Virtual 2-Part Series

Session #1:
Wednesday, June 21
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2:
Thursday, June 22
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

According to a Korn Ferry survey, nearly two-thirds of professionals say their stress levels at work are higher than they were five years ago. As a leader, what brings you the most stress? Do you begin to consider all the possibilities of what might happen in the future — in three minutes, three months, three years? Learn a few practical tools to discover, name and diffuse your leadership anxiety.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how emotional intelligence can help or hinder what we are trying to accomplish.
2. Examine the areas in which we lead to identifying stressors.
3. Practice techniques for managing your anxiety in specific situations.

This program is ideal for:  first time supervisors, early career professionals, and leaders at all stages.

About Our Facilitator

Susan Rozzi (pronounced Row Z) is the president and owner of Rozzi & Associates, a leadership and organizational development firm focusing on leadership development, emotional intelligence insight and career management. Susan has a passion for unleashing the potential for greatness in good leaders and believes each person has a unique way of leading. She reminds her clients that great leadership skills are a product of time, practice and focused development. What makes Susan different is her observant approach and ability to speak grace with candor.

For many of us, we are our own worst critic. Our inner doubts and fears can diminish our ability to fully flourish as our authentic selves. In this session, we will explore feelings of imposter syndrome and how we can move towards self-acceptance as “humble realists.” In order to stop feeling like an imposter, we need to stop thinking like one.

Learning Objectives

1. Gain clarity about the reality of imposter phenomenon through a healthy and constructive lens
2. Learn how to recognize the feelings and coping mechanisms of your inner critic
3. Discuss how you can reframe these feelings towards a more compassionate view of your own self-competence.

This program is ideal for: everyone

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $50 non-member. $30 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Eilis (A-lish) Wasserman is a virtual facilitator and coach focused on cultivating confidence and inspiring self-discovery. Eilis recently worked at the Ball State University Career Center, The University of Michigan, and The Muse as a Career Coach. You may have seen Eilis acting as a digital producer for one of Shafer’s recent virtual program offerings. She currently serves as Shafer Leadership Academy’s Virtual Program Manager where she coordinates virtual programming guiding facilitators to present their best selves.

Virtual 2-Part Series

Session #1: Inclusivity and DEI 101
Wednesday, July 19
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2: Putting ideas into practice and creating action plans and strategy
Thursday, July 20
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Are you looking for more ideas on how to be a truly inclusive leader? This session will address best practices in fostering inclusive environments, both at a team and corporate level. There will be a focus on LGBTQ+ inclusivity, neurodivergence, and underrepresented ethnicities but this will encompass welcoming all types of diverse teammates you may have on your team. Help your team feel like they belong and can be themselves under your leadership.

Learning Objectives

1. Reflect on your own identity and assumptions
2. Identify 3 ways to welcome teammates who are different than you
3. Learn about best practices in inclusivity, especially LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and underrepresented ethnicities, including pronoun usage and accommodating gender transitions.
4. Determine how to establish an Employee Resource Group and the benefits
5. Identify points of entry to help people feel welcome, from onboarding, to communication channels, to team introductions and check-ins.

This program is ideal for:  first time supervisors, early career professionals, and leaders at all stages.

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $250 non-member. $200 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Laura Holt is a queer career coach and leadership consultant who has led workshops and talks about DEI for the past 5 years. She has led multiple LGBTQ+ ERG groups and worked on HR teams for 4 years. She leads and teaches with empathy and vulnerability.

We all have a habit that we may be looking to change, whether it is a personal or professional habit. Changing a habit that is not benefiting us and replacing it with a habit that is more beneficial can allow for increased productivity, better health and wellness and an easier and quicker career progression. In this session, you will come away with identifying a habit to change, the steps of how to change this habit, while also participating in reflection and accountability for your habit change.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify a habit to change and the meaning behind it
2. Understand the steps on how to replace the current habit with the new habit in a purposeful way.
3. Maintain accountability for change and reflect on this new habit change

This program is ideal for: any professional from of any level or background, as most people have a habit that they would like to change.

