2024 Leadership Summit
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headline the 2024 Leadership Summit
Keynote Presentation 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Your Organization is a Forest
Make it Thrive
Is your organization a forest? Is it growing, thriving, and set up to last generations?
In this talk, Vikas and Priya Narula, will discuss the incredible parallels between forests and organizations and how to know if yours is thriving or not (beyond just financials).
Combining technology, real-time experiential exercises, with cutting-edge research in the field of leadership, team development, and forest ecosystems, Vikas and Priya take their audiences on a journey into the forest of the workplace and beyond.
Leave this session feeling empowered, renewed, and illuminated. Come away with clear, actionable steps to make your life and organization richer and more vibrant.
Grow the forest – in your life, work, and neighborhood.
- Vikas Narula is an entrepreneur, speaker, facilitator, blogger and author
- Priya Narula, is an entrepreneur, speaker, board member, bridge builder, community creator
They are also the founders of Neighborhood Forest – a non-profit social venture dedicated to giving free trees to school children every Earth Day. Since 2010, Neighborhood Forest has given away over 197,000 trees to school children in all 50 states across America, plus Canada and Mexico!
~BRAND NEW THIS YEAR~
RESOURCE FAIR
Morning Workshops 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This year, attendees will have the opportunity to attend 3 breakout sessions.
You can choose one of the following:
Workplace Cultures of Belonging as a Key Employee Retention Strategy
Led by Jenni Bratulich and Andrew Zhao
A sense of connection and belonging is a basic human need, and a lack of belonging is a key reason why employees leave their places of employment, even if they enjoy the work they do. This workshop will explore the significance of workplace cultures of belonging that are rooted in trust and collaboration, leveraging insights from the successful AmazeWorks/KeyHubs partnership. We will introduce Keyhubs Matrix software as a tool for examining workplace relationships and team dynamics that inhibit or contribute to belonging. Participants will gain practical tools, strategies, and real-life examples to enhance employee well-being and retention in your workplace.
Seeing Things Whole: A Threefold Perspective on Organizational Challenges
Led by Keri Clifton and Tom Morgan
Seeing Things Whole is a leadership framework that cultivates whole leaders and thriving organizations to positively impact the common good. Through this framework, leaders learn to consider their values and strengths while seeking input and perspectives in order to best understand, reflect, and make decisions on the challenges they face. During this presentation, we will introduce the framework for thinking about our work built on three interconnected dimensions. We will also engage in dialogue around common organizational challenges (like artificial intelligence) and how this leadership model can create organizational success across multiple bottom lines.
Making Connections through Community Engagement
Led by Jenean Gilmer
Knowing your community is essential for growing and advancing your organization. Augsburg University has worked to cultivate deep and meaningful relationships with neighbors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, nonprofits and community development organizations. Many of those relationships are with the large East African community in Cedar-Riverside, with people hailing from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. We’ll walk the neighborhood to learn how it has changed over time, how we remain responsive to ongoing changes, and talk with people to learn more about their experiences. Cultivating community connections creates cultural and economic wealth and can help build your organization in ways that are sustainable and enduring.
Date and Time
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Schedule
9:30 am - 10:00 am - Registration/Check-in
10:00 am - 11:00 am- Morning Sessions
11:00 am - 11:45 am - Resource Fair
11:15 am - Networking/Luncheon Registration
11:45 - 1 pm - Luncheon & Keynote ft. Vikas & Priya Narula
Location
Augsburg University
Hagfors Center
2211 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Fees/Admission
Summit Pricing
$50 for members
$75 for non-members
Luncheon Only Pricing
$40 for members
$50 for non-members
~Please inform the chamber directly if you will be using a luncheon pass for this event~
***Please note: Cancellations must be received via written notice. Substitutions are welcome or you may use your credit toward a future event per chamber approval. Reservations made within 48 hours of the event will be charged an additional $10
