Closing Plenary Brunch: Connecting to Purpose and Making Meaning of What We’ve Learned
Session Description
Many grantmakers strive to foster communities that support learning, leverage experience and make an impact. Effective leadership practices and community development are intrinsically linked, and one’s personal values shape that leadership style. When we work in service of our organizations and communities, sometimes we can lose touch with our own values and leadership style. By understanding how our values show up in our work, grantmakers can play a role in shaping their organizational culture, build stronger relationships with their grantees and be impactful community leaders. How do we connect our sense of purpose to drive our day-to-day work? What new tools and ideas have we learned at the conference that we want to take home with us? How can we connect these new ideas to our personal values and our daily work? In this session, Heidi Brooks, senior lecturer in organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management and a leader of New Haven’s Community Leadership Program, will offer space for reflection and sharing with peers and will help participants connect learnings from the past three days to the values and motivations that drew you to this work in the first place.
Session Designers
Speakers
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Heidi Brooks, Yale School of Management
Biography
Heidi Brooks specializes in leadership and community development for individuals, organizations, and larger systems. Her experience includes executive coaching and leadership development in Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, family firms, and non-profit organizations.
Since 2003, she has been on the faculty at the Yale School of Management, where she is the faculty director the Global Pre-MBA Leadership Program. Her courses include: Interpersonal Dynamics, Managing Teams and Groups, Leadership Development, Emotional Intelligence and Coaching Skills for Managers. In recent years, she spearheaded the original leadership development curriculum design and directed both the Leadership Development Program and the SOM Mentoring Program.
Dr. Brooks has a PhD in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a BA from Brown University. When she is not with her family or on the tennis court, Heidi is usually engaged in building courageous leadership communities.