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09/27/2025
030. Building a Leadership Team for a Transformational Organization
Presenter: Dena Cordova Jack
Level of Complexity: Intermediate
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
In today’s fast-changing business landscape, especially within industries like lumber and building materials and other adjunct industries, transformation is no longer optional. But the real engine behind successful change isn’t just technology or restructuring. It’s leadership. This session explores the essential leadership traits and team dynamics required to drive meaningful, lasting organizational transformation. Drawing on real-world experience in an industry that’s often slow to evolve, I’ll outline the pitfalls of legacy thinking and provide a practical roadmap for building a leadership team capable of thriving amid disruption. Attendees will learn: How to assess the leadership team you have (vs. the one you wish you had) What separates a transformational leader from a great manager Why learning, experimentation, and risk-taking must be embedded in your leadership culture How to break silos, align vision, and build leadership bench strength for the future This is a wake-up call for companies still clinging to "the way we’ve always done it." If your leadership team isn’t ready to evolve, your transformation journey is already in jeopardy. Audience: Executive leaders, HR and OD professionals, innovation officers, and managers tasked with leading cultural or operational change Style: Candid, high-energy, and rooted in practical application—this is transformation with a hard hat on.
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Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Mary C. Kelly
Leaders leave. It's inevitable. It might even happen today. Are you prepared? Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating and implementing a viable succession plan.
This essential guidebook simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. You’ll find a comprehensive action plan, a library of all the tools needed to develop and sustain your plan, and a resource guide. You’ll learn how to:
- Communicate with customers about the change
- Identify talent gaps in your succession plan
- Decide which succession planning model to adapt
- Find the next generation of leadership within your organization
- Handle the unique emotional complexities of succession in a family-owned business
Whether you are part of a small, family business, a Fortune 500 company, or a non-profit, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
