Our 2022 Annual Forum Workshops & Speakers

Meredith Kathleen Neumann, MS, LMFT, Founder
Scaling Within

Thriving Internally Amidst Rapid Change & Growth

Amidst an accelerated time of rapid change and growth, tangible, proven practices are needed more than ever to help business leaders operate from an optimal brain state, accessing their competency and creative problem-solving abilities while maintaining emotional health. The most crucial skill to develop is self-awareness— as it is the foundation for being able to adapt, evolve & innovate.

But how do you actually grow in self-awareness, practically? Meredith Neumann, MS, LMFT will introduce you to the Scaling Within framework, a simple but cutting-edge tool from the field of neurobiology that will expand your capacity to: 

• Act from intention rather than reaction with increased self-awareness.

• Maintain a growth mindset to remain both aware & agile in the midst of change.

• Make clear and rational decisions without feeling overwhelmed or withdrawn.

• Effectively communicate at work and home, maintaining both honesty & respect.

• Identify and begin to overcome internal barriers and limiting mindsets.

This is a truly transformative framework that will enable you to thrive in every area of life, even beyond succeeding in business.

10 Best Business Practices
Katie Kath, Jkath Design Build + Reinvent, Partner

Being a small business owner is not as easy as it sounds. Wearing many hats throughout the day, supporting, and motivating a growing team, while juggling tough decisions – can be lonely and, well .. scary! Katie Kath will take you through her journey of growing a $350,000 company to a $3-million-dollar company, while sharing growing pains, lessons learned and tips to set your business up for success.

Building Culture
Miquel Purvis McMoore, MBA and Founder of kpCompanies

In today’s competitive employment market - how do you build a culture that retains and attracts the best teams? Join Miquel Purvis McMoore as she shares her insights from working with both prospective employers and employees.

In addition to her most challenging gig of mothering two vivacious children, McMoore leads a lean, mean, talent finding team of hard-working, socially responsible, recruiters committed to sourcing in diverse talent pools. kpCompanies supports private sector, public sector, and non-profit organizations in delivering qualified professionals and executives, nationwide. In her role as founder and CEO, she advocates for diverse placement in critical areas throughout the public, private and non-profit sectors, including executive and board positions.

Finding Your Joy: Build Your Life with More Purpose, Pleasure & Peace
Andrea Gharritt, MPH, RDN, LDN, CLC of The BLD

The last couple of years have been interesting, to say the least. However you endured and "made it work" is valid and fair and kudos! You did it. You designed for survival mode.

However, here we are now. We are in this unique position where our lives have been turned upside down, the canvas has been cleared, and we get to design from scratch. Let's not miss this opportunity to design with some purpose, in the direction of what brings you pleasure & peace.

We'll use this break out session to recalibrate and get honest about the vision you have for your life and explore what needs to shift in your personal & professional designs to get you more deep, unshakeable, level 10 joy.

Growth vs. Scale: What are you ready for?
Jordyn DiOrio of JDP Consult & MEND Jewelry

Growing your business and scaling your business are two very different things - and neither is necessarily better than the other. It all depends on what you want to achieve with your business. During this breakout session, join Jordyn DiOrio, founder and co-founder of three companies, JDP Consult, MEND Jewelry and the Founders Co. on determining if you are ready to scale your business.

The past few years have been an exciting and challenging time of growth and scale for many businesses. In this session, you will hear stories of triumph and adversity from businesses who have navigated these roadblocks head on. We will also take time to reflect on where your business is currently at and what key next steps are required to continue moving forward. This is an opportunity to learn from others and gain insights into how to scale or grow your business.

Understanding YOUR Leadership Style (pre-work required)
Lani Basa of The BWC

In The BWC mindset - we all lead.

If you search “leadership styles” and you will see a plethora of models describing a variety of styles - authoritative, bureaucratic, connective, laissez-faire, transactional… These frameworks are helpful, but in the end it comes down to you - what are your strengths, capabilities and opportunities for growth and how that impacts you as a leader.

In this session, we’ll use your personal results from an assessment to discuss your leadership style and how you can adapt it based on where you are in your leadership journey and in particular leadership challenges.