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SUMMARY:Authentic Leadership: Stress Reduction Through Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Learn mindfulness tools to recognize\, refocus\, relax\, and reduce stress.\n\n\nJoin JD Walther (Class XLVII) and Michele Pola (Class XXIV) for an experiential seminar to consider ways to reduce stress and\, thus\, improve leadership performance and quality of life. The why and how to reduce stress will be linked with recent science. JD & Michele will introduce methods to help a leader recognize stress and\, thus\, increase the likelihood of responding rather than reacting to stressful situations. \n \nJD Walther teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)\, the course created by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Michele Pola teaches Mindfulness Essentials for Stress Reduction at the Houston Jung Center’s Mind\, Body\, Spirit Institute. \n\n\n\nMichele & JD will be facilitating this session for our ALF community.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/authentic-leadership-stress-reduction-through-mindfulness/
LOCATION:American Leadership Forum\, 1801 Main Street #suite 910\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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SUMMARY:Roundtable Discussion with Cardinal Daniel DiNardo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring dialogue and lunch with Cardinal DiNardo and explore leadership with our region’s most imminent Catholic leader.\n\n\nThe Catholic church views leadership as a calling whereby leadership is a gift to serve God and humanity\, and not for personal gain. The Catholic perspective on leadership is that it involves serving everyone\, while collaborating with others for a common good. As Senior Fellows\, our leadership practice is in alignment with this Catholic perspective. Join us for an inspiring dialogue and lunch with Cardinal DiNardo and explore leadership with our region’s most imminent Catholic leader.  \nLimited spots available so register soon.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/roundtable-discussion-with-cardinal-daniel-dinardo/
LOCATION:ALF Leadership Hub\, 1801 Main Street 11th Floor Conference Center\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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SUMMARY:ALF Pilot Dinner Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Join us to practice an interfaith dialogue over dinner in the home of a Senior Fellow.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/alf-pilot-dinner-dialogue/
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SUMMARY:ALF March Community Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us to build community among Senior Fellows in a deep check-in!\n\n\nJoin our ALF Community Circles\, a welcoming space for Senior Fellows to engage and connect. These gatherings offer a unique opportunity for members of the ALF network to builld trust\, foster meaningful relationships\, and strengthen bonds within our community. Drop in to share experiences\, insights\, and comaraderie in a supportive and collaborative environment.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/alf-march-community-circle/
LOCATION:American Leadership Forum\, 1801 Main Street #suite 910\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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SUMMARY:Coffee + Collab: Healthcare & Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Join us for coffee and connections with Senior Fellows working in Healthcare and Wellness\n\n\nCoffee + Collab is designed to strengthen Senior Fellows’ capacity to address collective societal issues collaboratively and build a strong leader ship network to mobilize for positive change in the community.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/coffee-collab-healthcare-wellness/
LOCATION:American Leadership Forum\, 1801 Main Street #suite 910\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240322T090000
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SUMMARY:2024 Leadership Labs - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Leadership Labs workshops designed to support the activation of the newly commenced Senior Fellows and the broader ALF community.\n\n\nJoin us for the 2024 Leadership Labs! \nLeadership Labs are a set of workshops designed to support the activation of the newly commenced Senior Fellows of classes 59\, 60\, and 61 AND the broader ALF network. \nTraditionally\, the labs have been held as two of the final class sessions within the Fellows program. This year\, the Leadership Labs are open to all Senior Fellows to foster collaboration and connection throughout the ALF network in order to make progress on the leadership challenges we are all facing. \nThe labs are an opportunity to turn up the heat on an issue of deep importance to you\, galvanize those who you need to include in your issue\, and practice creating collective action. This is a space to build on\, or revisit\, the learnings and skills gained throughout the Fellows program year\, and to practice those skills in community with other ALF Senior Fellows and Facilitators. The labs will be held on two separate days\, Friday March 22\, and Friday\, April 12\, from 9:00am – 4:00pm at 1801 Main Street. \nSenior Fellows will select one track from four different options based on how they want to focus their efforts