Another Summer Leadership Conference is in the books! Thank you to everyone who attended and thank you also to everyone who presented.
Four keynote speakers led the way during this year’s conference and asked attendees to stretch their thinking about how they could grow their services to better meet the needs of the students and educators in their region.
Jennifer Smith,
founder and CEO for Innovative Office Solutions, talked to the participants about the 4 R’s: Risk, Reinvention, Return on Luck and Relationships. She encouraged us to make our own luck by making yourself open to new opportunities and learning.
Guy Mingo,
CEO, Marsden Holding, LLC encouraged us to remember that our work is about our people. We are in the relationship business and like Marsden, we need to align the growth of our work to our culture.
Mike English,
CEO/President of ForeCast5, reminded us that we are playing an “unfair game” and that there is no “how to” manual to guide us in our growth strategy. Mike shared with us the importance of data analytics and provided real examples of how data is impacting our work. He told us to be curious and not afraid to allocate key resources to those areas that we, as leaders, feel will bring us the most advantage.
Chris Rooney,
CEO/Superintendent of Monmouth Ocean ESA, New Jersey, told participants “to look at the situation from another angle." Chris gave us many examples of how partnerships he has created with AESA Business Partners have been instrumental in the growth of his organization.
