The holiday season often brings stress and competing demands. This session will show you how to create a safe, supportive team environment through clear communication and empathy. You’ll walk away with tactics to reduce burnout, boost morale, and keep your team engaged during high-pressure times.

Traditional “high-potential” programs often miss the mark, favoring charisma, current performance, or outdated proxies that don’t predict future leadership. In this session, we’ll explore a new approach: how HR and organizational leaders can spot and cultivate real potential by focusing on learning agility, collaborative leadership, and a genuine desire for growth. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to reduce bias in talent decisions, embed growth behaviors into your processes, and build a stronger, more inclusive leadership pipeline.

This session explores the difference between reacting to every crisis and building systems that prevent them. You’ll leave with prioritization tools and frameworks to shift from firefighting to proactive leadership, reclaiming time and energy for what matters most.

In this session, you’ll learn how to anchor your leadership in clarity and focus, even when demands are overwhelming. You’ll walk away with practical tools to set priorities, stay centered, and lead with confidence under pressure.