Here is what happened at The 2020 Leadership Forum
Community Summit
Free Online Summit Format
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Incubating LeadershipGain Insight! Become Inspired! Build Your Network!
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Incubating Leadership Conversations took place starting May 13th
Online Community Summit was held on July 8th and 9th
2020 Leadership Forum Community Summit on
Incubating Leadership.
Incubating Leadership.
Incubating Leadership is about connecting and supporting leaders
who inspire meaningful change by turning insights into action.
who inspire meaningful change by turning insights into action.
What does Incubating Leadership look like?
1) Enhancing your personal leadership journey. Based on the belief that everyone has leadership potential, we are devoted to personal development through learning experiences, coaching, and rejuvenation.
2) Expanding your leadership learning network by providing an intentional network of professionals who are willing to share and nurture expertise in leadership. Leaders from all levels, generations, and across the sectors of corporate, educational, and societal leadership bring their challenges and ideas to develop actionable solutions.
3) Contributing to meaningful change across the corporate, educational and societal sectors through community collaboration; producing and sharing work products that will impact how we lead, share knowledge and work in our world.
2020 Leadership Forum Summit Calendar
In our 102nd year of convening as a group, we are moving to an online format. Although the reasons for this are health concerns, we recognize that this presents an opportunity to open our sessions to a broader audience. This also allows us to schedule a dynamic group of provocateurs who will be leading Incubating Leadership Conversations throughout May and June, with the culmination at our 2-day event on July 8 and 9.
Incubating Leadership Conversations are not your normal webinars. They are interactive working sessions, so come prepared to learn, share, question, problem solve, and meet new people. Once you register for the Summit, you will receive login information for all the Incubating Leadership Conversations. Before July 8th, you will be invited to select which sector group you would like to join. Although we would like everyone to have the full experience by attending all Incubating Leadership Conversations, we recognize that this might not be possible. Please do not feel that if you miss a session you can’t continue to attend all the remaining sessions.
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Calendar of Events
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Incubating Leadership Conversations
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Introduction to Incubating Leadership
May 13, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
What Would an Era of Incubating Leadership Look Like?
Provocateurs: Howard Kraft, LaTonya Wilkins and Joel Wright
Introduction to the Incubating Leadership conversation to explore what an era of incubating leadership could mean. We will explore all of our personal Incubating Leadership journeys while investigating leadership challenges by sector: corporate, educational and societal, exploring differences and commonalities. Join us as we kick off our mission of Incubating Leadership!
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Lessons for Incubating Leadership in Times of Crisis
May 20, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Building Organizational Capacity for Crisis
Provocateur: Lyndon Rego
Crises test people, organizations, and systems and often find us wanting. Even as each crisis is unique, crises have repeating patterns and offer crisp lessons that we can absorb. These lessons highlight the importance of empowerment, adaptability, and networks that organizations can build to prepare for both unexpected crises and the new normal of extreme change and complexity.
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Where Do We See Examples of Incubating Leadership?
May 27, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Leading the Way Forward in Unprecedented Times
Provocateur: Tricia Naddaff
Even experienced leaders have no road map to help them navigate the current landscape. Find out what research can tell us about the leadership behaviors that are most important during this time of disruption. Following the Zen saying “You can’t serve from an empty vessel” we’ll explore not only what leaders can do in relationship to others, but also what they can do for themselves in order to have the energy and ability to lead authentically and with purpose.
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How Can We Incubate Leadership Through Our Educational Institutions?
June 3, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
What’s your Leadership SLOPE? A Framework for Educators and a Platform to Support Them
Provocateurs: Joel Wright, Chris Rehm
At the 100th Leadership Forum, Chris and Joel were part of a group that convened to explore, learn, and discuss how to scale leadership development access for all youth. This year, they will share their progress on the development of a digital platform supported by a new youth leader development framework to advance this work. This is an opportunity for our community to incubate, provide feedback, and further this movement. (Shhhhhh... it's a secret but those attending will be given access to a brand new community with an emerging set of resources.)
