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A Crash Course in Leadership Excellence: Essential Skills for New and Aspiring Managers
Expert educator: Laurie Maddalena
Step into your leadership journey with a workshop tailored to empower new and aspiring managers to create a lasting, positive impact on their teams.
In this impactful session, Laurie Maddalena will share the most important elements of successful leadership, including communication strategies, team engagement techniques, and coaching skills.
Through engaging exercises and insightful discussions, you will leave this short and power-packed session with the confidence and clarity to lead with purpose and inspire excellence in your team. Join us to transform your management approach and elevate your leadership skills.
You'll learn how to:
- Master the Three Pillars of Exceptional Leadership, effectively focusing your time and energy
- Overcome the top five leadership pitfalls
- Leverage coaching skills for maximizing employee performance
- Instill accountability and achieve results with your team in a positive and principled way
- Navigate challenging conversations with confidence and ease
Who should attend from my credit union?
- New and first-time people managers
- Aspiring leaders who don't currently manage people
- Anyone who wants to level up their leadership skills
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Laurie Maddalena, MBA, CSP, CPCC
Laurie Maddalena is CEO of Envision Excellence, a leadership development consulting firm that provides leadership development programs for managers and executives, executive coaching, management training, Myers-Briggs facilitation, Emotional Intelligence surveys and leadership assessments. Laurie has been personally mentored by Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles, and is a certified Success Principles Trainer. Laurie has worked directly with Brené Brown, a bestselling author and researcher, and is a certified Dare to Lead facilitator.
Laurie is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), a designation earned by less than 15% of speakers worldwide. She writes a monthly online column for next generation leaders for CUES, is a contributing writer on leadership for The Huffington Post and CUInsight, and has published articles in Credit Union Management.
She is a contributing author to the international best-selling books, Women Who Empower and Women Who Shine.
Prior to establishing her own coaching and consulting business, Laurie served as Vice President of Human Resources/Organizational Development at Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union (MCT). Under Laurie’s leadership, MCT was awarded the “Excellent Place to Work” designation by the Maryland Work~Life Alliance for seven years in a row.
Laurie earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and a Master of Science degree in human resources/organizational development from The University of Maryland, University College. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Syracuse University. Laurie is a certified executive coach through The Coaches Training Institute, and completed team and organizational coaching training through The Center for Right Relationship and Team Coaching International.
Laurie lives in Maryland with her husband, Rino, and their three children, Olivia, Luca, and Clara. She loves good food and wine (especially Cabernet Sauvignon), plays tennis, loves cappuccinos, and is an avid reader.