New York Schedule 2023
VIRTUAL: 2023 WORKSHOPS ARE ONLINE IN LIGHT OF ONGOING COVID-19 CHALLENGES
February Event: 2023 Participants & Alum Happy Hour
Friday, February 10, 2023
7:00 PM ET
Location: Osamil Upstairs - 5 W 31st Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001
Join us in person for a happy hour with drinks, appetizers, and laughs with the 2023 cohort and alums 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, meet WILpower alums, and give folks a chance to reconnect!
Host:
Ksenia Takhistov, New York Lead, LWT; Director and Legal Counsel, CME Inc.
February Workshop: Welcome & WILpower Networking
Friday, February 24, 2023
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
Get an overview of the 2023 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
Ksenia Takhistov, New York Lead, LWT; Director and Legal Counsel, CME Inc.
Natalie Fitzpatrick, Director of Rings, LWT
March Workshop: Plan to be Amazing! ™ - Building Your Leadership Brand
Friday, March 24, 2023
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: Effective Self Advocacy & Resume Bootcamp (Session 1 of 2)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
9:00 PM ET
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 6:00 PM ET for our East Coast folks and West Coast night owls.
Host:
Sue Bunnell, Board President & Co-Chair, LWT; SVP & Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo
April Workshop: Conveying Your Expertise While Staying True to Who You Are
Friday, April 28, 2023
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: Effective Self Advocacy & Resume Bootcamp (Session 2 of 2)
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
6:00 PM ET
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!
Host:
Sue Bunnell, Board President & Co-Chair, LWT; SVP & Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo
April Event: Improv Mindset? Let's Play!
Thursday, April 20, 2023
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
April Event: Spring Happy Hour
Friday, April 21, 2023
7:00 PM ET
Location: Valerie 45 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Join us for a casual happy hour with current 2023 participants, alums, and the fabulous community of LWT’s WILpower Program!
Host:
Linda Le, LWT Volunteer
May Event: Genius Tips to Transform Your LinkedIn Profile
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Location: Virtual
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
7:00 PM ET / 4:00 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 on how 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
May Event: Virtual Paint & Sip
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
Location: Virtual
We’d love for the 2023 New York participants to join this virtual painting session! This event will be the perfect occasion for us to relax and laugh together. Prior to the event, please lay out all your painting supplies on the table and get a glass of water for your brushes.
To RSVP and receive paint supplies, please check your email for the invitation.
Host:
Hélène Boigard, LWT Volunteer
Linda Le, LWT Volunteer
May Workshop: Future You
Friday, May 19, 2023
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
June Event: LWT Family Night Dinner
Friday, June 9, 2023
7:00 PM ET
Location: In-person
What better way to kick off the weekend than with a casual Friday night LWT Family dinner? Leave your work and stress behind. Let's bond over delicious Italian food. This event is open to current WILpower Participants and our wonderful alums!
Host:
Hélène Boigard, LWT Volunteer
Linda Le, LWT Volunteer
June Workshop: Negotiating Your Career
Friday, June 23, 2023
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 President & Co-Chair, LWT; SVP & Managing Counsel, Wells Fargo
July Workshop: Power Pause
Friday, July 28, 2023
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual
The Power Pause is a leadership and personal sustainability best practice for creating sustainable success and wellbeing. Christine, MBA, developed this process by marrying her twenty five years of business experience with her decades of study in the timeless wisdom traditions, which teaches us how to harmonize our lives and work to the natural earth cycles as a way to bring more balance and flow. In this interactive session, she’ll lead us through a self-reflective and creative process to: 1. Receive insight that empowers us to strengthen our careers, businesses, health, wealth, relationships and wellbeing; 2. Gain clarity on how to spend our energy and resources the next 6 months and 3. Gain the ability to stop fragmenting our energy and stretching ourselves too thin.
Speaker:
Christine Arylo, Conscious Leadership Advisor, Consultant
August Workshop: Silencing the Inner Mean Girl
Friday, August 25, 2023
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
September Workshop: Champions of Change
Friday, September 22, 2023
7:45 AM - 10:00 AM ET
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
WILpower Program Graduation Party
Celebrate the priceless investment you’ve made in yourself this year as well as the new connections you’ve made through the WILpower program.
October, 2023
Location: TBD