for their leadership challenge. Check out the details of the four tracks below. You will be asked to identify which track resonates most with you on the following registration page. \n*Please note* \n\nSenior Fellows who register for Leadership Labs are committing to attend both part 1 on March 22 and part 2 on April 12\nThere are limited spots available\nDeadline to register is March 11\n\n\n\nTrack 1 – Feeding the Inner Flame \nIn this track\, the focus will be on the non-negotiable work of self-awareness\, personal growth\, psychological insight\, and values clarification. \nThe fire that transforms the world begins with the flame within leaders. Because leading is relational and is usually measured\, for better and worse\, by material achievement\, we can lose ourselves in our roles\, relationships\, and deliverables. The term burnout was coined by a psychologist to describe his own experience as a visionary community servant-leader. And in a very similar way\, the term self-care was coined by a visionary community servant-leader who had to choose between a literal death in blind service to her community and a strategic pause to ensure that she could continue to serve her values. \nThis track is for Senior Fellows who are: \n\nLooking to build their capacity to lead sustainably and meaningfully\nExperiencing burnout (emotionally exhausted\, cynical\, and/or losing our sense of accomplishment)\nNavigating major professional transitions or life changes\nNeeding time and space to consult their personal compass (or to build one)\n\nYou can expect to gain: \n\nA personal plan for building and tending to the inner flame of leadership\nA set of core terms (including burnout\, self-care\, communities of care\, adaptive resilience\, and others) to guide both inner and external leadership\nA toolbox of initial skills\nAn assessment of current needs and strengths\n\nPlease come prepared with: \n\nA clear articulation of your values\nA reflection or inventory on your current personal state.\n\n\n\nTrack 2 – Lighting the Fire \nIn this track\, the focus will be on determining your next move.You’re ready to light the fire and engage in bridging and dialogue over a specific issue or challenge. You are prepared to stay steady in the mess\, but your next steps are not clear enough to take action. You need support in strong planning and creating a path forward. \nThis track is for Senior Fellows who: \n\nHave an idea for or an interest in a specific issue that impacts their community or organization\, but may not know where to start\, who to contact\, or even if their idea is a good one\nAre inspired or feel a calling to take action on an important issue\nWant to explore ways in which to “reality check” their own ideas\, broaden their lens to include multiple voices and perspectives\, and get feedback from their colleagues on what possible next steps could be\n\nYou can expect to gain: \n\nA clearer sense of what really matters to them about their particular issue\nA sense of where their growth edge on the issue lies\nA pathway of concrete actions steps to guide the next leg of their journey of engagement\, including a powerful question\n\nPlease come prepared with: \n\nThe ability to speak about specific issues or challenges that are capturing your heart or attention\, but that you haven’t yet taken much\, or any\, action on.\n\n\n\nTrack 3 – Building the Fire \nThis track is for those who are currently making moves to address a specific issue.You are already engaged in addressing a specific social\, civic\, or organizational issue. You are currently in the process of tackling root causes and trying different interventions. This track is an interactive dialogue and a powerful opportunity to receive valuable feedback\, tools\, and support to continue making progress on your issue with new experiments and moral courage. \nThis track is for Senior Fellows who: \n\nAre currently taking action on a specific issue\nHave diagnosed the root cause of their chosen social/civic/organizational issue\nAre clarifying actionable experiments (or prototypes) to test innovative solutions to their issue\n\nYou can expect to gain: \n\nA powerful question that will center the work of leading and mobilizing others to action.\nSupport in designing a new intervention to implement for your specific social/civic/organizational issue or concern.\nInsights and feedback from that implemented intervention\n\nPlease come prepared with: \n\nIdentification of the problem or issue you are trying to solve and what steps you have taken thus far\n\n\n\nTrack 4 – Bonfire \nBonfire Track is for those who are ready to go bigger and bolder on an existing organization/project/issue they have been working on already. \nThis track will provide clarity and tools for participants to level up their leadership capacity for greater impact. It will require risk-taking\, courage\, and strong relationships. During Leadership Labs\, participants will be challenged to expand and push boundaries to create sustainable systemic change. \nThis track is for Senior Fellows who: \n\nAre clear in their vision and looking to move their organization/business endeavor/project/issue to the next level\nHave already invested a considerable amount of time and resources toward an issue/project they care about and have a clear plan or intention to create greater impact\nHave proven influence in the areas they want to lead but need to weigh real risk factors and manage losses in order to change systems.\n\nWhat you can expect to gain: \n\nThe practice of designing bold experiments to overcome barriers and intervene in systems you want to change.\nA better understanding on accountability\, and building a Community of Practice that will provide support and resources so you can be resilient in your work.\nClairty on the risks/losses/gains of leading systems change. You’ll learn tools to manage the risks/losses combined with the tools to influence the gains at a rate you and stakeholders can handle.\n\nPlease come prepared with: \n\nA clear articulation about the problem you’re trying to solve\nReflections on what you’ve created/attempted thus far and where you could use the most help