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How Can We Incubate Leadership From Leading Self to Leading Others?
June 10, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Topic: Incubating Leadership from a Space of Being
Provocateur: Rachel Nyaradzo Adams
Before leadership becomes an external expression, it is an internal coherence that resides in the often uninterrogated chambers of our beingness. This session will explore the ontological model of leadership looking at embodied leadership, mood states and speech acts for effective leadership.
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How Can Incubating Leadership Address How Organizations View Total Rewards?
June 17, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Total Rewards: Flip the Viewpoint
Provocateur: Robert Schott
Organizations design attraction and retention models today that are frail from an over weighted, organization-first viewpoint despite the evolving culture of work. Rewards (intrinsic and extrinsic) are critical levers in leading and achieving best outcomes – personally and organizationally. Our work here is to percolate thought leadership on the future of Total Rewards and drive a fundamental change to the organization/workforce relationship.
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How Can We Improve Our Communication by Incubating Leadership?
June 24, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Visual Leadership: Incubating Leadership through the Power of Visual Thinking
Provocateur: Todd Cherches
One of the greatest challenges all leaders – and all people – face is getting others to “see” what you’re saying. And one of the most powerful and effective ways of doing so is by leveraging the power of visual thinking and visual communication! In this fun, fast-paced, highly interactive, experiential, and (of course!) visual webinar you will learn a variety of ways in which you can enhance your leadership effectiveness through the use of visual imagery, mental models, metaphors, and visual storytelling.
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How Can Incubating Leadership Inform our Personal Leadership Journey?
July 1, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Finding Your Voice: How to Share Your Ideas, Grow Your Following, and Be Seen as the Thought Leader You Are
Provocateur: Helena Escalante
Brief: You’re very good at what you do. Your immediate circles know it. But... How can you further grow yourself, spread your ideas, and become a more recognized thought leader that makes meaningful change?
It’s ALL in the power of words: Your message. Your content. Your online presence.
In this session you will:
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Introduction to Incubating Leadership
May 13, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
What Would an Era of Incubating Leadership Look Like?
Provocateurs: Howard Kraft, LaTonya Wilkins and Joel Wright
Introduction to the Incubating Leadership conversation to explore what an era of incubating leadership could mean. We will explore all of our personal Incubating Leadership journeys while investigating leadership challenges by sector: corporate, educational and societal, exploring differences and commonalities. Join us as we kick off our mission of Incubating Leadership!
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Lessons for Incubating Leadership in Times of Crisis
May 20, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Building Organizational Capacity for Crisis
Provocateur: Lyndon Rego
Crises test people, organizations, and systems and often find us wanting. Even as each crisis is unique, crises have repeating patterns and offer crisp lessons that we can absorb. These lessons highlight the importance of empowerment, adaptability, and networks that organizations can build to prepare for both unexpected crises and the new normal of extreme change and complexity.
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Where Do We See Examples of Incubating Leadership?
May 27, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Leading the Way Forward in Unprecedented Times
Provocateur: Tricia Naddaff
Even experienced leaders have no road map to help them navigate the current landscape. Find out what research can tell us about the leadership behaviors that are most important during this time of disruption. Following the Zen saying “You can’t serve from an empty vessel” we’ll explore not only what leaders can do in relationship to others, but also what they can do for themselves in order to have the energy and ability to lead authentically and with purpose.
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How Can We Incubate Leadership Through Our Educational Institutions?
June 3, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
What’s your Leadership SLOPE? A Framework for Educators and a Platform to Support Them
Provocateurs: Joel Wright, Chris Rehm
At the 100th Leadership Forum, Chris and Joel were part of a group that convened to explore, learn, and discuss how to scale leadership development access for all youth. This year, they will share their progress on the development of a digital platform supported by a new youth leader development framework to advance this work. This is an opportunity for our community to incubate, provide feedback, and further this movement. (Shhhhhh... it's a secret but those attending will be given access to a brand new community with an emerging set of resources.)
