EPIC Lunching Outside the Box: Gaining Credibility as a Leader in the Workplace

Cliches, Cultures, and Competencies: Overcoming Barriers to Leadership Development for Millennials

Much has been said about generational differences in the workplace and the challenges that creates for developing leadership skills and gaining credibility as a leader in the workplace. This interactive session will explore the stereotypes of millennials and how those perceptions offer opportunities to develop the competencies identified as critical in the workplace of the future. We will also explore the power of organizational culture; how to read it, how to effectively change within organizational culture confines, and how to thrive as a leader in the cultural context. Participants will take away a personal leadership development plan that provides a road map for taking action on the learning objectives of the session.

Speaker Debbie Snellen, Director of Organizational and Professional Development at the University of Missouri, will talk to this and more at this valuable luncheon.

Brief speaker biography:

Deborah Snellen joined the staff the University of Missouri Advancement in February 2013. After serving in the role of Development Officer for Corporate Relations, she was recently named the Director of Organizational and Professional Development for the division. For twenty five years prior to this, Deb owned a nationally known consulting firm, Business Class, a company dedicated to training and development options for improving organizational performance. She is a specialist in leadership, management and organizational development, communication skills and strategic planning. Mrs. Snellen has been very active in several organizations including, the Mizzou Alumni Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management, the University of Missouri’s Department of Communication, among others.

Mrs. Snellen received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the Honors Division of the College of Education and a Master of Arts degree in Speech Communication with an emphasis in Organizational Communication and Training from the University of Missouri.

Mrs. Snellen’s interactive presentation will be filled with expert advice about gaining credibility as a leader in the workplace! We hope you will join us on Tuesday, January 21, 2014!

The lunch will be held from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Shakespeare’s Pizza (South Location: 3911 Peachtree Dr). Cost is $10 if you register online by Friday, January 17, 2014 or $13 at the door.

Thank you to our Lunching Outside the Box Series Sponsor

Location, Food and Beverage Sponsor Shakespeare’s Pizza, Inc.

EPIC is presented by

For more information or questions, please contact Meagan Schaffner at the Chamber (573) 874-1132 or mschaffner@ColumbiaMOChamber.com