9:30am - 11:15am
Complimentary Pre-Luncheon Roundtable For Only Buyers 
Moderated by Dr.Charla A. Brown
Sponsor

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11:00am: Luncheon Registration, Networking
LUNCHEON PROGRAM SPONSOR

Authenticity in the Workplace
To be an effective professional at every level in any capacity, it takes a certain amount of finesse, tact, and skill to achieve your goals. Introspectively examine how communicating with authenticity has the potential to impact not only your professional success, but also those with whom you associate. Delve into related business processes that benefit from authenticity and consider its impact on trust, leadership, stakeholder management, and organizational culture. Practice concepts in a safe environment among your industry peers and take away ideas for immediate implementation.
The Key TakeAways
-       Authenticity is critical to building trust and meaningful relationships with stakeholders and colleagues.
-       Authenticity is embedded in many business practices to include interviewing, performance management, critical conversations, and career decisions that ultimately impact job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Charla A. Brown
Program Chair and Assistant Professor of Business Administration 
University of Alaska Southeast, School of Management

Charla Brown brings many years of business and managerial experience to organizations and executives.  Charla’s expertise is in the area of organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, and leadership development. She enjoys aligning internal programs and processes with organizational strategy and goals.

Charla works at the University of Alaska Southeast as a Program Chair in the School of Management and an Assistant Professor of Business Administration.  She teaches undergraduate courses to BBA students on topics related to organizational behavior, management skills, change management, and professional competencies required for success in the field of human resource management. She previously taught MBA and BBA students in the Gore School of Management at Westminster College in Salt Lake City and she is also the founder and principle consultant at Northern Solstice Advisors based in Juneau, Alaska.

Before becoming an academician and consultant, Charla held various leadership and project management positions between 1993-2010 at various companies to include Continental Airlines, Enron, Devon Energy, and Backcountry.com. During her tenure at Backcountry.com, the company received the American Psychological Association’s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award for Large Businesses and the Alfred P. Sloan Honorable Mention for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. Also, her dean and faculty peers recently nominated her for the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Teaching Excellence Award. She places a high priority on being an advocate for her students and serves on the board of the Alaska SHRM Statewide Council.

In addition to her business acumen and a passion for teaching, Charla strives to create environments of trust via authenticity and collaboration. She holds an MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Lamar University and a PhD in Applied Social Psychology from Brigham Young University.  Originally from Texas, she now lives in the subarctic temperate rainforest of Southeast Alaska along the famed Inside Passage with her family. 

RSVP DEADLINE FOR LUNCHEON AND BUYERS ROUNDTABLE
March 31, 2016

ADMISSION
$75 Member / Guest
EarlyBird if registered by RSVP Deadline
$35 Member / $45 Guest

DRESS CODE
Business, Business Casual. No Jeans.