Leading for Tomorrow, Today!
Jenifer Snook, Senior Vice President of Consulting Services, Haberfeld
No matter what the economic or pandemic environment, true leadership for tomorrow must happen today. Regardless of your position, leadership is about operating with integrity, adapting to the needs of others, and modeling what’s expected. In this interactive session, we will craft a vision for ourselves as leaders, understand how core values guide us, explore leadership principles, and review results of strategic execution in community banking.
Key points to be covered:
1. Discuss strategic leadership principles.
2. Craft a vision for ourselves as leaders.
3. Understanding the importance of value-driven decision-making.
Jenifer Snook, Senior Vice President of Consulting Services, Haberfeld, has previous experience working in the banking industry as well as an instructor at a community college. Those two backgrounds led her to become a trainer and consultant for Haberfeld. During her 17 years at Haberfeld, Jenifer has helped banks with their policies and procedures, as well as trained and presented front-line staff, branch managers, executives, presidents, CEOs and boards of directors. Jenifer has worked with and trained hundreds of banks and thousands of bank staff. Jenifer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Nebraska.
The Journey of DEI
This session will provide insight for organizations that are looking to begin or enhance their DEI Journey and become more active in the DEI space.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Learn some simple tips and tools that will create an impact
2. Understand some of the common pitfall’s organizations face when first engaging with DEI
3. Understand the importance of making DEI part of your organization’s strategic plan
Moderator:
Carlonda Davis
Panelists:
Kyra E. Clark, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Lake City Bank, Warsaw
Sanserrae Frazier, Vice President, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, First Financial Bank, Cincinnati
Steph Madison, Vice President, Diversity and Engagement Manager, First Merchants Bank, Muncie
Communication is Your Superpower: Resolving Conflicts and Setting Boundaries
Alex Perry, Practically Speaking, LLC
In this interactive and entertaining ninety-minute session, Alex will walk you through a simple communication framework for tackling common workplace conflicts, give you a boundary-setting tool to help you state your boundaries, and provide you with sample language to use when your boundaries get crossed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discover the mindset shift needed to hold productive conversations when friction is present.
2. Learn phrases to help you navigate difficult conversations.
3. Learn a 4-part strategy for difficult conversations.
4. Define boundaries.
5. Learn three simple ways to state your boundaries.
6. Discover three questions to ask when someone breaks a boundary.
Conference Emcee - Alex Perry
Alex is the CEO of Practically Speaking, LLC, host of Crash Courses in Communication podast and author of Minivan Mogul: A Crash Course in Confidence for Women. Her passion for communication comes from spending nearly two decades as a Speech-Language Pathologist, helping people regain the ability to talk after illness or injury. Alex is a motivational TEDx speaker, facilitator, and mentor. She helps others speak and share their stories with confidence using strategies she’s learned the hard way throughout her career. Her background includes advanced work in adult neurology and emotional intelligence. Alex blends her scientific approach speaking with her love of storytelling and humor into her work with individual clients and corporate teams. Most importantly, she’s a mom, minivan driver, and front-row fan of her clients.
The Power of Our First Hour - Finding Confidence in Your Closet
Nicole Busch, Personal Brand & Style Expert, Nicole Blair Wear
As women we know the importance of confidence in our career. The need for confidence is important in our writing, our presentations, all business decisions. Our daily confidence starts in our closet before we even leave our house! There we are, standing in our closet making our first decisions of the day. The first decision should be one that fuels our confidence not our stress! Do you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear? Nicole Busch of Nicole Blair Wear will be discussing The Power of the First Hour. Many success experts will profess the secret to our success in our morning routine. There’s nothing more routine than getting dressed every day! That’s one activity you just can’t leave out! Our personal brand is more than a business card or a website, you WEAR your personal brand every day. And yet, style and branding doesn’t have to be expensive! In this highly interactive session, Nicole will bring examples of wearing today’s trends without losing your own unique style. Personal brand should be just that “personal”! BRING ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT STYLE, FASHION, & PERSONAL BRAND! We’ll have a fun discussion! “Don’t be a carbon copy, Be a limited edition.” Nicole Busch – Nicole Blair Wear
For over half a decade, Nicole Busch has helped women look and feel their best through her signature process of Style, Space, and Self. As the face + founder of Nicole Blair Wear, Nicole offers styling concierge services for women to become the truest versions of themselves. As the founder + owner of House of Blair Style, Nicole encourages women to feel comfortable and confident in their space through her sumptuous line of scents designed to evoke the feeling of home and belonging. Early in her career as a style expert, Nicole was hand selected to apprentice under Stacy London of TLC's "What Not to Wear". She spent three years in New York City learning from the best in the fashion industry. Today, she translates her experience and expertise into helping women curate confidence from the inside out. Nicole approaches each client as an individual, understanding that every woman has a different approach to style. Although she has worked with an impressive roster of notable athletes, Olympic gold medalists, CEOs, and more, her passion is helping all women become the best versions of themselves. Whether you are unsure of your personal brand, ready to elevate your personal style, or looking to add warmth and comfort to your space, Nicole can help you discover (and love!) who you are and where you are on your journey.
Fueling the Wildfire: The Mental Health Crisis in Our Workplace and Our Communities
Dr. Juli Lynch
Post pandemic statistics reveal skyrocketing factors that confirm we are in a mental health crisis in our communities and our workplaces. The issues of mental health or mental illness can no longer be ignored as the evening news shows us event after event – mass shootings, violence, destruction, suicide and depression and the devastating effects on individuals, families, employees, and communities.
