Lunch & Lead: A Leadership Series
We surveyed our luncheon attendees last Fall to gain knowledge and feedback on what events and topics to bring into 2024. We compiled the results, and with your feedback we are excited to bring our "Lunch & Lead: A Leadership Series" to our monthly member lunches in 2024! Six individual leadership-focused workshops to help current and future leaders in your organization.
- All lunches will start at 11:30AM and hosted at the CW Community Center.
- Attend all six and be entered to win a $100 gift card!
If you would like to attend all or multiple lunches, please email our team at CWchamber@canalwinchester.com or call 614-837-1556 to invoice and register you for these Lunch & Leads.
Sponsorship Opportunities are available. Reach out to our office if you are interested in sponsoring, or select a sponsorship option on our website when registering for the event. All sponsorships are first-come, first-served.
• March 20th 11:30AM - How to Attract, Recruit and Retain Great Employees
• May 8th , 11:30AM - Leading with Authenticity
• June 12th 11:30AM - Assertive Communication and Healthy Conflict
• August 21st 11:30AM - Building and Sustaining Trust
• September 18th 11:30AM - Transforming Others Through Effective Coaching
• November 13th 11:30AM - Powerful Strategies in Building and Leading Exceptional Teams
How to Attract, Recruit and Retain Great Employees
Attracting and keeping talented employees is a critical activity in the long-term success of any company. In this interactive presentation, M.J. Clark will share what she has learned from research and extensive leadership consulting to hire and keep the best employees. She will help you understand the critical components of creating a culture that empowers its employees and attracts the best talent. The importance of an annual review and how it helps create a culture of excellence that "A" players' demand will also be addressed.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Understand how to develop and empower your employees.
- Know how to create a review system that rewards good behavior and addresses poor behavior.
- Gain insight on how to keep under-performing employees accountable.
Leading with Authenticity
Authenticity and vulnerability are often perceived as weaknesses when, in fact, both take courage. In this session, you will gain an understanding of what leading with authenticity, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence looks like in practice and how it drives a culture of trust, collaboration, and efficiency. You will also learn how to identify and overcome the chief obstacle to your ultimate success: fear.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Understand the thoughts and emotions that drive your behavior.
- Understand the key components of emotional intelligence and how to practice and grow in each area.
- Learn to build your leadership style around passion, rather than fear.
Assertive Communication and Healthy Conflict
The ability to manage conflict is a highly sought-after quality in leaders. It also has a significant impact upon the organizations whose leaders possess it. In this interactive presentation, you will learn the difference between criticism and constructive feedback and how conflict can be both positive and damaging to an organization. M.J. Clark will provide strategies for reducing conflict and mediating workplace confrontations. You will leave with practical tips to help you and your team members manage conflict more effectively.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Have an improved ability to communicate during a conflict
- Understand how to effectively give constructive feedback
- Use tips for mediating discussion between others
- Handle workplace conflict more confidently
Building and Sustaining Trust
All successful relationships are built upon trust, but few managers and leaders understand how to build and sustain trust. In this interactive session, M.J. Clark will explore with you the fundamental aspects of trust and how our behaviors directly affect trust building. She will engage you in a discussion about self-trust and how to manage procrastination to become more reliable.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Understand fundamental aspects of trust.
- Gain insight into the behaviors that positively and negatively affect trust.
- Identify ways to increase trust in yourself.
- Learn the motivation behind procrastination and how to manage it.
Transforming Others Through Effective Coaching
Understanding how to develop the talent in your employees is possibly the most important skill a manager can possess. Learning how to coach your employees will help you unleash their potential and allow you to focus on taking your business to the next level. In this session, you will be given the basics of coaching, and then you will participate in an activity to apply what you have learned. You will leave this session with powerful tools to develop your employees as well as hands on experience for applying those skills.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Receive instruction on how to coach your employees.
- Have the opportunity to develop unique learning perspectives on the coaching process from a seasoned executive coach.
- Understand your current strengths and weaknesses as a coach.
- Create a plan for your future development as a coach.
Powerful Strategies in Building and Leading Exceptional Teams
So often leaders spend so much time interacting with clients and solving problems that they don’t take the time to do the necessary work to maintain and develop the bonds of their team. Throughout this interactive presentation, M.J. Clark will reveal the areas that several researchers show to be critical in the development, nurturing and management of highly effective teams. She will discuss the common dysfunctions of teams and will share the surprising results of research about the components that make up the “perfect” team.
This workshop will enable you to:
- Learn about the common dysfunctional traps of teams.
- Understand the components that researchers have found make up the most effective teams.
- Use tips provided to immediately make work teams more collaborative and productive.
If you would like to register for multiple or all of the Lunch & Lead Series, please contact our office and we can help you register and bill you.
