More details about the timing of the days can be found by clicking Learn More and Register, but session descriptions of the three days are below:  

Deepening Your Leadership Skillset Through the Five Paths to Leadership®
In our opening session, you’ll have the opportunity to examine and analyze the results from your Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment to identify your unique leadership strengths under normal circumstances, as well as under stress.

Leading with Purpose to Support Well-Being
As leaders, we often leave well-being to be addressed last, but now we’re flipping the agenda. Burnout today is not just pervasive but endemic. In the fourth iteration of the Academic Impressions survey of higher ed faculty and staff on job satisfaction and professional development, we found that 91% of higher ed employees are experiencing higher stress, while almost 50% are experiencing exhaustion or burnout—and these rates are even higher for women. During this session, we’ll explore the connection between your motivation and purpose to lead in higher education, and the ways in which you can support your own well-being, as well as that of your team.

Inclusive Leaders Can Challenge and Be Challenged
Effective leadership is inclusive and equitable leadership. This session will go beyond the basics of understanding identity and treating others respectfully to calling upon leaders to both challenge others when they are not leading equitably and to be open to being challenged in order to learn and grow. You’ll acquire tools for effective communication and active listening and work through a case study to practice the skills presented.

Leading Through Crisis
While some roles on campus are more likely than others to require crisis management, the last several years have shown that all leaders are impacted by turbulent times. Our expert will unpack how women—and especially women of color—are often tapped to lead organizations when institutions are at critical junctures. From there, we’ll dive into how responding to crisis can make or break successful leadership.

Navigating Conflict and Politics
We’ll engage in an interactive discussion to explore specific skills and strategies to navigate conflict and politics, paying particular attention to the intersectional impact of politics in the academy.

Bravely Leading Teams
Leading teams requires us to tap into a leadership skillset beyond self-awareness and interpersonal skills. Building an effective team requires intentionality, trust, and flexibility. To do all of this in a way that honors your own values, those of the organization, and the dignity of each team member requires a tremendous amount of bravery. During this session, we’ll explore the skills, strategies, and self-awareness it takes to bravely face the most difficult challenges.

Collaboratively Leading Organizational Initiatives
How do you get feedback from 6,000 faculty members and incorporate it into your initiatives in a meaningful way? During this interactive session, we’ll explore practical ways to lead at an organizational level that are collaborative, build trust, and lead to better results.

Successfully Managing Leadership Transitions
Whether you’re entering a new role, departing from an institution, or navigating the departures or arrivals of other leaders, transitions can put your leadership to the test. In this session, we’ll explore what it means to lead well through these key transitional periods.

Individual Speaker Connection Time
During this time, you will have the opportunity to meet with a speaker you identified with for a one-on-one meeting to ask questions, workshop an idea, or brainstorm solutions to specific challenges you are facing.

Leading as Your Most Authentic Self
To begin our final day, we will engage in reflection to identify your personal takeaways from the last two days—including opportunities for individual growth—and reflect upon how you can integrate these takeaways into your own authentic leadership approach.

Coalition-Building and Sharing Your Expertise
Capitalizing on the unique opportunity to convene women leaders from across higher education, we’ll turn the agenda over to you. During this time, you will identify the topics and challenges you most want to discuss. We invite those interested to lead the conversation and collaborate with the phenomenal women in the space to share their knowledge and strategies for success. We’ll explore topics such as:

• Managing Up
• Negotiation
• Pay Equity
• Mentorship and Sponsorship
• Budgeting

Words of Wisdom
In this final session, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with the speaker team and your colleagues to discuss how you will maintain this momentum moving forward.