Vice President,
Higher Education Division,
The Gallup Organization
Mark Pogue
Sponsored by The Gallup Organization and Maricopa County Community College District
Strengths: A GPS for Navigating Your Future
When you think about literally charting a course, you have to know where you are before you can get to where
you want to go. In the case of charting your future, the equivalent is knowing who you are. The only way to gain
experience and have success as a leader is understanding the natural talents and skills you bring to a role, as
well as those you don't...then consciously choosing to move forward based on your talents, not your limitations.
During Mark's presentation, he will introduce a philosophy of personal development based on more than 30 years of
Gallup's research on the best-of-the-best in specific roles—a philosophy that you can apply to your own authentic
leadership development.
One common denominator of the best is their focus on using their strenths to achieve excellence. As part of Mark's
presentation, you'll have the opportunity to participate in StrengthsQuest™, a strengths-based development
program that includes the Clifton StrengthsFinder, an instrument designed to identify your top five themes of
talent. Read Mark Pogue's bio here.
StrengthsQuest™ is a revolutionary program from The Gallup Organization that focuses students,
staff, and faculty on their strengths rather than their weaknesses in order to help them achieve academic, career
and personal success. Through the generosity of the Gallup Organization, each conference attendee will be given a
code to access StrengthsQuest™, an online questionnaire used to identify their individual strengths.
Participant's results will be discussed during Mark's presentation.
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Shane J. Lopez
Sponsored by: Grant MacEwan College
Everyday Leadership: Applying Positive Psychology Principles for Everyday Benefit
Everyday leadership drives higher education throughout the world. Authentic leaders practice what they teach and they contribute to the personal development of their faculty and their students. How do they know that? Intentionally or unintentionally, authentic leaders inspire, model, and bring change to situations and to lives. Purposeful efforts to build on what goes right in an educational institution could help leaders achieve their goals.
Positive psychological science is generating robust findings about how we can take advantage of the moments of the day that matter most. In Shane's presentation, he will review the high points of the latest research and discuss how capitalizing on positive psychological discoveries can help everyday leaders share everyday benefits with the people and communities they serve.
Patricia Aburdene’s closing keynote will explore three megatrends
that profoundly influence leaders in community colleges and universities.