Leadership Encounter
Leading the Nation for Children & Families: The Next Generation
Building on this foundation of the Executive Leadership Institute, we are pleased to offer a Leadership
Encounter that is indeed a call to action-focusing on developing the next generation of executive leaders.
We invite both executive and future executive leaders to join us for this opportunity to examine workforce
challenges, preparing for transition, expectations of today's executives, embracing generational differences, and,
of course, there will be opportunities for networking.
The Leadership Encounter will convene separate sessions for executive leaders and emerging/future leaders,
along with joint sessions where we will examine the issues together. Please register early, as space will be limited.
CWLA members and staff have worked collaboratively to offer these exciting leadership sessions.
CWLA National Conference Leadership Encounter Committee:
Beth Skidmore, Kids Hope United, NH; Randi Gurian, The Harbour, IL; Beth Barrett, Tampa YMCA, FL; Sharon Pierce, Villages of Indiana, IN; John Henley, RFK Children's Services, MA; Ed Kelley, RFK Children's Services, MA; Dana Wilson, CWLA, VA, Cindy Ryman-Yost, CWLA, NE; Floyd Alwon, CWLA, MA; Jeff Bormaster, CWLA, CA
Monday, February 25
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
LE 1 Leadership and
Workforce Development
(Joint session: Executive & emerging leaders)
This powerful panel presentation
will explore the pertinent workforce
challenges faced by the nonprofit
sector including succession planning,
recruitment/retention, and nurturing
the next generation of leaders.
Facilitator: Phyllis A. Wallace, Nonprofit Partnerships & Management Institute, American Humanics, Kansas City, MO
Panelists: Christine James Brown, President & CEO, Child Welfare League of America, Arlington, VA; Edward P. Kelley, President & CEO, Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps, Boston MA; and Dr. William Pollard, Vice President, Office of Access and the Advancement of Public Black Colleges and Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC
Monday, February 25
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
LE 2A Leadership When There's
No One to Ask: Lessons
from Hurricane Katrina
(Executive leaders)
This workshop covers how to find your
leadership compass when faced with
decisions that have no obvious answers.
Facilitator: Keith Liederman, CEO, Kingsley
House, New Orleans, LA
LE 2B Becoming a Leader
(Emerging leaders)
This session for emerging leaders focuses
on the difference between managing
and leading; identifying the skill and
knowledge one needs to develop to
become a leader; and how to prepare
yourself to become a future leader.
Facilitator: Jeff Bormaster, Senior Consultant,
CWLA, Palm Springs, CA
Tuesday, February 26
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
LE 3A Transformational
Leadership
(Emerging leaders)
Learn how some agencies have transformed
their organizational culture
and developed a new approach to leadership
development.
Facilitators: Ed Kelley, CEO, Robert F. Kennedy
Children's Action Corps Inc., Boston, MA; and
Ted Blevins, Executive Director, Lena Pope
Home, Fort Worth, TX
LE 3B Succession Planning:
Effective Approaches
for Leadership
Continuity
(Executive leaders)
This session describes the process and
tools designed specifically for human
service agencies to develop a comprehensive
CEO-succession plan. The material
covers both planned and unplanned
leadership transitions as well as the
scenarios that may occur that trigger
succession plan implementation. Content
is specifically geared toward CEOs
and board members.
Presenters: Richard King, President,
Kittleman & Associates, Chicago, IL; and
Martin Sinnott, President and CEO, Kid's
Hope United, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, February 27
8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
LE 4A Passing the Torch:
Developing the Next
Generation of Leaders
(Joint session: Executive & emerging leaders)
This session will explore workforce challenges
that focus on the approaches representatives
from different generations
present. It will include small-group "critical
conversations" to inspire a dynamic forum
for mutual learning and growth. Participate
in this provocative session that will address
both practical issues (approaches to technology
and priorities in work benefits) and
inspire dialogue on how these different
perspectives affect our organizational
culture and plan for effective leadership.
Presenter: Elizabeth Skidmore, Executive
Director, Child Welfare Institute, Chicago, IL
11:00 a.m. - Noon
LE 4B Where Do We Go
From Here
(Joint session: Executive & emerging leaders)
Engage in a conversation with CWLA
leadership to advance a plan of regional
and national activities over the next year,
addressing the needs of both executive
and emerging leaders.
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