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/2024-leadership-labs-part-1/
LOCATION:ALF Leadership Hub\, 1801 Main Street 11th Floor Conference Center\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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SUMMARY:Authentic Leadership: Curiosity\, Gratitude\, and Failure
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop on how curiosity\, gratitude\, and failure are instrumental to success and leadership with Scott McClelland\n\n\nJoin us for a workshop on curosity\, gratitude\, and failure with former H-E-B President\, Scott McClelland.  \nScott McClelland is the former President of H-E-B Food/Drug Stores. HEB is a $25B retailer that operates 390 stores in Texas and Mexico. \nUnder McClelland’s leadership\, H-E-B’s grew from an 11% to a market leading 27% share by opening larger stores with a heavy emphasis on low prices\, locally sourced products and tailored assortment based on the neighborhoods around each store. \nIn 2017 McClelland co-founded an education based non-profit called Good Reason focused on improving education for ALL students across Harris County from cradle to career by eliminating achievement gaps. Scott has worked at H-E-B since 1990 after a ten-year career at Pepsico’s Frito Lay division. He’s served in a number of Marketing and Operations positions before being named President of all HEB stores in July 2017. \nMcClelland received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and graduated from Harvard’s Advanced Management Program.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/authentic-leadership-curiosity-gratitude-and-failure/
LOCATION:American Leadership Forum\, 1801 Main Street #suite 910\, Houston\, TX 77002\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, US
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SUMMARY:Wellness Wednesday: Mindful Mornings
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a brief morning meditation.\n\n\nJoin ALF Senior Fellows in a mindfulness meditation practice to start off Wellness Wednesdays. Join in via the zoom link provided after registration for a 15 minute session on mindfulness.
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/wellness-wednesday-mindful-mornings-2/
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SUMMARY:Wellness in Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:Join us for connection to community and nature!\n\n\n“Wellness in Wilderness” is a series of walkss inspired by Fit Houston’s #WALK30 health campaign\, which encourages us to walk 30 minutes each day for our health. This is an opportunity for ALF Senior Fellows to come together to elevate healthy leaders and healthy communities. \nJoin Senior Fellow Lharissa Jacobs and ALF President Nory Angel for this community building walk through Memorial Park!
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/wellness-in-wilderness-2/
LOCATION:South Picnic Lane\, South Picnic Lane\, Houston\, TX 77007\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, US
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the Leadership & Service of Sanjay Ramabhadran
DESCRIPTION:Join us in honoring Sanjay Ramabhadran’s outstanding leadership and service at our celebration event!\n\n\nCelebrating the Leadership & Service of Sanjay Ramabhadran \nWelcome to a special event honoring the remarkable leadership and service of Sanjay Ramabhadran! \nThe American Leadership Forum (ALF) and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) is organizing a reception honoring Sanjay Ramabhadran for his service and leadership as the chairman of the Houston METRO Board of Directors. \nALF & IACCGH is pleased to partner with Leadership Houston\, Texas Lyceum and the Transportation Advocacy Group. This event is supported by the American Society of Indian Engineers\, India Culture Center\, Indian American Political Action Committee\, India House\, and TiE Houston. \nThe event is generously sponsored by the IACCGH. \nJoin us at The Ballroom at Tanglewood for an unforgettable evening filled with gratitude\, recognition\, and celebration. This in-person event will bring together friends\, colleagues\, and community members to show our appreciation for Sanjay’s dedication and impact. \nAppetizers and chai by Daawat catering. Cash bar available. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to come together and celebrate a servant leader!
URL:https://www.alfhouston.com/event/celebrating-the-leadership-service-of-sanjay-ramabhadran/
LOCATION:The Ballroom at Tanglewood\, 5430 Westheimer Road\, Houston\, TX 77056\, Houston\, TX\, 77056\, US
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