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SUMMARY:Connected Leadership Summit: Strengthening Business Owners & Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually for a day dedicated to investing in yourself\, your leadership\, and your business.\n\nFriday\, May 9th\, 2025 \n\n9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \n\nYou can attend all five sessions or choose the one that resonates most with you.\n\n\n\nWhen we intentionally invest in our own growth\, we can better pour into others along our journey.\n\nThese sessions are designed for business owners\, leaders\, and professionals who are committed to learning\, leading\, and growing together.\n\nFormat:\n\nThe sessions will be both interactive and informative\, providing practical tools and meaningful takeaways you can apply immediately in your business and leadership journey.\n\n \n\nClaremont Chamber Leadership Summit Agenda: \n \n\nSession One: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. \n \n\nTopic: Building a High-Trust\, High-Performance Culture\n\n \n\nWhat if trust wasn't just a nice idea\, but the foundation of real performance? In this session\, we'll explore the practical\, research-backed ways leaders can cultivate trust intentionally without sacrificing accountability\, courage\, or results.\n \n\nSpeaker: Dr. Daniel Hallak\, Chief Commercial Officer\, WiLD Leaders\, Inc. \n\nDaniel Hallak is the Chief Commercial Officer at WiLD Leaders Inc.\, specializing in growth strategy and leadership development. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology\, he applies research-based practices to market research\, team dynamics and executive development. He is known for blending science with practical insight\, helping leaders build trust and drive sustainable growth. His relationship-centered approach inspires individuals and organizations to look beyond self-interest and create lasting value. His work has been featured in Forbes\, Psychology Today\, and on the TED speaking platforms.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Chris Shaffer\, Strategic Development Architect\, WiLD Leaders\, Inc. \n\nChris has a deep passion for empowering leaders to create environments where they and their people can learn\, grow\, and realize their full potential. With over three decades at Microsoft leading teams and working with leaders across the globe\, his experience\, passion\, and insights from research and data on high performing leaders gives him a unique perspective to contribute to the WiLD mission. As Strategic Development Architect Chris works with leaders and organizations to design and integrate leadership development into their daily rhythms resulting in increased trust to drive business results.\n\n \n \n\nSession Two: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. \n \n\nTopic: Leading in Disrupted Times\n\n \n\nWhat does it mean to lead in disrupted or turbulent times? Leaders often get pulled into the tumult and can quickly lose themselves and their goals as they are tossed by the waves.\n\n\n\nTim Wenzel will explore how to understand\n\n\n Who you are becoming as a leader\n How to lead by relationship\n What it takes to inspire others.\n\n\nSpeaker: Tim Wenzel\, Creator of The Kindness Game and Associate Managing Director of Enterprise Security Risk Management at Kroll\n \n\nTim is a global security executive\, international keynote speaker and thought leader in the security\, leadership\, and wellness industries.As a highly regarded Coach and Mentor\, he has a passion to transform the existing paradigms of leadership and risk management while building highly effective teams and joyful environments for them to experiment and thrive within. \n \n\nTim is a leadership columnist with the Security Journal Americas magazine and a sought-after SME in Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM). He helped lead the effort to codify it as the official risk doctrine within ASIS International as the Outreach & Education Lead on the 2017 ESRM Steering Committee.\n \n\nSession Three: 12:05 p.m.to 12:55 p.m.\n \n\nTopic: Speak Less\, Lead More: Mastering Listening\, Messaging\, and Connection\n\nFraming: In a noisy world\, those who truly listen and connect lead.\n\nCore Concept: \n\n\n Adopt Information Symmetry: Speak with\, not at.\n Craft messages that are timely\, chosen wisely\, and include clear challenges or actions.\n Build regular Feedback Loops to ensure your language meets your audience's language and understanding.\n Anchor every conversation to shared purpose and include WIIFM.\n Tools/Models: Communication Audit: Assess your key messages for clarity\, timing\, and purpose.\n Activity: Role-play: Deliver a 2-minute purpose-driven message\, then get feedback (Was it clear? Was it timely? Did it invite action?)\n Challenge: Ask for feedback on your next leadership message: "What did you hear? What did you feel called to do?"