Session at a Glance
Title:

402: Confidence, Charisma and Creativity: How Necessary are All Three for Leaders in Emergency Management?

Speaker: Linda Pickard
Stream: The Human Element
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM (EST)
   
Description
Leading change in complex situations is an art as well as a set of skills. The right mix of confidence, charisma and creativity fuels momentum, working wonders to inspire and focus teams. The new twist on these capabilities to fit today’s world and how to sharpen each will be explored.
 
Speaker Bio
Leadership can be learned. Charisma is not all it’s “cracked up to be”. In that we all have the capacity to lead with influence, Linda’s raison d’etre is to inspire us to dig deeper and make more of a difference in our work places and communities. Linda is dedicated to a worldwide movement started by Harvard University’s John Kotter to help develop 100 million stronger leaders.

She is a skilled executive coach, educator, facilitator and creative designer of leadership development programs based on the best practices of top organizations and universities in North America and Europe. Her services are sought particularly by local municipalities wanting to better prepare their managers for developing sustainable communities.

Linda has a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Toronto and is a CCEP Board member.