Courageous Women: Leading when it’s tough

Avoiding scarcity traps, boosting performance & resilience

Join the IEEE PES Chicago Chapter, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chicago Regional Section, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Chicago Section for a transformational workshop to support women in leadership roles by helping them avoid scarcity traps, while boosting performance & resilience for themselves and their team.

“Leadership Challenges: What I Learned” – Dayna Johnson, GE

Dayna Johnson, President of the Board for the Society of Women Engineers, will share her experiences as a licensed professional engineer, a LEED accredited professional, a former GE commercial manager leading large teams through the bidding process for high-voltage electrical substations, and the Emerging Technology Programs and Operations Leader at GE Gas Power.

“Leadership Challenges: What I Learned” – Wanda Reder, Grid-X Partners

Wanda Reder will share her experiences, including how she rose through the ranks to become the VP, Asset Management/Engineering & System Planning at Exelon Energy Delivery, the first woman to serve as President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, a Fellow of the IEEE, the Chief Strategy Officer at S&C Electric, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the President and CEO of Grid-X Partners, and more!

Advanced Leadership Workshop Agenda:

  • Leadership Challenges: What I Learned – Part 1 with Dayna
  • Focus 1: Diagnose and deconstruct your biggest leadership pain as a mid-level manager
  • Focus 2: Identify and understand scarcity traps: time, energy, data, $$$, other resources
  • Focus 3: Connect with your productive, creative, in-the-zone, flow state to deal with complexity and overwhelm
  • Lunch
  • Leadership Challenges: What I Learned – Part 2 with Wanda
  • Focus 4: Learn how to confidently call on your inner courage when it’s tough
  • Focus 5: Develop a high performance resiliency plan for you and your team
  • Wrap up and bonus raffle

The workshop is open to all individuals who are committed to empowering women as they embrace the challenges of leadership.

Facilitators: Alex Flueck and Teresa Heger

• Alex Flueck, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Tech and a leadership integrity facilitator.
• Teresa Heger, MA, Organizational Learning and Performance, is a leadership coach and corporate trainer based in Michigan.

Date/Time

Oct 14, 2022 @ 9 am – 4 pm Central Time

Location

Illinois Tech Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL 60189

Advanced Leadership Workshop Fee

On or before Oct 7:
• $295   IEEE/SWE/AIChE member
• $395   Non-member

After Oct 7:
• $345   IEEE/SWE/AIChE member
• $445   Non-member

Registration

Advance registration is required for this meeting:
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/325048

Save $50: Register by Oct 7.  Ask your boss (or your sponsor) to invest in your success!

Refund requests must be submitted via email to workshop organizer by Oct 7, 2022.  Refund processing fee is $25.