Opening Keynote
You Gotta Water Your Own Plants: How to Grow and Thrive as a Leader

Leadership is not always about doing more; it's about shifting from doing to leading. As you make a shift to enhance your leadership capacity, an essential strategy for guiding your growth is creating a personal leadership plan. This type of plan can help you grow in your current role and prepare you to take on additional leadership responsibilities in a new role. In this session, Arika Pierce will share the mindsets, beliefs, and actions you need to thrive and be more successful in your organization.

Learning Outcomes:

• How to improve your leadership presence and effectiveness.
• Strategies to identify and optimize your strengths to build influence and your personal brand.
• Best practices for developing the mindset of a forward-thinking leader.