Leadership Lessons Await at the NextGen Virtual Summit
Let’s meet two of the speakers you’ll have the opportunity to hear from during the NextGen opening keynotes along with the topics they’ll cover.
Professional Development
Trust Doesn’t Run on Apologies: It Runs on Proof
I inherited a project with the money running out and folks who didn’t know me. What got the project its additional funding wasn’t an apology. It was proof.
The Quiet Cost of Waiting For Somebody Else to Fix It
Most workplaces have problems that one person cannot solve. A policy may need senior approval. A broken process may cross several departments. Staffing, funding or technology decisions may sit far outside an employee’s authority. Sometimes the right person genuinely does need to step in. But there is a difference between recognizing the limits of yourRead… Read more »
Professional Development With Purpose: Getting the Most Out of Event Attendance
Maximize the value of professional development events with clear goals, active participation, meaningful networking, and thoughtful follow-up.
Career Pivots in Public Service: When Change Is Strategic, Not Reactive
Career changes in public service don’t always signal dissatisfaction. Sometimes, they reflect clarity, growth and intentional leadership.
Leading Through Uncertainty Without Losing Your Team
Periods of uncertainty test leadership more than moments of stability. How leaders show up can steady their teams — or deepen disengagement.
Demystifying AI for Non-Technical Leaders: What You Actually Need to Know
You don’t need to be a data scientist to lead in an AI-enabled workplace. What leaders need most is clarity, context, and the confidence to ask the right questions.
Leadership Beyond the Title
Great leadership doesn’t begin with a promotion. Discover how influence, integrity, and service create leaders at every level of an organization.
Change Ready Means Dissent Ready
It was just one person! I once sat on the Board of Directors of a regional non-profit. We were having a meeting to decide something — I don’t remember what — and took an initial voice vote to level set. The result: all yeas — except for one person. Just one. Call him Bert. BertRead… Read more »
Becoming Trauma-Informed While Everything Else Is Changing
An organization becoming trauma-informed and navigating a leadership change has no steady ground to stand on. The work has to happen in motion.