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Highlights from SLA’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Report to the Community

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Last evening, we gathered at the Innovation Connector to celebrate SLA’s impact. We heard from WaTasha Barnes Griffin about our commitment to Inclusive Leadership Development, learned how Emergence graduates are making a difference in our community, and shared our progress and growth as we continue to lead forward. Want to…

Meet Our Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors

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Shafer Leadership Academy welcomes two Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors Shafer Leadership Academy welcomes two Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors to connect individuals with inclusive leadership development opportunities. Charlize Jamieson and Gabrielle Lloyd will join Courtney Jarrett, who was named an inaugural ambassador in 2022. Jarrett will lead this trio…

Don’t Hold Back

Blog, Stories of Leadership
Self-made James Joseph leads with empathy to inspire even the most unlikely leaders James Joseph has never had to look far for guidance and inspiration: “If my father ever had a bad day, I didn’t know it. If he ever rushed to judgement, I didn’t see it,” Joseph said. “My…

The Best Investment is Professional Development

Blog, Stories of Leadership
Andrew Dawson speaks to the rewards of building a team of leaders The late Al Rent, who was a fixture at Ball State University, told Andrew Dawson early in his career, “You are only as successful as people allow you to be.” The truism has grown to become somewhat of…

The goal is not perfection, the goal is progress.

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Written by: Alicia Van Duyn  SLA Summer 2023 Intern The goal is not perfection, the goal is progress. Those were the words that one of my psychology professors, Professor Mathieu-Frasier, had put up on the screen the first day of class this past spring semester for her research methods in psychology…

From Uncertainty to Career Ready

Blog, Stories of Leadership
Shafer Leadership Academy and Eastern Indiana Works Partner with the YWCA Central Indiana to help residents gain employment. “That program gave me my mama back,” Samantha Long said of a novel partnership to empower and equip her mother and others with the confidence, resources and skills needed to move from…

Welcome Ted Ward as Membership Director

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Shafer Leadership Academy named C. Ted Ward, II as the nonprofit’s membership director. Starting July 24, the longtime leadership coach will work to deepen existing relationships with SLA member organizations and connect new members to the region’s premiere professional development organization. I am proud to be part of the team.…