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How Can We Incubate Leadership From Leading Self to Leading Others?
June 10, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Topic: Incubating Leadership from a Space of Being
Provocateur: Rachel Nyaradzo Adams
Before leadership becomes an external expression, it is an internal coherence that resides in the often uninterrogated chambers of our beingness. This session will explore the ontological model of leadership looking at embodied leadership, mood states and speech acts for effective leadership.
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How Can Incubating Leadership Address How Organizations View Total Rewards?
June 17, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Total Rewards: Flip the Viewpoint
Provocateur: Robert Schott
Organizations design attraction and retention models today that are frail from an over weighted, organization-first viewpoint despite the evolving culture of work. Rewards (intrinsic and extrinsic) are critical levers in leading and achieving best outcomes – personally and organizationally. Our work here is to percolate thought leadership on the future of Total Rewards and drive a fundamental change to the organization/workforce relationship.
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How Can We Improve Our Communication by Incubating Leadership?
June 24, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Visual Leadership: Incubating Leadership through the Power of Visual Thinking
Provocateur: Todd Cherches
One of the greatest challenges all leaders – and all people – face is getting others to “see” what you’re saying. And one of the most powerful and effective ways of doing so is by leveraging the power of visual thinking and visual communication! In this fun, fast-paced, highly interactive, experiential, and (of course!) visual webinar you will learn a variety of ways in which you can enhance your leadership effectiveness through the use of visual imagery, mental models, metaphors, and visual storytelling.
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How Can Incubating Leadership Inform our Personal Leadership Journey?
July 1, 2020; 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET US
Finding Your Voice: How to Share Your Ideas, Grow Your Following, and Be Seen as the Thought Leader You Are
Provocateur: Helena Escalante
Brief: You’re very good at what you do. Your immediate circles know it. But... How can you further grow yourself, spread your ideas, and become a more recognized thought leader that makes meaningful change?
It’s ALL in the power of words: Your message. Your content. Your online presence.
In this session you will:
- Discover how to "find your “voice”
- Align your content to your leadership goals
- Find out how to create insightful content that keeps your audience coming back for more
- Learn how to be creative and come up with relevant topics
Weekly Leadership Forum Coffee Breaks
Each Thursday, following the Incubating Leadership Conversations, there will be an online Coffee Break. These are informal, open conversations that can be used to continue the discussion from the prior day or to open new areas for discussion. You will be given a link to logon and add your voice to the community.
Each Thursday, following the Incubating Leadership Conversations, there will be an online Coffee Break. These are informal, open conversations that can be used to continue the discussion from the prior day or to open new areas for discussion. You will be given a link to logon and add your voice to the community.
2020 Summit 2-Day Agenda - July 8th and 9th
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July 8, 2020*
9:00 - 9:30 AM ET US
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*All times are Eastern US time zone
Morning Song
Song Leader: Kelli Bruno A long-time tradition that originated during the industrial revolution when leaders learned singing was a common activity that could bring people together - Not to be Missed! |
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9:30 - 10:00
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Message from Our Summit Co-Chairs
Summit Co-Chairs: Kathy Bittner, Katleho Mohono Reflection on the eight Incubating Leadership Conversations held to date and introduction of the activities for the 2-day event. |
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10:00 - 12:00
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Grounded and Conscious Leadership
Provocateurs: Chuck Firlotte and Steve Gardiner Some Startling Statistics: • 52% of employees believe that the world is changing faster than their ability to adapt • 54% of employees feel their leaders are not adapting well to the changing environment • Only 13% think leaders are doing a very good/excellent job of leading change What are the stats in your organization? Though 94% of senior leaders believe they are conscious, only 48% of working adults observe conscious behavior in their leaders. The Grounded and Conscious Leadership Workshop equips leaders with the skills required to transform themselves and their organizations so they can face the major disruptors of our times – speed, uncertainty, complexity, technology, competition and globalization. |
Break – Stretch – Eat - Reflect
During this time we will keep the video meeting open so people can connect informally.
