Ready, Set, Change!

When:  Feb 3, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (CT)

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the key components necessary to create and manage organizational change.
  • Recognize the barriers to implementing change and how to engage the organization in change initiatives.
  • Apply the process for implementing and sustaining change to achieve desired outcomes.

Summary

Throughout the change process, the organization’s leaders—the sponsors of change— play a critical role in determining the success of the effort. Responding to change positively, effectively, and responsibly allows leaders to create successful outcomes by engaging employees and inspiring them to embrace different ways of working or thinking. While there are various approaches to achieving desired results, having dedicated resources and managing the people side of change greatly contribute to a successful change management process. Attendees will leave this session with the knowledge necessary to empower them to become facilitators of change and positively drive organizational results.

Presenter
Eric W. Curtis is the President of Curtis Strategy, an innovative consulting firm focused on breaking the status quo through strategy design, board governance, and adaptive business modeling. For more than a decade, Eric has helped leaders across the country address their most complex and challenging issues, guiding them in achieving change and sustained success. He has advised colleges and universities, healthcare and human services agencies, and many professional associations, inspiring them to break the status quo and maximize their strategic impact.

Eric received his MBA from Suffolk University and his BS in accounting and finance from Norwich University. Eric currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Health Council and is a guest lecturer at area Universities.

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Message from the 2024 Women's Forum Subcommittee Chair

Caley Mutrie, CAE, IOM

The WSAE Women’s Forum is excited to present its third annual conference: Leading Out Loud. This conference will unite women and allies in the association, nonprofit, and hospitality industries. 

Terry Pearce coined "Leading Out Loud" in his 1995 book Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communications. When we lead out loud, we communicate authentically from the inside out. And that's what the 2024 WSAE Women's Forum is about - bringing our authentic selves together for a day of sharing, listening, learning from each other's wisdom and experience, and creating genuine connections. 

When we lead out loud, we use our voices to create opportunities and shift perspectives. When we speak up and take risks, we free ourselves of limiting societal norms and the roles we've absorbed throughout our lives and careers from gender stereotyping. As aspiring and seasoned leaders alike, it is our responsibility to ourselves and each other to stop downplaying our experiences and opinions and support and inspire each other to find and raise our voices. 

Building on the success and learnings of the 2022 and 2023 Women's Forums, this year's Forum will focus on leadership and career development, expanding our influence as leaders in our communities, becoming more assertive in our communications, leveraging the mentor/mentee relationship for personal and organizational benefit, learning from each other how to handle complex and challenging situations that confront us in our professional lives every day, and the importance of wellness, managing stress and caring for ourselves.

This year's Women's Forum will create space for consequential discussions, motivating us to tap into our unique inner voices and raise them for personal and collective benefit in the workplace, our homes, our communities, and our hearts and minds. This year's program is a day-long conversation between our presenters, facilitators, and you. So, ask your questions and share your experiences and successes as we inspire each other to raise our voices and lead out loud. 

Don't wait! Please register today and plan to join us for what will be an engaging and much-anticipated program!