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Encouraging Character: Leadership Today
All leaders emphasize the importance of a “team,” but truly great leaders exemplify it. Explore the qualities of effective leadership by focusing on specific aspects of constructing a team, instilling a sense of character, and maximizing institutional performance.Discuss positioning individual team members for personal growth and career achievement. By providing strong guidance and leadership today, managers can drive fundraising success and help shape future leaders for tomorrow.
John A. Lewis, IV, Head of School, The Gunston School; and Gregory J. Hagin, Partner & Managing Director, CCS Fundraising
Finding Harmony in Work and Life — with a Job that Doesn’t Turn Off
Finding time for your family, work, and leisure time can be challenging in the lives we live in higher education. It’s difficult to do it all. Not only is achieving a healthy work/life balance an attainable goal, but workers and businesses alike see the rewards. In this presentation, practical steps, tips and secrets will be shared that we can all take to loosen the grip that stress has on us and re-establish the balance we need to thrive and be happy.
Matthew Colson, Executive Director of Alumni Relations, Stony Brook University