Reaching the summit of professional success comes from hard work, dedication and continuing your education. Join us at the region's only full-day conference designed to motivate, inspire and benefit you and your organization.
It's time to reinvent your workday, get inspired and strengthen your leadership skills. Check out the amazing sessions as listed below:
7:30 to 8:30 AM | Registration, Networking, Sponsor Booth Visit and Light Breakfast
8:30 to 9:15 AM | Morning Keynote
Laura Sieger | maurices
Driving Momentum in the Ever Changing Workplace:
Laura Sieger, Vice President of Communications and Engagement for maurices will kick off the conference. Her keynote presentation will include tips on executing change, driving momentum and how to continue innovation in the ever changing workplace. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from this incredible leader on how you can stay on top of the new age workplace.
9:30 to 10:15 AM | Breakout Session #1
Panel Discussion Featuring: Anna Tanski, Visit Duluth CEO; Tom Hanson, Owner of Duluth Grill and Melanie Goldish, VP of Flint Group
Workplace Culture: As an employee, department lead or business owner we all play a part in creating positive workplace culture. During this session hear from three local leaders on how they actively create and sustain a constructive environment to encourage productivity and collaboration in the workplace.
Senator Roger Reinert
Civic Engagement:In Duluth getting involved is how you build relationships, and relationships are how you get things done. This session is focused on enlightening you on the idea that there is an intersection between our own wants/needs/success, and the health/success of the community. Operating from that intersection benefits us as individuals, as well as the community around us.
10:30 - 11:15 AM | Breakout Session #2
Dan Hartman | Glensheen Mansion
Strategic Communication: In this high energy session led by Dan Hartman, Executive Director of Glensheen Mansion explore new ways to be deliberate with communication to encourage others and achieve the groups desired results.
Tara Richter | St. Luke's
Time Management for a Healthier YOU: Time management is the ability to plan and control how you spend the hours in your day to effectively accomplish your goals. Poor time management can be related to procrastination, as well as problems with self-control. In this session develop the skills involved in managing your time include planning for the future, setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and monitoring where your time actually goes.
11:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Lunch Keynote
Dan Moseley | Northwestern Mutual Representatives
Proactive Leadership: What would it look like to be prepared for events and situations that arise rather than reacting to them, picking up the pieces after the tower has already fallen? Being a proactive leader means just that. Being intentional in your actions and by that, inspiring your team to work harder and more productively than ever before. Learn how to be a proactive leader with simple habits to make your work and your teams work more impactful.
12:00 to 12:30 PM | Networking and Sponsor Booth Visit
12:45 to 1:30 PM| Breakout Session #3
Don Ness | Lake Superior College
Failure Leads to Success: We live in a competitive society that has big winners and big losers. Educators, motivation experts, life coaches, sport psychologists and other mentors mainly teach us how to approach success, how to be winners. Few teach us a much more valuable lesson – how to cope with failure. In this unique session hear how professional challenges can build you and your career.
Bob Hartl | CSS
Change Leadership: Explore the complex connections among strategy, leadership, and change management. Set in a global environment characterized by rapid technological change, this session emphasizes the importance of a leader's capacity to anticipate, envision, and work collaboratively toward a viable organizational future.
1:45 to 2:30 PM | Breakout Session #4
Greg Benson | LOLL Designs
The LOLL Designs Story: Loll Designs is an outstanding example of economic development established from a core belief. In this session hear from successful business owner Greg Benson on his unique journey to building the Loll Design company, a national recognized Duluth based organization creating furniture products made from recycled products.
Panel Discussion
We are ALL Salespeople: Think you are not in sales? Think again. This session highlights three local leaders from completely different lines of work on how they have built their brand, marketed their services, and achieved sales success. Learn how you can implement simple steps to reach your goals regardless of what field you are in.
2:45 to 3:30 PM | Breakout Session #5
Adam Sundberg | Cyclists of Gitchie Gumee Shores
From Vision to Fruition: Goal planning is an intensive process – one which requires thought, focus, and energy. In this session, hear from COGGS (Cyclists Of Gitchee Gumme Shores) Past Board Chair Adam Sundberg on how they systematically achieve their objectives. COGGS momentum has been unstoppable in recent years due to their commitment all the way through the planning stages to a finished project. Hear about their ongoing projects such as the Duluth Traverse (100+ mile system of multi-use single track though Duluth) and how this endeavor is coming into fruition.
Lyle Wildes | Positive Attitudes Development
Core Values: With 20 years in state and Federal prison, Lyle Wildes developed the Positive Attitude Development program. He spent his remaining years in prison facilitating the program to inmates and outside prison volunteers. In this session hear from Brain Coach Lyle Wildes, his personal story and mistakes that taught him his core values - to live with transparency, wellness and compassion. Lyle will help you to identify your core values and gain a better understanding of yourself and your relationships with others.
3:45 to 4:30 PM | Afternoon Keynote:
Don Monaco | Monaco Air
Essential Leadership Tips:
Don, Monaco, Owner/Partner of Monaco Air has flown to the top of business success. His afternoon keynote will conclude the conference with attainable leadership development tips that will benefit all generations. Whether you are an emerging leader or retired professional it is never too late to continue your growth. Join us for this exciting session and learn from a man who never stops developing his professional skills.
Cost: $99 Chamber Member, $109 Non-Chamber Member