Over the past decades, we have seen a tight packaging of leadership, leadership training, and public relations to protect corporate and individual brands. While many of these accepted definitions and principles of leadership are sound, it seems that pithy sayings and slick platitudes are no longer working as effectively as many of us would like. We live in a time that requires authentic, sincere, genuine, and practiced leadership that begins, is processed, and ends within each of us. Some of what we have learned needs to be unlearned. Some of us need to relearn how to walk as leaders again. Some of us need to unwrap our leadership package and expose our humanity, with humility, transparency, and vulnerability. Perhaps we can become the leader we each need

Facilitator Bio:

Max Lambdin, MSM is a leading member of the Community and Donor Relations Team at the National Exchange Club headquarters in Toledo, Ohio. He is also a business & non-profit consultant and advisor. Before delivering actionable results in his current roles, Max has served on executive and leadership teams at Cherry Street Mission Ministries, Thrivent Financial, John Hancock, and Owens Corning. He has demonstrated success in the execution of non-profit leadership and development, strategic implementation, team organization, organizational development, training, sales, sales management, marketing, and operations across many sectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Toledo and a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. Max is married to his wife Deborah for many wonderful years and they have 3 teenage children together and when not at home enjoy lake time in Northern Michigan and on Kelly's Island, Lake Erie.

Leading with Imperfection

with Vitale Buford, executive coach, speaker, and author of Addicted to Perfect

Perfection is one of the most pervasive challenges holding leaders back – in fact, one in two people struggle with some form of perfectionism. We too often believe that if we achieve perfection, we will also achieve happiness and success -whether it be in our professional life, personal life, or in ourselves. This belief is holding us back. In Leading with Imperfection, you will learn how to take your energy toward perfectionism and turn it to success. You will learn about the two types of perfectionism, how perfectionism patterns impact your leadership abilities, and the bold moves to take to break free from it. Attendees will leave feeling more empowered than ever before and will have the tools to help them lead with imperfection and build their confidence.

Registration for this 90-minute session closes on Monday 10/5 at 3:00pm EDT!

In this session we will review the results form the survey that includes insight from over 4,000 Leadership Program graduates around topics including leadership in times of crisis, what resources leaders need, and how leadership programs can leverage their strengths in a National Network.

Afterward, participants will break out into small groups to discuss where do we go from here?

This event will take place on Zoom. Approved attendees will be e-mailed the meeting link on the morning of the event.

Leading Across Generations

with Raven Solomon, nationally recognized keynote speaker, author, and founder and president of the Center for Next Generation Leadership and Professional Development

For the first time in history, there are 4 generations working alongside one another in the workplace. Differences across these generations can create frustration, tension, and breakdowns in communication.  This session will engage attendees of all ages, as they learn about the differences and similarities across multiple generations in the workforce, and how each can be leveraged to create a synergy that drives results. Attendees will walk away understanding general characteristics of each generation, why these characteristics are as they are, how they tend to show up at work, and how each generation best receives leadership.