Session Descriptions

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Friday Sessions

Evolving Authentically Amplifies Your Impact | Professional Development Session |

Leadership Skills Workshop | Uncommon Ways to Utilize Your Business Degrees

Saturday Sessions

Lead with Courage & Authenticity | Incorporating BGS in work, leadership, and life

Friday Sessions

Evolving Authentically Amplifies Your Impact with Dr. Erika Michalski
What does evolution have to do with designing an authentic life of success for yourself and amplifying your impact as a leader? A lot more than you might think! As individuals, we are uniquely positioned to explore what success looks like right now and consider which components we should carry forward as we evolve. Dr. Erika Michalski brings energy and enthusiasm to the facilitation of this keynote while helps you recognize the strengths you have and invites you to assess how you can leverage those as you chart your future. It's time to shift from the limiting mindset of "Who we want to be like" into the liberating mindset of "Who we want to be" and this keynote provides a framework to help you navigate that shift!
 
At the conclusion of the keynote, participants should be able to: 
  • Define "success" and "impact" using an authentic lens.
  • Describe evolution as it relates to personal and professional growth.
  • Identify strengths that have contributed to the previous achievement of goals.
  • List at least three actions they can take within 2 weeks to leverage those strengths in the pursuit of new goals.

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Professional Development Session: Authentic Leadership with Dr. Kanika Jones
Discover the roots of authentic leadership in this engaging session. Explore the cultivation of authentic leadership within yourself and throughout your organization, diving into concepts like Leadership Shadows, Servant Leadership (Greenleaf), and Edgewalkers. Join the conversation to learn more about the influence of leaders on organizational culture and consciousness.

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Leadership Skills Workshop: Leadership Logistics for Practical People with Dr. Erika Michalski
We all know effective leadership can happen in a variety of different ways. You can probably think of examples where to very different leaders are still able to cultivate powerful results. That's usually because those leaders are grounded in authenticity. But, research tells us that across different effective, authentic styles, there are key skills any leader can benefit from developing. Dr. Erika designed this 90-minute workshop to help you develop some of those key skills and gain insight into how you can put them into practice. Integrating these skills will help increase the effectiveness of your authentic leadership style as you move forward. During the workshop you'll dive into topics like communicating with influence, the science of making decisions, tapping into what motivates your team, and much more!

At the conclusion of this 90-minute workshop, participants should be able to:
  • Discuss the importance of leveraging habits.
  • Describe the decision-making process and its pitfalls.
  • Explain the concept of motivation as it relates to output.
  • Identify the three pillars of communicating with influence.
  • Describe the optimal approach to meeting planning and management.

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Authentic Leadership in Practice: Uncommon Ways to Utilize Your Business Degree

Panelists include: Christopher Murphy & Jamil Wells

This panel will dive into exploring unique and unconventional avenues for leveraging your business degree and incorporating authentic leadership. The panelists will share their personal journeys, shedding light on how they have applied their business acumen in uncommon ways to become authentic leaders in their respective fields. From social entrepreneurship to government relations, our panelists have forged paths less traveled, proving that there are limitless possibilities for making a meaningful impact. This panel is about real stories, practical insights, and actionable takeaways that will empower you to embrace authentic leadership and forge your own unique path in the professional world. 

Key Discussion Points

  • Diverse Career Paths: Learn about unconventional career trajectories that leverage a business degree, showcasing the versatility of your skillset.
  • Social Impact: Explore how authentic leadership can drive positive change in the realm of social Impact, highlighting successful ventures that balance purpose and profit.
  • Creative Industries: Discover how business acumen can be a powerful tool in navigating and leading within creative industries such as art, design, and entertainment.
  • Tech and Innovation: Uncover how business graduates are making waves in the tech and innovation space, shaping the future of industries through entrepreneurial endeavors.
  • Crisis Leadership: Understand the role of authentic leadership in times of crisis and change, and how your business degree can equip you with the skills to navigate uncertainty with integrity.

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Saturday Sessions

Lead with Courage & Authenticity with Margie Warrell
How to bring your best and bravest self to your work, leadership and life.
Our lives expand in proportion to our courage yet too often we allow our fear of what we do not want to direct our decisions, short change the future and keep us from being our most authentic selves,. Drawing on her bestselling book, You’ve Got This! The Life-Changing Power of Trusting Yourself, Margie provides science-backed strategies to bring your bravest self to your boldest goals and biggest challenges.

Learn to:
  • Make peace with your vulnerability to show up more authentically and forge more meaningful connection with others.
  • Quiet your inner critic and defy the doubts that have been holding you back
  • Nurture your innate resilience to turn bounce forward stronger, braver, better
  • Operationalize ‘self-compassion to become your greatest champion, not loudest critic
  • Identify blind spots and play from your strengths
  • Use language to elevate your perspective and thrive under pressure
  • Prioritize what empowers, practicing ‘self-fulness’

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Incorporating BGS in work, leadership, and life

Panelists include: Ben Ficks, Dr. Brandy Alfred, and CAPT Juliette Taylor

Fellow BGS members will discuss how they show up authentically in their own careers, leadership opportunities, and life. They will also discuss how to leverage BGS into their careers and other endeavors.

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If you have questions about the Authentic Leadership BGS Conference, please email programs@betagammasigma.org.