Leading from the Middle: Essential Skills to Drive Success

Leading from the Middle: Essential Skills to Drive Success

December 9 - 10, 2024 | Denver, CO

Lean into the opportunity to maximize your effectiveness and influence as you lead from the middle.

Overview

It is a very complex task to lead from the middle. You must understand, communicate, and operationalize strategy while also being attuned to the needs and expectations of your supervisor, your team, and other partners with whom you collaborate.

This conference will place you in the room with other experienced middle and senior managers to explore such critical topics as leveraging your scope of influence, deepening your self-awareness, building effective relationships, and the intersection of agency and followership. We will combine the following elements to help you to more effectively serve as the bridge between institutional leaders and your own team:

  • Introspection
    You will develop a personal leadership definition and take the Five Paths to Leadership℠ Assessment.
  • Leadership Frameworks and Tools
    You will explore concepts like courageous leadership, conflict resolution, empathy, trust, and power dynamics.
  • Tactical Application
    You will tie your reflection along with frameworks and tools to such practical uses as conducting effective and collaborative meetings and developing a personal leadership development plan.

What Makes Our Events Different?

Academic Impressions conferences provide the opportunity for quality conversations and relationship-building through both formal and informal networking opportunities in an intimate setting. Our in-depth and hands-on approach to learning provides you with actionable takeaways.

Extend Your Stay to Enhance Your Skills with Additional Training

Stay an extra day with us and experience our Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Engaging in Difficult Dialogues in the Workplace workshop taking place December 11, 2024. At this event, you’ll dive deeper into managing the feelings around difficult conversations, focusing on creating an orientation around fairness. By attending both events, you’ll gain valuable insights and strategies to strengthen your team dynamics. Register for both workshops and save $500!

Who Should Attend

Given the intensive nature of the program, middle and senior managers who have experience in leading teams or units will benefit from attending. We have intentionally designed this program for administrators across the institution from academic affairs, student affairs, finance, human resources, and other functional areas.

Agenda

Day 1 – Monday, December 9, 2024 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MT

Day 2 – Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. MT

Location

Academic Impressions’ Denver-based office

5299 DTC Blvd, Suite 1400
Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Denver skyline

Pricing

Starting at:

$2,595
/person

Members get a $250 discount!