Eastern WILpower Program 2024
VIRTUAL PROGRAM: 2024 WILPOWER WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAM EVENTS WILL BE ONLINE. IN-PERSON NETWORKING EVENTS WILL BE OFFERED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND NEW YORK CITY FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND.
January Event: 2024 WILpower Virtual Orientation
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
Location: Virtual
Join us online for an opportunity to learn about the LWT WILpower Program, meet the board, and have a chance to get to know other participants in the 2024 cohort. Get excited for the workshops to kick off in February!
Hosts:
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo
Vanessa Garber, President, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; CPO Global Mobile Product, Toyota
January Event: 2024 WILpower In-Person Orientation (Optional)
Friday, February 2, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
Location: In Person - TBD
Join us in person for a happy hour with drinks, appetizers, and laughs with the 2024 cohort of the WILpower Program! We’re celebrating the commitment of these fantastic women to turn their excellence into success! This will give the new participants a chance to meet in person and get excited for the workshops to kick off in February!
Hosts:
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo
Vanessa Garber, President, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Head of Mobile Product, Toyota
February Workshop: Welcome & WILpower Networking
Friday, February 9, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
Get an overview of the 2024 WILpower Program, learn about WILpower Rings, meet your fellow participants!
Connecting with your program peers, or any virtual connection, requires us to embrace new ways to reach out and form bonds to feel engaged, energized and motivated to accomplish our professional goals. To help us get there, LWT speaker and leadership expert Farah Bala leverages the best of psychology, social and brain sciences to start building our community in our first WILpower session of the year! Farah will guide us to use creativity and play to foster this important sense of connection, social competency, productivity and success. You’ll definitely have fun, but will also leave with tools and tips you can apply immediately. Come ready to play, learn, and connect!
Speakers:
Farah Bala, Founder and CEO, Farsight
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo
Vanessa Garber, President, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; CPO Global Mobile Product, Toyota
February Event: Effective Self Advocacy & Resume Bootcamp (Multiple Sessions)
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
Thursday, February 15, 2024
9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
If you are job hunting or just generally struggle to write about yourself, your successes and your skills the event is for you. Using your resume as the catalyst, we will talk about why effective self-advocacy in all realms starts with how we think and talk about ourselves. Working on your resume isn't just helpful for a job hunt! Ace your annual review, elevator speech, and practice self-advocacy!
This session will be offered again on April 4th at 9:00 PM PT for our East Coast folks and West Coast night owls.
Host:
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo
March Workshop: Plan to be Amazing! ™ - Building Your Leadership Brand
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
Get ready to experience a seismic shift in the way you think about yourself and your ability to work, lead and grow during this energizing, insightful, and interactive session that will (literally) have you on your feet.
Speaker:
Carol Isozaki, Founder & CEO, Strategic Brand Intelligence
March Event: Conscious Success Secrets
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
Thursday, March 28, 2024
9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
Brooke shares an approach to career success & innovation using a new lens – heart, not head. Our need to succeed has – for many – turned into manic ambition, which translates to a focus on external achievement, but lacks contentment or satisfaction. Brooke posits a new belief system of centering being and feeling worthy, not our external achievements.
Host:
Brooke Taylor, Founder & Transformational Coach, Brooke Taylor Coaching & Consulting
April Workshop: Communicating with Confidence
Friday, April 12, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
Leadership presence. Personal power. We know these qualities when we see them, but which habits and cues get people to see you the way you intend to be seen?
Speaker:
Brenne Hali, Founder & CEO, SelfSpoken
April Event: Improv Mindset? Let's Play!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM ET
Location: Virtual
Improvisation-based training is an impactful and efficient way to develop core business skills, including listening and communication, leadership and trust, innovation and creativity, emotional intelligence (EQ) and mindfulness.
Through fun, interactive improvisational theatre games, we will learn techniques to build trust and act on impulse, become more flexible, and tap into deep sources of creative ideas. Theatrical games support goals in listening, honoring other viewpoints, celebrating mistakes, practicing presentation skills, confidently and freely expressing ideas and impulses, and collective creativity. Improv practice leads to a more positive and confident mindset regarding interpersonal communication for both work and life.
Plus, it's also going to be a lot of fun!
Host:
Jill Eickmann, MA, LMFT, Co-Founder of Leela
Diana Brown, Director of Community at Leela
May Workshop: Silencing the Inner Mean Girl
Friday, May 10, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
What would be possible if you stopped being so hard on yourself and underestimating yourself? The “Silencing the Inner Mean Girl” workshop is designed to help you gain self-awareness, build resilience, and develop strategies to overcome their inner critic and cultivate a positive self-image. Participants will learn to recognize and challenge their negative self-talk, embrace self-compassion, and foster a supportive and empowering mindset.
Speaker:
Patty Staco, Founder, Unleash Your Bold
May Event: Genius Tips to Transform Your LinkedIn Profile (Multiple Sessions)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
Thursday, May 16, 2024
6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT
Location: Virtual
If your LinkedIn profile doesn’t reflect the totality of who you are and has failed to keep pace with your achievements and aspirations, NOW is the time to remedy that oversight. Angela Dunz will show the LinkedIn algorithms really work, and teach you the key elements of creating your online brand. Effective personal branding positions you for promotions and growth opportunities, can help establish you as a thought leader, and can even increase your earning potential.
Host:
Angela Dunz, Coach and Owner, Be A LinkedIn Badass
June Workshop: Future You
Friday, June 14, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
“Every decision about you and your opportunities is made in a room you’re not in,” by leaders using their perceptions of your potential. Joanna will share how and why you need to be thinking and talking about your “Future You” so you can help decide the results of those important decisions.
Speaker:
Joanna Bloor, The Amplify Lab
July Workshop: Everyday Negotiation
Friday, July 19, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
Negotiators face common challenges, of how to position their requests, when to ask, and how to come back and negotiate after initial rejection. Hear practical tips grounded in social science research to give you the knowledge, pragmatic approaches, and ultimately the confidence to ask for what you need and maximize yours results.
Speaker:
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo
August Workshop: From Chaos to Calm
Friday, August 9, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
This session with executive coach and leadership expert Rebecca Zucker, she focuses on enabling high-potential professions to overcome overwhelm and reclaim sanity.
Speaker:
Rebecca Zucker, Founding Partner, Next Step Partners
August Event: Participant Lead Events
.One of the core purposes of the WILpower Program is to enable participants to forge their own paths forward. For our August events, we invite the 2024 cohort to collaborate with their LWT peers to host events both in-person and virtually as a way to leverage what they have learned throughout the year and practice painless networking.
September Workshop: Champions of Change
Friday, September 20, 2024
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM PT
Location: Virtual
One thing we can guarantee is that change is coming -- to our companies, organizations and our everyday lives. How we handle change and lead change can make or break our success as we advance in our careers. In this fun and engaging session, we'll explore what it means to be a change champion and how we can overcome the obstacles that stand in our way. We'll also look back at the year and reflect on how each of you has changed this year and think about what's ahead and how you can keep applying what you've learned.
Speaker:
Denise Brosseau, CEO, Thought Leadership Lab
October Event: WILpower Program Closing Celebration
October, 2024
Location: TBD
Celebrate the priceless investment you’ve made in yourself this year as well as the new connections you’ve made through the WILpower program.
Host:
Vanessa Garber, President, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; CPO Global Mobile Product, Toyota
Sue Bunnell, Board Co-Chair, LWT Board; Assistant General Counsel & Executive Director, Wells Fargo