who did not connect on the afternoon of Day Two)
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast (included in registration fee)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Strategically Building Your Network and Living Your Authentic Leadership Brand
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
As you grow in your role, it will be critical to not only build your authentic style of leadership, but to also identify mentors that can help you to hone your brand and leadership identity as you grow. It will also be important for you to be a part of helping future women leaders on their own paths to career growth.

You will learn how to:

• Build your own unique brand of leadership.
• Identify advocates and mentors and build crucial connections with them.
• Be an advocate for other women and proactively mentor future leaders.

Break
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Building Your Career Navigation Map
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
In our final session together, you will have an opportunity to reflect and get feedback on your career growth strategy from one another and the program faculty. We will close by sharing ideas for maintaining momentum after this powerful learning experience.

Program Wrap-Up and Close
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The training will be conducted in person at Academic Impressions’ Denver-based office at: 5299 DTC Blvd, Suite 1400, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Nearby hotel suggestions:

Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center – 3-star hotel

8300 E Crescent Pkwy, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

303-804-0700

Distance from office: 0.5 miles if driving, 0.3 miles if walking

A room rate of $154/night is available if you book your room using this link.

This reduced rate and room availability are subject to general hotel availability and not guaranteed. So, we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Denver Marriott Tech Center – 4-star hotel

4900 S Syracuse St, Denver, CO 80237

303-779-1100

Distance from office: 0.9-1.2 miles, depending on route

A 10% discount is available if you book your room using this link.

This discount is subject to general hotel availability and not guaranteed. So, we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center – 4-star hotel

7800 E Tufts Ave, Denver, CO 80237

303-779-1234

Distance from office: 1.1 miles