Courageous Women: Leading when it’s tough
Avoiding scarcity traps, boosting performance & resilience
Join the IEEE PES Chicago Chapter, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Chicago Regional Section, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Chicago Section for a transformational workshop to support women in leadership roles by helping them avoid scarcity traps, while boosting performance & resilience for themselves and their team.
"Leadership Challenges: What I Learned" - Dayna Johnson, GE
Dayna Johnson, President of the Board for the Society of Women Engineers, will share her experiences as a licensed professional engineer, a LEED accredited professional, a former GE commercial manager leading large teams through the bidding process for high-voltage electrical substations, and the Emerging Technology Programs and Operations Leader at GE Gas Power.
"Leadership Challenges: What I Learned" - Wanda Reder, Grid-X Partners
Wanda Reder will share her experiences, including how she rose through the ranks to become the VP, Asset Management and Engineering & System Planning at Exelon Energy Delivery, the first woman to serve as President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, a Fellow of the IEEE, the Chief Strategy Officer at S&C Electric, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the President and CEO of Grid-X Partners, and more!
Advanced Leadership Workshop Agenda:
- Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 1 with Dayna
- Focus 1: Diagnose and deconstruct your biggest leadership pain as a mid-level manager
- Focus 2: Identify and understand scarcity traps: time, energy, data, $$$, other resources
- Focus 3: Connect with your productive, creative, in-the-zone, flow state to deal with complexity and overwhelm
- Lunch
- Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 2 with Wanda
- Focus 4: Learn how to confidently call on your inner courage when it's tough
- Focus 5: Develop a high performance resiliency plan for you and your team
- Wrap up and bonus raffle
The workshop is open to all individuals who are committed to empowering women as they embrace the challenges of leadership.
Facilitators: Alex Flueck and Teresa Heger
Alex Flueck, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Tech and a leadership integrity facilitator.
Teresa Heger, MA, Organizational Learning and Performance, is a leadership coach and corporate trainer based in Michigan.
Advanced Leadership Workshop Fee
On or before Oct 7:
$295 IEEE/SWE/AIChE member
$395 Non-member
After Oct 7:
$345 IEEE/SWE/AIChE member
$445 Non-member
Refund Policy
Refund requests must be submitted via email to workshop organizer by October 7, 2022. Refund processing fee is $25.
Date and Time
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- Date: 14 Oct 2022
- Time: 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Illinois Tech Rice Campus
- 201 East Loop Road
- Wheaton, Illinois
- United States 60189
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- Co-sponsored by Society of Women Engineers Chicago Regional Section and American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chicago Section
- Starts 23 September 2022 04:00 PM
- Ends 12 October 2022 11:59 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Menu: Chicken, Vegan, Vegetarian
Speakers
Dayna Johnson of GE
Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 1 with Dayna
Biography:
Dayna Johnson, P.E., is the Emerging Technology Programs and Operations Leader at GE Gas Power. She joined GE in 2012 as a commercial manager, leading large teams through the bidding process for high-voltage electrical substations, which earned her a position in GE’s Accelerated Leadership Program. Prior to joining GE, she worked as a civil engineer, designing water and wastewater projects.
She holds a B.S. in civil engineering and a Master of Engineering Management from Valparaiso University, and she is a licensed professional engineer, and LEED accredited professional.
Johnson has been an active member of SWE since joining as a collegiate member in 2000. She has served in several key roles: Chicago Regional Section president, Region H lieutenant governor and treasurer, and WE11 local host committee co-chair. She received the SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award in 2011 and the Emerging Leader Award in 2018. She currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors.
Wanda Reder of Grid-X Partners, LLC
Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 2 with Wanda
Biography:
Wanda Reder is President and Chief Executive Officer of Grid-X Partners, LLC, a woman-owned provider of strategic management consulting services for utility clients and their stakeholders, providing business and technology expertise to support operations, projects and future grid goals. Prior to joining Grid-X Partners, she served as the Chief Strategy Officer at S&C Electric Company. Prior to S&C, she held leadership positions at two major investor-owned utilities.
Her pioneering work has led to smart grid deployments and wind, solar energy, and utility-scale battery storage integration into traditional utility systems. An IEEE Fellow, Reder was recognized with the 2014 IEEE Richard M. Emerson Award for her leadership in the IEEE Smart Grid program and in the continued growth of the Power and Energy Society (PES), including the creation of its Scholarship Fund program.
Reder was the first woman president of PES and is responsible for the launch of the IEEE Smart Grid, positioning IEEE as the leading source for information on smart-grid technology. Reder is the Chair of the US Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Agenda
- Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 1 with Dayna
- Focus 1: Diagnose and deconstruct your biggest leadership pain as a mid-level manager
- Focus 2: Identify and understand scarcity traps: time, energy, data, $$$, other resources
- Focus 3: Connect with your productive, creative, in-the-zone, flow state to deal with complexity and overwhelm
- Lunch
- Leadership Challenges: What I Learned - Part 2 with Wanda
- Focus 4: Learn how to confidently call on your inner courage when it's tough
- Focus 5: Develop a high performance resiliency plan for you and your team
- Wrap up and bonus raffle