The Grounded and Wild Leader - Keynote by Heather Whelpley
Were you handed some great definitions of leadership - and some pretty disempowering ones as well? Or perhaps you received some messages about YOU as a leader that were helpful - and others that took away your authenticity and power.
For example, maybe you were told that you were a natural leader...but could also be bossy. Or received feedback to be more bold, confident, and develop your executive presence...while also being told you could be too direct, aggressive, or even angry - and that you should smile more. Perhaps you got the message that authentic leadership is the best approach...while also getting advice to conform to the traditional picture of what a leader "should" be.
It's time to change all that. It's time to let go of old stories, redefine leadership, reclaim your power, and unleash your authenticity.
It's time to become a grounded and wild leader.
In this interactive session, Heather will guide you to understand the leadership rules you were handed so you can keep the ones that work for you - and throw the rest out the window. You'll walk away knowing how to:
Redefine great leadership on your own terms
Reconnect to the grounded and wild leader within
Build a community of powerful and authentic leaders to support you
Mentor and develop the next generation of grounded and wild leaders
About the Speaker:
Heather Whelpley is a speaker, author of the award-winning book An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules and the upcoming Grounded Wildness, and host of the podcast, Grounded Wildness. She has led events on imposter syndrome, creating your own rules for success, using your authentic voice to lead change with thousands of people at different companies and conferences across the globe, including a previous presentation for our FIF community! Prior to owning her business, Heather worked at Cargill and Ameriprise in a wide variety of leadership development, human resources, and change management roles in both plants and offices across the US, Latin America, and Australia. An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules has been recognized with multiple awards, including gold medals from the Next Generation Indie Books Awards and Living Now Book Awards and being named as a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon book award for first-time authors. Her second book, Grounded Wildness, will be published in Fall 2023. Heather lives in Colorado where she enjoys spending as much time hiking and exploring as possible. Learn more about Heather, hiring her as a speaker, and get her books at www.heatherwhelpley.com.