The alarming trends that are fueling this out-of-control wildfire are burning down the foundations of our deepest held concepts of humanity. Why the dramatic rise in mental health issues, events, and challenges? What exactly is the fuel that is piling up and leading to catastrophic results? In this session Dr. Lynch will also offer a perspective on “the WHY,” answering what has contributed to the creation of this explosive fuel for the wildfire and insight into why we were unable to see it coming. Dr. Lynch will offer 10 solutions and tools for your consideration and explain how those solutions and tools can be utilized at your banks, your branches, your departments, in your teams and with individuals. These solutions go beyond EAP and DEI doctrine and reach into the heart of our instincts and intuition as women to create and birth new beginnings, hope, and compassion.
Juli Lynch, Ph.D. embraces a passion for working with organizations to develop leaders, teams and cultures that are dynamic, risk-taking, and fully engaged in strategic initiatives. Juli has a doctorate in human and organizational development, which has given her the disciplined foundation of understanding organizations and the humans that they are made of. Her master’s degree in motivational psychology further enhances her ability to work with the issues and challenges that keep leaders, managers, and staff from reaching their potential.
The Future of Banking for Generation Z: What They Want and What They Really Need
Virginia Heyburn
Constantly connected and experience-obsessed, Generation Z represents the largest pool of customers that banks will serve over the next decade. There is no time to waste: Banks must take strong and rapid action to know and serve younger customers – or someone else will. A sizable percentage of Gen Z cohorts are already choosing alternative financial services offerings that align with their non-negotiable preferences for frictionless, fast service. But giving Gen Z customers what they WANT will not be enough to attract, retain and grow relationships over time. Whoever gets it right with Gen Z will give them what they NEED. Goal-oriented and financially concerned, Generation Z will depend on banks to help them navigate the treacherous financial waters of student loan debt and the rising cost of home ownership amid wage stagnation and inflation. This session will discuss ways banks can shape authentic and educational experiences that predict need and pave the way to financial well-being – something traditional banks are ideally suited for.
Takeaways:
1. Banks need to grow loans and deposits in dramatically different demographics that want to bank with brands they trust.
2. Generation Z wants and needs center around financial mastery, integrated investing, a safe way to invest in crypto and engagement with an aligned brand.
3. Meeting the needs of Generation Z will require banks to take ownership of their digital experience from technology vendors, giving banks the tools to bundle financial services and non-financial services offerings that resonate with younger customers.
Virginia Heyburn is Director, Research, Insights & Advocacy with Engage fi and a well-known and trusted industry expert in the field of banking and payments. Over a 25-year career, Virginia has been at the forefront of advising technology companies on innovation opportunities to solve complex banking problems and to improve the customer experience. Virginia has also served as a strategic advisor to financial institutions, helping them create essential distinction through rapid adaptation to industry and consumer trends, business drivers and technology change.
Virginia is a sought-after main stage speaker at financial industry events and conferences where she inspires her audience into new thinking about innovative ways to attract and delight a new generation of customers. She has been quoted by top-tier media and industry publications, including Fortune, Forbes, and American Banker.
Executive Women in Banking Panel – Advancing Your Career
Female leaders have many of the same qualities as their male colleagues, especially an ability to set high goals and inspire other to fulfill them. But women are different in some ways that make them valuable additions to decisions making teams. Join us to learn from our panel of bankers from varying communities and bank sizes, who will share the challenges and successes they have experienced throughout their careers and their story of leadership from a woman’s perspective.
Moderator:
Amber Van Til, President & Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Bankers Association
Panelists:
Jess Hopkins, First Vice President, Regional Sales Manager, First Merchants Bank, Muncie
Amy D. Jackson, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, German American Bank, Jasper
Kristin L. Pruitt, President & Chief Administration Officer, Lake City Bank, Warsaw
Annette M. Russell, President & Chief Executive Officer, Security Federal Savings Bank, Logansport
Trailblazing Your Career: 3 Keys to Success!
Angel G. Henry
Women in Tech thought-leader, Angel G. Henry, Amazon best-selling and award-winning author of Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women and Allies Need to Breakthrough will teach women to own their careers by leveraging actionable and practical tools. Women are experiencing the sharp edges of the glass ceiling now more than ever so not just surviving but thriving in their career and leading their career advancement to executive roles have become more complex.
Own your career development to ensure that you have a personal Board of Directors who will guide you and get a clear action plan for your career progression. In addition to your Personal Board of Directors, the audience will learn the criticality of receiving constructive feedback, as well as creative techniques to obtain it, and developing active allyship help for other women.
Learning Objectives:
Angel will share three critical learnings:
1. Who are your personal Board of Directors and why do you need them,
2. Creative techniques for soliciting constructive developmental feedback,
3. Practical tools for how women support each other.
Angel G. Henry is a Ceiling Breaker! She has over 20 years of tech muscle, most of which came from the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. The catalyst for her company AngelsSpeaking was to ensure that women and persons from underrepresented populations feel included at work. Validating negative work experiences, providing a playbook for emerging leaders, and guiding allies into active allyship have become her passion. Angel is an Amazon Bestseller and was recently awarded the 2022 Book Excellence 1st Place Award for her very first book, Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women and Allies Need to Breakthrough. Angel took her 14 years of Agile expertise to create a framework for leaders to embed Inclusive Leadership in their DNA.