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $50 non-member. $30 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Laura Nicolaisen has over 15 years of experience as a Professional Coach and Consultant. She has worked in various non-profit and proprietary higher education universities and institutions as a program manager, an executive team member, and as an admissions and advising director. In addition, she consults at an international advisory company, assisting professionals and executives in obtaining and refining their professional roles. Laura has also been successful as a Sales Specialist at a career transition start-up. She enjoys being a conduit for people in understanding their strengths and career highlights allowing for optimal personal career success while supporting the success of their employer.

Virtual 2-Part Series

Session #1: 
Wednesday, August 23
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2: 
Thursday, August 24
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Conflict is any situation in which your concerns or desires differ from those of another person, the demands of the job/project, or the needs of a situation. It causes a giant time-drain and abundant stress. Many try to avoid situations of conflict and others want to ram their way through it. Understanding your default conflict style can show you how to make the most of each situation and use these times of conflict as learning and success opportunities. Resolving conflict is an opportunity to transform a situation into something better, gaining energy, stopping the drainage of time, and maybe even promoting better internal/external relationships.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn five conflict styles: competing, collaborating, compromising, accommodating and avoiding
2. Become more aware of your own conflict style and recognize conflict styles of others
3. Assess conflict situations – what’s causing stress, time drain, energy drain – in the situation
4. Identify the impact of your conflict style on time and stress management
5. Practice using a 7-Step Model for Conflict Resolution, gaining back energy and time while resolving the conflict

This program is ideal for:  anyone

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $250 non-member. $200 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Susan Rozzi (pronounced Row Z) is the president and owner of Rozzi & Associates, a leadership and organizational development firm focusing on leadership development, emotional intelligence insight and career management. Susan has a passion for unleashing the potential for greatness in good leaders and believes each person has a unique way of leading. She reminds her clients that great leadership skills are a product of time, practice and focused development. What makes Susan different is her observant approach and ability to speak grace with candor.

Are you actively engaged in your life and business or just going through the motions? How motivated are you on a daily basis? Rather than looking for external cues to force performance and motivation, Halle helps participants look inward to uncover what truly inspires them!

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the three levels of motivation
2. Explore your unique strengths and values
3. Discover how to feel more fulfilled in work and life

This program is ideal for: anyone

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $50 non-member. $30 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Halle Simpson is a globally certified Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Author of the Know Thyself Journal. Her passion for speaking and coaching stems from growing up in a household with a parent battling depression and the grit gained from a 20 year career in sales and leadership development.

In her work with executives and business owners across the country, Halle has come to specialize in creating intentional conversations to grow leaders and their businesses.

In her down time, Halle enjoys daily journaling, yoga, massages, watching cooking shows and trips to Traverse City, Michigan. She resides in Indianapolis with her Boston Terrier, Marco (named after Marco Andretti) and is a race fan who attends the Indy 500 each year.

Virtual 2-Part Series

Session #1: 
Wednesday, September 27
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Session #2: 
Thursday, September 28
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

We are all in the business of “customer service,” no matter what our role, our organization, or our industry. So what does it mean to provide “firefly” service? This workshop explores the impact of going above and beyond, and offers practical strategies for participants to gain, and retain, a loyal client and employee base.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will understand how they are in the business of customer service
2. Participants will understand the concept of “firefly service”
3. Participants will learn strategies for going above and beyond, and will understand how the “little” things go a long way

This program is ideal for:  anyone

Cost: Free for SLA Members. $250 non-member. $200 nonprofits.

Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.

About Our Facilitator

Erika Petrelli Bayh has been in people-development for more than 25 years, currently as The Leadership Program’s Senior Vice President of Leadership Development (& self-declared Minister of Mischief). She worked at the helm of Leadership’s central programming for more than a decade, overseeing its largest expansion, and now trains key leadership skills to professionals across the country—as a keynote speaker and featured presenter at conferences, a trainer and coach within organizations, and a leadership-whisperer to individuals. She also blogs regularly and wrote an interactive journal, On Wings & Whimsy: Finding the Extraordinary Within the Ordinary, available on Amazon. Whether from a conference stage, behind a pen, or in one-on-one conversation, the legacy Erika strives to create daily is to be the runway upon which others take flight.