\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Dr. Rachel Monteverdi\, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach\, NextLevelNextStep\n \n\nRachel is based on the East Coast of the United States where she lives with her family. For more than 20 years\, she has partnered with professionals across the globe to strengthen leadership and elevate organizational performance. A recognized leader\, Rachel has served as Chair or President of numerous boards and brings deep experience across many sectors including Fortune 100 companies\, government\, industry\, manufacturing\, and community organizations. After leaving corporate America\, Rachel joined the ranks of Field Faculty\, focusing on leadership development\, change management\, and the core capabilities leaders need to thrive in complex environments. Before launching her own company\, she led a training division at Duke University and oversaw evidence-based programming at NC State University. Rachel also held various consulting roles as her passion is coaching exemplary leaders to build high-performing teams\, shift culture\, and drive meaningful growth.\n\n \nSession Four: 1:00 p.m.to 2:00 p.m. \n\nTopic: Fighting the Drift: Living Life with a Plan\n\nIn this engaging and interactive online session\, participants will be invited to pause\, reflect\, and reset with intentionality. "Fighting the Drift: Living Life with a Plan" is designed for individuals who want to live with greater purpose\, clarity\, and direction rather than letting life simply happen to them.\n\nLed by a dynamic facilitator\, the session will combine thoughtful conversation\, personal reflection\, and guided exercises to help participants reconnect with what matters most.\n\nGoals of the conversation:\n \n\n1. Understand three things about life\n\n\n It's a gift\n It's short\n It's easy to drift\n\n\n2. Walk through the structure of a life plan\n\n3. Learn your core values\n\n4. Create a first draft of your purpose statement\n\n5. Life with a plan\n \n\nSpeaker: Josiah Lathrop\, Life\, Leadership\, and Financial Coach \n \n\nJosiah is the General Manager at Chick-fil-A with a passion for developing people and cultivating strong teams. An ICF-certified coach\, Josiah brings a thoughtful and values-driven approach to leadership\, focusing on positively impacting the life trajectories of those he leads and serves.\n\nWith over a decade of experience in operations and team development\, Josiah is known for fostering a culture of excellence\, service\, and purpose. Based in Sacramento\, CA\, he enjoys staying active\, reading\, and spending time outdoors with his wife\, Mandi\, and their four young sons.\n \n\nSession Five: 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. \n \n\nTopic: Leveling Up Your Leadership Through Coaching \n\nGreat leaders aren't just born they're built through intentional growth\, feedback\, and support. In this interactive session\, we'll explore how coaching principles can help you sharpen your leadership skills\, navigate challenges with greater confidence\, and unlock the potential within yourself and your team.\n\nIn this session\, you'll:\n\n\n Learn key coaching strategies that drive stronger leadership\n Discover how to lead conversations that build trust\, accountability\, and growth\n Practice techniques to empower your team rather than simply direct them\n Identify opportunities where a coaching mindset can transform business results\n Walk away with practical tools to level up your leadership right away\n\n \n\n\nWhether you're leading a small business\, a large organization\, or a team of one\, this session will equip you with a fresh\, empowering approach to leadership that fosters growth both in yourself and those around you.\n\nSpeakers: \n\nSusette Aguiar-Possnack\, Executive Coach and CEO of Aguiar Professional Training.\n \n\nKathleen Fariss\, Leadership Coach\, Business Strategiest\, and CEO of the Clarmont Chamber of Commerce. \n\n \n \n\nSusette Aquiar-Possnack is CEO of Aguiar Professional Training. She is a Strengthscope certified analyst\, trainer\, and coach specializing in organizational effectiveness for teams and individuals. Through staff and leadership development workshops and one-on-one executive coaching sessions\, Susette has helped bosses become better bosses and employees become happier and more productive employees.\n \n\nShe has successfully led teams to build trust\, improve team dynamics\, increase productivity\, and transform work environments by teaching practical techniques that help people to strategically use their strengths and energizers. Susette has worked with clients in diverse industries such as biotech\, non-profit\, higher-education\, media\, medicine\, and engineering\, to improve team dynamics\, to build trust\, and to be happier at work.\n \n\nKathleen Fariss is an ICF-certified executive coach\, seasoned change agent\, and CEO of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce. With over 30 years of experience\, she has led organizational growth across higher education\, local government\, and nonprofits. Kathleen is the founder of Fariss Coaching & Consulting and a certified WILD facilitator\, passionate about empowering leaders to grow with authenticity and impact. She holds an M.S. in Leadership and Management and a B.S. in Organizational Management from the University of La Verne. Deeply rooted in Claremont\, she fosters strategic partnerships that strengthen communities and elevate the people within them.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us virtually for a day dedicated to investing in yourself\, your leadership\, and your business.
\n\nFriday\, May 9th\, 2025
\n9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. \; \;
\n\nYou can attend all five sessions or choose the one that resonates most with you.
\n
\nWhen we intentionally invest in our own growth\, we can better pour into others along our journey.
