Powerplay – Strategies for Personal Leadership

You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself
to be, and…the most difficult part of any endeavor is
taking the first step, making the first decision.”
- Robyn Davidson

PowerPlay
A one-day workshop that engages full-time employees in meaningful dialogue with one another about the important tasks of leadership. Focus is on developing new skills and techniques for having maximum impact and positive influence through effective communications, increased self-awareness, political savvy, early risk-taking and networking to enhance individual effectiveness.

Objectives/Intended Outcomes
To begin to recognize and call forth the inherent capabilities of each individual by helping you to “unleash your power” so that you can have an impressive self-presentation / image that moves you forward in realizing your intentions and fully expressing who you can become.

Workshop dates: April 15, April 26, June 23, June 28, and upcoming dates in July and August 2004

Testimonials

“The following morning after attending the WorkStyle/LifeStyle workshop [in the PowerPlay Series], I was filled with a sense of urgent motivation! It was an experience that touched me profoundly and will remain a lasting source of accomplishment.”

L. Johnson
Senior Manager, Financial Services Firm
New York City

If I were to distill down the consensus from the participants about PowerPlay, it would be this: “wonderful workshop, glad to have participated; got enormous value from it . . . could have put the learnings to even better use if they'd come earlier in my career.” The participants suggested that PowerPlay be integrated into the corporate on boarding or training in the early stages of their career.

Career Services Management Team
JPMorgan Chase

“I want to take this opportunity to say ‘Thank you’ for being a part of such a wonderful, engaging PowerPlay workshop. I am grateful to Springboard facilitators for taking the time to engrave in our minds the fact that we are leaders in our own way. I really needed that extra punch and you gave that to me today. I will take what I learned today and practice on making whatever I want to happen...happen.”

A Gobourel
Senior Technology Trainer
New York City

Spelman Leadership Center Launch: The Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement

In response to the growing need to build leadership skills early in the experiences of women and women of color, Springboard’s co-founders, Pamela Carlton and Kimberly Davis collaborated with President Beverly Daniel Tatum on the design, development and delivery of the Spelman College Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement. The Center, launched on October 9, 2003, is at the vanguard of preparing women for important leadership roles, and through a research center of excellence, is providing ground-breaking ideas to corporations and other organizations on leadership challenges and opportunities.The Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement, known as Spelman LEADS, has five key areas of emphasis: Leadership Development, Economic Empowerment, Advocacy through the Arts, Dialogue across Difference, Service Learning and Civic Engagement.

Designed as a research site, Spelman LEADS is a place for discussion of contemporary issues and their implication for public policy. It is an environment where students learn from women who themselves have been on the front line of business and social change in both the private and public sectors. It is also a place where the financial literacy and economic development of women of color are promoted; where the transformational power of the artist as community leader is embraced; where opportunities for dialogue across difference abound; and where our commitment to community service is enhanced and civic involvement is inspired by example.

As a research institute and national repository, Spelman LEADS has a unique perspective that focuses on issues of local, national and global relevance, and the ways in which these issues impact multicultural women.

As the Center for Leadership & Civic Engagement prepares leaders for the twenty-first century, it does so with a clear vision of a workforce that reflects the diversity of our world, fully embracing the notion of active leadership and the pursuit of civic initiatives that are of personal worth and public value. It is in this spirit that Spelman LEADS serves to guide the actions and shape the destinies of current and future generations of women of color throughout the nation and around the world.

Learn more about Spelman Leads: www.spelman.edu/leads