Leadership Academy Breakfast Club!
Leadership Academy Breakfast Club!
This month's event is on the topic of Leadership and Vulnerability. There are many different styles of leadership and many different ways to ‘do’ leadership. One topic that has received lots of attention is the issue of vulnerability within leadership.
Vulnerability within leadership refers to leaders who show their emotions to their team in the hope that it will build team trust and resilience. But vulnerability in leadership is a long way from more traditional leadership styles that suggest vulnerability is showing weakness, so what's the right answer?
Well, we don’t know, but we found some people who do
This month we will be joined by Dr Tracey Monson CEO of the Daughters of Charity Child and Family Services and John Church, CEO of the ISPCC. Both seasoned leaders lead large front-line services through the turbulent period COVID. In our conversation they will discuss what they learned about themselves as leaders during this time and how they live it today. We will ask:
What does vulnerable leadership look like
What does it not look like
How do staff respond to vulnerable leadership
How can we apply aspects of vulnerability to our own leadership journeys
Join us on Thursday the 23 May 2024 in McAuley Place in Naas Co Kildare.
As always, this event is free and open to anyone in the sector, at any stage of their leadership journey to apply, but you must register here to attend.
Register to attend this event using the button on the left screen. A confirmation email will be sent to you afterwards.
Meet the Speakers
John Church is the CEO of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC). He joined the ISPCC in August 2018 having spent the previous 13 years in CEO roles within the not-for-profit sector. Prior to this, John spent 16 years in the private sector in various senior marketing roles in blue chip organisations such as The Bank of Ireland Group and The Coca-Cola Company. During an exciting and important period of change within the ISPCC, John brings significant experience in the area of strategy development, organisational change, planning and commercial focus as the organisation seeks to reposition its Childline service brand to expand supports to more children in the mental health and wellbeing area. John is a graduate of UCD and KUL in Belgium.
Dr. Tracey A. Monson is the CEO of the Daughters of Charity Child and Family Services and has a wide and varied academic, practice and leadership background in the area working children, young people and families in need from early intervention to protective services. Tracey has worked at a national and cross border level with statutory and governmental bodies to advance the agenda for children's issues and has held various senior management positions within the community and voluntary sector. She has worked in the sector for all of her career and is passionate about its role as an integral part of the fabric of Irish society.
Your Facilitator
Sharon Hughes is the Leadership Academy Manager in the Skills Team of The Wheel. Sharon has been involved in membership organisations for over 20 years. Before working for The Leadership Academy, she was C.E.O. of a nonprofit. Her background is managing member Events and Communications. Sharon is a qualified Coach, is a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland and is currently studying Psychology. She is low-key obsessed with Leadership. If you are interested in learning more about the Leadership Academy or you have a great idea you would like to share, please email her at sharon@wheel.ie or feel free to connect with Sharon on LinkedIn.
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Testimonials
"For me personally, the benefits of the Breakfast Clubs are many, key are the value of think-time, the cross sectional networking and having a product to offer staff looking to consider upskilling – in this regard promoting the breakfast club internally in Trócaire, in particular to my own team, is very relevant to the area of continuous leadership learning and development. - K. Casey, Head of Community Engagement & Outreach, Trócaire
The Breakfast Club created a networking space that feels open to all leaders, future and established, so that we can meet and make connections. Sharon encourages the early career professionals in the room to be the leads for discussion and she connects people with such ease who may have been too shy to make an introduction before.. I have found The Leadership Academy events extremely interesting and engaging, having enjoyed the variety of topics covered at the sessions and the space to network freely. I would encourage anyone who is thinking of attending a Leadership Academy breakfast to attend and get involved. - A. Ennis, former Recruitment Coordinator at 2into3
The Leadership Academy is a wonderful initiative and space to foster leadership and personal growth for those of us working in the nonprofit sector. It is great to be able to not only share insights but also to learn and gain new insights from fellow participants at the events. I really enjoyed my involvement as a panellist on a Leadership Academy event, which was wonderfully organised by Sharon with great support from her colleagues in The Wheel. Would highly recommend getting involved and responding positively if asked to be a speaker, panellist or facilitator at one of the Academy events. Ní neart go chur le chéile – There is no strength without unity. - D. O’Corrbuí, CEO Carmichael