\n\nThese sessions are designed for business owners\, leaders\, and professionals who are committed to learning\, leading\, and growing&mdash\;together.
\n\nFormat:
\nThe sessions will be both interactive and informative\, providing practical tools and meaningful takeaways you can apply immediately in your business and leadership journey.
\n \;
\n\nClaremont Chamber Leadership Summit Agenda: \;
\n \;\n\nSession One: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. \;
\n \;\n\nTopic: Building a High-Trust\, High-Performance Culture
\n \;
\n\nWhat if trust wasn&rsquo\;t just a nice idea\, but the foundation of real performance? In this session\, we&rsquo\;ll explore the practical\, research-backed ways leaders can cultivate trust intentionally&mdash\;without sacrificing accountability\, courage\, or results.
\n \;\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Daniel Hallak\, Chief Commercial Officer\, WiLD Leaders\, Inc. \; \;
\n\nDaniel Hallak is the Chief Commercial Officer at WiLD Leaders Inc.\, specializing in growth strategy and leadership development. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology\, he applies research-based practices to market research\, team dynamics and executive development. He is known for blending science with practical insight\, helping leaders build trust and drive sustainable growth. His relationship-centered approach inspires individuals and organizations to look beyond self-interest and create lasting value. His work has been featured in Forbes\, Psychology Today\, and on the TED speaking platforms.
\n
\nSpeaker: Chris Shaffer\, Strategic Development Architect\, WiLD Leaders\, Inc. \; \;
\nChris has a deep passion for empowering leaders to create environments where they and their people can learn\, grow\, and realize their full potential. With over three decades at Microsoft leading teams and working with leaders across the globe\, his experience\, passion\, and insights from research and data on high performing leaders gives him a unique perspective to contribute to the WiLD mission. As Strategic Development Architect Chris works with leaders and organizations to design and integrate leadership development into their daily rhythms resulting in increased trust to drive business results.
\n \;
\n \;\n\nSession Two: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. \;
\n \;\n\nTopic: Leading in Disrupted Times
\n\n \;
\n\nWhat does it mean to lead in disrupted or turbulent times? Leaders often get pulled into the tumult and can quickly lose themselves and their goals as they are tossed by the waves.
\n\n
\nTim Wenzel will explore how to understand
\n\n\n - Who you are becoming as a leader
\n - How to lead by relationship
\n - What it takes to inspire others.
\n
\n\nSpeaker: Tim Wenzel\, Creator of The Kindness Game and \;Associate Managing Director of Enterprise Security Risk Management at Kroll
\n \;\n\nTim is a global security executive\, international keynote speaker and thought leader in the security\, leadership\, and wellness industries.As a highly regarded Coach and Mentor\, he has a passion to transform the existing paradigms of leadership and risk management while building highly effective teams and joyful environments for them to experiment and thrive within. \;
\n \;\n\nTim is a leadership columnist with the Security Journal Americas magazine and a sought-after SME in Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM). He helped lead the effort to codify it as the official risk doctrine within ASIS International as the Outreach &\; Education Lead on the 2017 ESRM Steering Committee.
\n \;\n\nSession Three: 12:05 p.m.to 12:55 p.m.
\n \;\n\nTopic: Speak Less\, Lead More: Mastering Listening\, Messaging\, and Connection
\n\nFraming: In a noisy world\, those who truly listen &mdash\; and connect &mdash\; lead.
\n\nCore Concept:
\n\n\n - Adopt Information Symmetry: Speak with\, not at.
\n - Craft messages that are timely\, chosen wisely\, and include clear challenges or actions.
\n - Build regular Feedback Loops to ensure your language meets your audience&rsquo\;s language and understanding.
\n - Anchor every conversation to shared purpose and include WIIFM.
\n - Tools/Models: Communication Audit: Assess your key messages for clarity\, timing\, and purpose.
\n - Activity: Role-play: Deliver a 2-minute purpose-driven message\, then get feedback (Was it clear? Was it timely? Did it invite action?)
\n - Challenge: Ask for feedback on your next leadership message: "\;What did you hear? What did you feel called to do?"\;
\n
\n \;\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Rachel Monteverdi\, Senior Consultant and Executive Coach\, NextLevelNextStep
\n \;\n\nRachel is based on the East Coast of the United States where she lives with her family. For more than 20 years\, she has partnered with professionals across the globe to strengthen leadership and elevate organizational performance. A recognized leader\, Rachel has served as Chair or President of numerous boards and brings deep experience across many sectors &ndash\; including Fortune 100 companies\, government\, industry\, manufacturing\, and community organizations. After leaving corporate America\, Rachel joined the ranks of Field Faculty\, focusing on leadership development\, change management\, and the core capabilities leaders need to thrive in complex environments. Before launching her own company\, she led a training division at Duke University and oversaw evidence-based programming at NC State University. Rachel also held various consulting roles as her passion is coaching exemplary leaders to build high-performing teams\, shift culture\, and drive meaningful growth.
