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Date:

April 28, 2011

Time:

8:30am - 5:00pm

Location:

Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel & Conference Center

500 Powder Springs Street

Marietta, GA

Career Pathing—Building Intentional Relationships for Career Success

Career Advancement involves ACTION PLANNING! Working hard and waiting for recognition is not enough to secure the attention of top decision makers. Randomly accepting opportunities or waiting for the right one to come along, without having a clear plan, will not move your career forward. Women have to build relationships and negotiate for opportunity and advancement.

This Women’s Leadership Summit guides participants through a day of self-discovery and action planning. Skill-building sessions cover areas of strategic thinking, power networking, career mapping, mentorship/sponsorship, self-promotion and building the right relationships.

These sessions will give women tools to successfully forge ahead in their careers. Attendees will leave with a sense of empowerment and a plan to take charge of their professional future.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:30 am
Breakfast/Registration

9:30 – 9:50
Welcome + Ice Breaker

Betty Spence, Ph.D. / President / NAFE 
Barbara Corey / Senior Vice President, Managed Care / WellStar Health System

9:50 – 10:30
OPENING KEYNOTE: Bold Choices for Professional Distinction

Getting in the door is not enough. In today’s multicultural workplace the individual who rises to the top must often make great and bold choices in order to be noticed and promoted. You’re offered the V.P. of Global Marketing position. It’s a dream job—International travel, more employees—in the U.S., Singapore and Paris, a new department, more money, broader responsibilities, and more opportunities to show off your leadership skills. The easiest decision you’ve ever had to make, right? Then why is your heart beating faster and your breath coming slower? This is a big job—maybe you’d rather not take it. After all, it’s easier and safer to stay where you are. Right? Wrong! We’ll discuss the seven crucial steps that lead to achieving personal and professional distinction. Using a modified “mind mapping” process we’ll develop strategies for overcoming the three greatest organizational obstacles—stereotypes, lack of support networks, and inflexible workplace cultures.

Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale / Vice President & Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer / Campbell Soup Company  

10:30 – 10:45
Networking Break

10:45 – 12:15
WORKSHOP 1: Proactive Paths to Promotion: Take Charge of your Own Transformation to Accelerate to the Next Level

This highly interactive workshop will help you to 'get out of your own way' so you can build or reinforce your belief that YOU have what it takes to be effective at the next level. Learn how to define your value to the organization and ‘own it’ so you can be noticed for greater responsibility. Become aware of roadblocks that could derail your success and learn practical solutions to move past them. Taking control of your career pathway will give you greater confidence, reduced stress and a natural ability to display true leadership qualities.

Skills include how to:

Prepare to be accountable for decisions at the next level
Command respect and speak up...even if you are younger than others
Inform leadership about your interest in a promotion
Create strategic alliances to advocate for you when you are not at the table

Facilitator:  Sharon Melnick, Ph.D. / President / Horizon Point

12:15 – 2:00
EXECUTIVE PANEL LUNCHEON: Mentorship and Sponsorship: The Impact of the Highly Placed Advocate

A panel of senior executives shares their thoughts and personal stories about the mentoring and sponsorship experience, including discussion around the following topics:

Identifying and securing a mentor or sponsor
Developing a value-based relationship
Working successfully with your sponsor or mentor
Understanding how the relationship can change your career trajectory
Recommendations for seeking a career advocate or coach

Moderator: Betty Spence, Ph.D. / President / NAFE

Panelists:
Betty Marshall / Regional General Manager / Sam's Club
Lisa Person / VP & Chief Nursing Officer / WellStar Cobb Hospital
Jacqueline M. Welch / Senior Vice President, HR Talent Management / Turner Broadcasting System, Inc

2:00 – 2:15
Dessert Break

2:15 – 3:45
WORKSHOP 2: Power Networking—Creating Lasting Connections That Count

It’s no secret that networking is a critical success factor in navigating the professional landscape. Power networking is a fine art that can be learned, and, when applied in business and social interactions, can make all the difference in opening doors and expanding your realm of opportunity and possibility. But to be truly successful at building your networking, you must learn how to move beyond the introduction to initiate lasting connections that count. In this workshop, learn how to:

Work a room in EVERY environment you find yourself

Improve your conversational AND listening skills

Design and deliver your elevator speech

Leave a lasting impression

Determine what you have to offer in the exchange

Nurture and grow your network

Facilitator: Dr. Daphne Mobley / CEO / Daphne Mobley, LLC

Thought Leader: Maureen Flanigan / Vice President / Lee Hecht Harrison

3:45 – 4:15
CALL-TO-ACTION CONVERSATION

After a full day of inspiration, learning and skill building, join an open forum to help create a suggested action plan to embrace your power and influence your outcomes for personal advancement.

Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media; CEO / NAFE
Betty Spence, Ph.D. / President / NAFE

*Agenda subject to change