Conversation 2017

Authentic Leadership Leverage
A Conversation of Discovery, Adaptation, and Impact

During the second half of the year, two cohorts of leaders came together to explore one another's highest and best hopes for leverage and greater/sustained impact on one's organization, community, and the world. To ground ourselves for this rich discussion, we unpacked some thinking about authenticity. Many of the best leaders believe that to be successful and fulfilled, they must truly open themselves fully (open mind, open heart, and open will) to ground their work/approach in their conscious awareness and act accordingly.

This conscious awareness -- which is typically not single-sourced or one dimensional -- is, nonetheless, an animating force for right action and good. Because it is an expression of what is truest and best about the individual, it produces a radiating humility and greater ease in approaching the engagement of others whose innovation and energy is essential to harnessing the untapped potential of any organization.

Properly grounded, leaders can then: contribute in new, healthy, sustainable ways to organizational culture; unleash imaginative initiatives that help the entire organization and key stakeholders learn from the future and from one another; and foster a sense of gravitational pull for donors and investors who seek true alignment between their highest imagined personal impact and the social transformation your organization aspires to bring about.

Cohort 1: July 12-14

Cyreena Boston Ashby Chief Executive Officer Oregon Public Health Institute	Amanda Bennett Administrative Director Children's Center	Garett Brennan Founder/Creative Director Three Pin Strategy+Design
Katie Dobler Chief Operations Officer The Portland Clinic	Alana Kambury Co-Owner Starvation Alley Farms	Laurie Kelley Chief Development Officer Providence Foundations of Oregon
Andrew Noethe Executive Director L'Arche of Portland	Traci Rossi Executive Director Center for Women's Leadership Hatfield School of Government	Lisa Scardina Chief Administrative Officer - Clinical Services and PMG Providence Health & Services
Matt Senecal Development Officer Concordia University	Brandi Tuck Executive Director Portland Homeless Family Solutions	Jamie Vandergon Chief Operating Officer Trillium Family Services

Cohort 2: November 1-3

Sarah Adams Executive Director CASH Oregon	Thomas Bandar Executive Director Lutheran Music Program	Megan J. C. Bouslaugh Vice President for Student Affairs & Title IX Coordinator Concordia University
Nancy Davis Consultant for Social Justice Organizations and Collaborations Nancy Davis Consulting	Susan Foley President, UA Foundation and Chief Development Officer, UA System University of Alaska Foundation	Lynne Groom Director of Stakeholder Engagement Concordia Foundation
Jason Hagen Director, Executive Relations & Community Engagement Concordia University-Portland	Marni Halter CEO Halter Business Group	Lisa Kane Chief Administrative Officer Trillium Family Services
Mike Madison Senior Development Officer Concordia Foundation	Benjamin Moll Assistant Vice President and NWCCU Accreditation Liaison Officer Concordia University	Andrea Paluso Executive Director Family Forward
Kim Read Interim Dean of Libraries Ass't Prof. of Library & Information Science Concordia University	Megan K. Riebe Associate Vice President of Development & Executive Director University of Alaska Foundation	Trish Turchiarolo-Vanoni Director of University Special Events Concordia University

A few photos to convey the flavor of our interaction…