\n\n \;
\nSession Four: 1:00 p.m.to 2:00 p.m. \;\n\nTopic: Fighting the Drift: Living Life with a Plan
\n\nIn this engaging and interactive online session\, participants will be invited to pause\, reflect\, and reset with intentionality. &ldquo\;Fighting the Drift: Living Life with a Plan&rdquo\; is designed for individuals who want to live with greater purpose\, clarity\, and direction&mdash\;rather than letting life simply happen to them.
\n\nLed by a dynamic facilitator\, the session will combine thoughtful conversation\, personal reflection\, and guided exercises to help participants reconnect with what matters most.
\n\nGoals of the conversation:
\n \;\n\n1. Understand three things about life
\n\n\n - It&rsquo\;s a gift
\n - It&rsquo\;s short
\n - It&rsquo\;s easy to drift
\n
\n\n2. Walk through the structure of a life plan
\n\n3. Learn your core values
\n\n4. Create a first draft of your purpose statement
\n\n5. Life with a plan
\n \;\n\nSpeaker: Josiah Lathrop\, Life\, Leadership\, and Financial Coach
\n \;\n\nJosiah is the General Manager at Chick-fil-A with a passion for developing people and cultivating strong teams. An ICF-certified coach\, Josiah brings a thoughtful and values-driven approach to leadership\, focusing on positively impacting the life trajectories of those he leads and serves.
\n\nWith over a decade of experience in operations and team development\, Josiah is known for fostering a culture of excellence\, service\, and purpose. Based in Sacramento\, CA\, he enjoys staying active\, reading\, and spending time outdoors with his wife\, Mandi\, and their four young sons.
\n \;\n\nSession Five: 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. \;
\n \;\n\nTopic: Leveling Up Your Leadership Through Coaching \;
\n\nGreat leaders aren&rsquo\;t just born&mdash\;they&rsquo\;re built through intentional growth\, feedback\, and support. In this interactive session\, we&rsquo\;ll explore how coaching principles can help you sharpen your leadership skills\, navigate challenges with greater confidence\, and unlock the potential within yourself and your team.
\n\nIn this session\, you&rsquo\;ll:
\n\n\n - Learn key coaching strategies that drive stronger leadership
\n - Discover how to lead conversations that build trust\, accountability\, and growth
\n - Practice techniques to empower your team rather than simply direct them
\n - Identify opportunities where a coaching mindset can transform business results
\n - Walk away with practical tools to level up your leadership right away
\n \; \n
\n\nWhether you'\;re leading a small business\, a large organization\, or a team of one\, this session will equip you with a fresh\, empowering approach to leadership that fosters growth&mdash\;both in yourself and those around you.
\n\nSpeakers: \;
\n\nSusette Aguiar-Possnack\, Executive Coach and CEO of Aguiar Professional Training.
\n \;\n\nKathleen Fariss\, Leadership Coach\, Business Strategiest\, and CEO of the Clarmont Chamber of Commerce. \;
\n\n \;
\n \;\n\nSusette Aquiar-Possnack is CEO of Aguiar Professional Training. She is a Strengthscope certified analyst\, trainer\, and coach specializing in organizational effectiveness for teams and individuals. Through staff and leadership development workshops and one-on-one executive coaching sessions\, Susette has helped bosses become better bosses and employees become happier and more productive employees.
\n \;\n\nShe has successfully led teams to build trust\, improve team dynamics\, increase productivity\, and transform work environments by teaching practical techniques that help people to strategically use their strengths and energizers. Susette has worked with clients in diverse industries such as biotech\, non-profit\, higher-education\, media\, medicine\, and engineering\, to improve team dynamics\, to build trust\, and to be happier at work.
\n \;\n\nKathleen Fariss is an ICF-certified executive coach\, seasoned change agent\, and CEO of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce. With over 30 years of experience\, she has led organizational growth across higher education\, local government\, and nonprofits. Kathleen is the founder of Fariss Coaching &\; Consulting and a certified WILD facilitator\, passionate about empowering leaders to grow with authenticity and impact. She holds an M.S. in Leadership and Management and a B.S. in Organizational Management from the University of La Verne. Deeply rooted in Claremont\, she fosters strategic partnerships that strengthen communities and elevate the people within them.
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