Game Changers

Take a break from industry-heavy content to focus on YOU! Game changers help you take a step back and shift your perspective as you work on your own needs as a leader. Led by top-notch speakers, you will walk away with the motivation and tools you need to take your practice and your career to the next level.  

Managing Across Five Generations 



May 3, 2025 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Kevin McDaniel

For the first time in history there are five generations in the workplace. This class will define the challenges and differences in these five generations, highlight the benefits of building cross generational teams, offer effective retention strategies and provide simple tools for connecting people more effectively in the workplace.

  • Understand Generational Dynamics: Identify and define the five workplace generations, including their shaping events, key differences, and communication styles.
  • Leverage Generational Diversity: Recognize the benefits of bridging generational differences to foster collaboration, enhance productivity, and improve team engagement and retention.
  • Apply Tools to Address Generational Challenges: Use practical tools such as Emergenetics, voice-based coaching, and creating agreements to build stronger workplace connections and resolve dysfunction.
  • Protect and Retain Top Talent: Identify and support key contributors ("protected players") to maintain a thriving, productive workforce.
 

Exploring Performance Potential - The Competitor's Mindset


May 3, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm                             
Mark Pollock

In a world where challenges are inevitable, some people are held back while others are propelled forward. Either we sit on the sidelines as spectators or we step into the arena as competitors.

During this masterclass, you will consider the science of human performance and explore how to:

  • Embrace a competitor mindset to reach your potential
  • Use clarity, commitment, and confidence for optimal performance
  • Create the conditions to enter a high performance flow state
  • Treat recovery as a peak performance non-negotiable

Executive Quicksand


May 4, 2025, 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Don Harkey

Congratulations, you are an executive! While landing the executive role is a significant accomplishment, many executives find it less than enjoyable. This is because many find that they now have less control over their time, are pulled down into the weeds of many different projects, and are constantly dealing with people problems. This phenomenon, which we refer to as "Executive Quicksand" can detract from strategic leadership, goal execution, and from being the true leader that executives dreamed they would be when they took on the role. In this session, we will explore how executives unintentionally fall into this quicksand and provide strategies for regaining their time and strategic focus. This session is designed to get executives out of the quicksand and back to the leader they need to be!

Objectives:  

  • Understand how executives become entangled in day to day issues and lose sight of strategic priorities
  • Learn techniques to reclaim control over your schedule and prioritize strategic initiatives over operational concerns.
  • Gain tools and methods to shift focus back to high impact leadership and long term planning, and enhance your strategic focus

The Truth About Work-Life Balance


May 5, 2025, 8:00 am - 9:15 am
Maria Milagros

It is essential that we create and cultivate ‘balance’ so that we can continue to do the work we enjoy doing while maintaining the joy in our lives. In this talk we’ll uncover the truth around 'work-life balance', learn evidence-based techniques to get the breathing space we so desperately want, the practices to align with our priorities, and begin to develop the mental clarity (read: peace and joy/sanity) we need to move into our days, jobs and relationships without feeling guilty and/or stretched thin. This workshop helps attendees create a more positive mindset shift that promotes growth and improves the quality of life.

 

Objectives:

  • Encourage attendees to reframe their ideas around 'work-life' balance
  • Educate attendees with evidence-based techniques for intentionally integrating work and life, and for improving the quality of their overall life
  • Empower attendees by giving them the tools to create a tangible plan for putting those techniques into practice