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10/05/2015
Gail Lowney Alofsin
Returning to the University of Innovative Distribution for her 11th consecutive year, Gail is here to remind our attendees that motivation and where we choose to focus it – is always choice. Her presentations center on the collective power of purpose, performance and positivity as a catalyst for building workplace cultures that value and retain employees, clients, vendors and other stakeholders.
Gail is an international keynote speaker, education, author and trusted voice in leadership, productivity and sales with a focus on client retention.
Her career spans over three decades across sales, business development, education, marketing and operations in the hospitality sector – including concert and event production. She has served as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Rhode Island (URI) for over 25 years and additionally serves as the Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at URI where she focuses on professional growth workshops and workforce development. In this role, she partners with organizations to strengthen leadership development and workplace culture.
A graduate of Tufts University, Gail is deeply committed to community impact and serves on five non-profit boards focused on education, healthcare and human services. Her book, Your Someday is NOW – What are YOU Waiting For?, now in it’s second printing, has raised more than $55,000 for nonprofit organizations.
She lives in Newport, Rhode Island and she can never get enough time with her family, faith, friends and being outdoors – especially by the ocean!
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Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Planning Made Easy
Mary C. Kelly
Leaders leave. It's inevitable. It might even happen today. Are you prepared? Every organization needs a plan for leadership succession, but few leaders know how to start the process. WHO COMES NEXT? solves that problem and easily guides you through the steps of creating and implementing a viable succession plan.
This essential guidebook simplifies the process and gives you the tools you need to build and activate your leadership succession. You’ll find a comprehensive action plan, a library of all the tools needed to develop and sustain your plan, and a resource guide. You’ll learn how to:
- Communicate with customers about the change
- Identify talent gaps in your succession plan
- Decide which succession planning model to adapt
- Find the next generation of leadership within your organization
- Handle the unique emotional complexities of succession in a family-owned business
Whether you are part of a small, family business, a Fortune 500 company, or a non-profit, you need to start now by answering the question: WHO COMES NEXT?