During this time we will keep the video meeting open so people can connect informally.
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2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Sector Breakout Sessions
Provocateurs: Lyndon Rego - Societal, Chris Rehm– Educational, Kathy Bittner/ Jane Rosenzweig – Corporate Everyone attends a sector and will explore the biggest challenges they face and determine which one(s) sector members are committed to resolve. Separate Sector Zoom meetings will facilitate breakout rooms within the sector that enable meaning making, networking, and ideation. This two-hour session will:
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July 9, 2020*
9:00 - 9:30 AM
9:30 - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 12:00
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* All times are Eastern Time US
Morning Song
Song Leader: Kelli Bruno Meet again with Kelli Bruno to start the day with song. 2019 Project Update: Creativity Scars
Project Lead: Faith Hassell During the 2019 Leadership Forum Conference on “Failure”, a project group was inspired to develop a leadership development program on how we all carry wounds and scars that impact our leadership capabilities. This session will share the tool this team produced and what they have learned through incubating leadership. Sector Cross Pollination
Facilitator: Todd Cherches Each sector will have approximately 30 minutes to:
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Break – Stretch – Eat - Reflect
During this time we will keep the video meeting open so people can connect informally.
During this time we will keep the video meeting open so people can connect informally.
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2:00 - 3:00 PM
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Sector Breakout Conversations
Provocateurs: Lyndon Rego - Societal, Chris Rehm– Educational, Kathy Bittner/ Jane Rosenzweig – Corporate Sector teams will again convene on separate Zoom calls where they can review the feedback, update their project proposal, and begin to create action plans for how they will research and create viable solutions to prototype, test, and refine. Output: Project Definition and Roles as part of a Draft Action Plan |
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
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Call to Action
Each sector will present their Action Plans for moving their initiatives forward. We will hear closing words and a call to action for the future from the Leadership Forum Community leaders. |
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5:00 - 6:00 PM
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Celebration!
Optional Virtual Happy Hour - BYO? |
Post Summit Incubation Sharing Conversations
Incubation Sharing Conversations will be scheduled throughout the year after the Summit as follow-up on projects and a continuation of community learning and dialog.
Incubation Sharing Conversations will be scheduled throughout the year after the Summit as follow-up on projects and a continuation of community learning and dialog.
You may want to consider becoming a member of our community to support our mission
The Leadership Forum Community is a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 organization, organized for the purpose of education. We are only able to continue our work through the generous donations of the members and friends of the community. We rely on donations to cover our annual operating expenses. In addition we have an all-volunteer staff and board who are dedicated to our mission. Donations are tax deductible and can be made as a General Donation to the operating fund to further the activities of the organization, or to the Leadership Forum Community Scholarship Fund . Donations may be made by individuals or organizations and are deeply appreciated.
What sets the LFC Summit apart from other conferences?
The LFC provides a unique opportunity for leaders to pause and unplug from their fast-paced world. This year we will be holding our Summit in an online format due to health and travel concerns. As before, we are intentionally curating a unique group of provocateurs who will engage us in meaningful conversations about our own personal learning and development, deepen our connections and networks through dialogue, and help us create workable solutions to our personal and world issues.
We invite you to INCUBATE your IDEAS into ACTION with the LFC. Above and beyond the important talking and listening that occurs at the Summit, we pivot from DIALOGUE to MAKING MEANINGFUL CHANGE by challenging every member of our community to join a sector group in which you continue the work of the LFC Summit throughout the year. Our vision is for each sector group to provide progress updates throughout the year and then reconvene at the 103rd LFC Summit with workable solutions, assets, and tools that move the LFC’s efforts forward in addressing some of your personal as well as the world's current leadership challenges.
We want YOU to virtually show up and join us at this year’s Summit. We welcome EVERYONE to bring your ideas and your challenges to experience a new leadership SUMMIT.