Unlock your leadership potential with this full-day, all-inclusive workshop and panel discussion led by Fortune 100 executive coach, Linda A. Smith. This is a unique and rare opportunity for you to sharpen your leadership skills and gain the necessary tools for you to succeed in any field!

You'll have exclusive access to coaching tips normally reserved for New York's top executives and CEOs. Participants will gain new cutting edge thinking in neuroscience, mindfulness, compassion, and leadership practices. The workshop will be highly interactive and include lectures on the topics above, a panel discussion with experienced professionals (bios below), meditation, self-assessment opportunities and large group, small group, and pair discussion activities.

This workshop includes: 

• Light Breakfast
• Interactive Lecture on Neuroscience & Leadership
• Lunch
• A Panel Discussion with Experienced Professionals
• Exclusive Networking Opportunities
• Certificate of Completion

Facilitator: 

Linda A. Smith is a highly skilled global management consultant with 20+ years of experience working with executives of Fortune 100 companies. She advises executives in leadership effectiveness, high performance team development, culture, change, influencing, change management, and interpersonal savvy.

Panelists: 

Stephen Gushée |Caldera Investment Partners, LLC - Steve Gushée is a senior executive with extensive leadership, partner management and business development experience in media, entertainment and real estate. His career spans chapters in advertising, property management and most significantly in entertainment content distribution at HBO. Currently, Gushée is the managing partner and founder of a real estate holding company focused on premier residential rental properties across a multi-state footprint.

Jesse Lucco | Cornell Capital - Jesse is a Managing Director of Cornell Capital.  He has over 15 years of public and private investing experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Jesse focused on public and private equity investing at Avenue Capital Group. Previously he held similar roles at Roundtable, Plural Investments and TA Associates.  Jesse began his career at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division’s Mergers & Strategic Advisory Group.

Hongbo Tan | Starr Indemnity & Liability Company - Hongbo Tan is retiring from her thirty-year career in the insurance industry, where she has held various senior positions in underwriting, portfolio management, and audit. She has travelled worldwide, and worked with clients in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. A firm believer in education and on-the-job learning, she has trained and mentored local talents for the emerging markets, China and Japan in particular. Hongbo holds a Ph.D. in English, a certificate in Financial Analysis, and insurance designations of CPCU, RPLU, ARM, and ARP. She was a cross-cultural consultant and trainer prior to her insurance career.

Simone Betz 🇺🇦 | ABN AMRO Bank N.V. - Currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and has almost 30 years experience in the human resources field at other banking institutions including, HSBC, Deutsche Bank & HSH Nordbank.

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE EXTENDED: Sign up before April 1st for the $49 discounted rate for students/scholars and $99 early bird rate for professionals!

*After April 1st, the cost will be $75 for students/scholars and $149 for professionals*