Leadership Keynotes and Workshops
Contact Pam for one of her signature LEADERSHIP workshops below or to discuss a custom topic.
Build Your Business by Launching Your Leader-SHIP!
(A great session for business owners, entrepreneurs, and dreamers)
When a ship sets sail, certain preparations take place. For example, an expert surveys the rig. Necessary tools and equipment are added and inventoried. Courses are plotted and potential dangers are identified. All these activities ensure the ship reaches its destination. In our professional lives we spend too little time preparing our Leader-SHIP. In fact, the term leadership is so overused it has lost some of its meaning. Having reached the executive suite before 40 and gained national recognition for her personal brand, Witter credits her success in part to diligent preparation for leadership. An expert in her field, she will deliver attendees life changing concepts to discover their own unique leadership potential. She will also provide proven business tools used to maximize human resources and multiply your capabilities, whether through employees, volunteers, friends and family, or industry influencers.
A Metamorphoses: Emerging into Executive Leadership
Setting Forward on Your Journey to Your Personal Best
Called "the best keynote we ever had" by one annual conference director!
As human beings we don't come out of the womb wearing a suit or carrying a ceremonial mace. We don't decide one day to receive the title "leader" and so it comes. Effective, authentic leaders develop over a lifetime by engaging in a process of personal transformation. Many of the best leaders of our time overcame inward and outward challenges to claim their place among greatness. Pamela Witter emerged into leadership through a long, deliberate journey characterized by humble beginnings and intense effort. She will share her experience and key lessons learned along the way including (1) her trademark "T.I.M. Principle" - Translate, Innovate Manage; (2) how to discover and develop "pockets of brilliance;" (3) the importance of extrapolating the value of every team member; and (4) the secret ingredient to greatness (hint: it has nothing to do with business theory). You won't want to miss this inspirational and practical engagement.
5 Steps to Create Leadership Cultures that Maximize Teams
Having served as an employee, a department lead, and now a senior executive, Pamela Witter, MBA, has had her fair share of challenging and transformational leadership experiences, learning the often overlooked but essential tools to maximize personal and collective leadership. As a result, she and her teams have achieved astounding, measurable success like a 40% sustainable increase in annual revenue, dramatic increases in website traffic and social media engagement, and millions of dollars in fundraising success. In this session attendees will (1) tackle a better definition of leadership; (2) discover their personal path toward strength-based leadership; (3) gain a better understanding of the importance of diversity on teams; (4) learn to bring competing tensions into harmony to achieve ultimate innovation; and (5) and examine a set of leadership tools for lifetime improvement.
Leading Collaboration: The Inherent Power of Diversity
By honing in on the key concept of CONNECTEDNESS, Witter delves into the philosophies and practices that allowed her to lead powerful, results-oriented teams that improved organizational effectiveness and blasted past stretch goals. She illustrates, through stories and educational concepts, ideas including the interconnectedness of teams, the importance of diverse skill sets and abilities, the impact of diversity at the leadership table, balancing intuitive versus analytical thinking, and an overview of the four quadrants of the Competing Values Framework. Participants will gain a greater propensity toward embracing creative tension for innovation and will become equipped with proven tools to embed in practical operations.
Management from a Leadership Lens
Managing teams may be the greatest challenge we face on our road toward achieving outcomes for our organizations. Sure, examining our market, defining the strategy, casting a vision, building operations, and identifying and rooting out risk are all major undertakings in our quest toward mission fulfillment. However, the common denominator in all those phases of business development are PEOPLE. It takes people to create the strategies, cast the vision, build the processes and get the work done. Having led fundraising teams for many years, Pam understands the pressure of trying to reach BIG stretch goals. She's fine tuned a management process from a leadership philosophy that has allowed her team members to reach their full potential - many of whom became incredible leaders in their own right. In this session, she will focus in on her trademark "T.I.M. Principle" - translate, innovate, manage - while delving in more deeply to concepts of management to ensure accountability, constant visibility of goals, and coaching as a tool to support or move employees along. She will even share language and sample conversations that have helped her to face challenges with employees head on. This is a great session for managers and team leaders.
Examining and Addressing Critical Issues – An Interactive Workshop
In this session attendees participate in an interactive, hands-on workshop that will bring their strategic skills for organizational development to the next level! We begin by reviewing the value of transition or critical issues planning before or between strategic plans, based in part on Kotter’s 8 Stage of Organizational Transformation. By defining the difference between strategic and operational objectives, participants will identify and narrow in on the goals in progress and aspirational goals, and where they should sit in the organization. Groups will discuss a few of the critical issues they identify from their organizations, examining insights in order to refine their scope. Using Eisenhower’s Decision Matrix we learn to rank issues and subsequently develop the who, what, where and when for achievement. We will conclude by exploring strategic agendas that will drive progress on achievement of goals at the team level. Attendees will be equipped to lead critical conversations back at the office.
Commitment: The Anchor of Change
As the foundation for true personal, organizational, or community transformation, commitment bridges the gap between individual and group values. True change is impossible without the individual AND the collective committing to shared choice. In this presentation, participants will take a deep dive into 6 key components of commitment from the Janssen Sports Leadership Center. Participants will be inspired by profound stories of commitment, while also digging into tasks and responsibilities, and individual motivations. This session will challenge you to think about commitment questions that will help you make better decisions, work through conflict, share responsibility, achieve a vision, and consistently rise to the challenge.
(A great session for business owners, entrepreneurs, and dreamers)
When a ship sets sail, certain preparations take place. For example, an expert surveys the rig. Necessary tools and equipment are added and inventoried. Courses are plotted and potential dangers are identified. All these activities ensure the ship reaches its destination. In our professional lives we spend too little time preparing our Leader-SHIP. In fact, the term leadership is so overused it has lost some of its meaning. Having reached the executive suite before 40 and gained national recognition for her personal brand, Witter credits her success in part to diligent preparation for leadership. An expert in her field, she will deliver attendees life changing concepts to discover their own unique leadership potential. She will also provide proven business tools used to maximize human resources and multiply your capabilities, whether through employees, volunteers, friends and family, or industry influencers.
A Metamorphoses: Emerging into Executive Leadership
Setting Forward on Your Journey to Your Personal Best
Called "the best keynote we ever had" by one annual conference director!
As human beings we don't come out of the womb wearing a suit or carrying a ceremonial mace. We don't decide one day to receive the title "leader" and so it comes. Effective, authentic leaders develop over a lifetime by engaging in a process of personal transformation. Many of the best leaders of our time overcame inward and outward challenges to claim their place among greatness. Pamela Witter emerged into leadership through a long, deliberate journey characterized by humble beginnings and intense effort. She will share her experience and key lessons learned along the way including (1) her trademark "T.I.M. Principle" - Translate, Innovate Manage; (2) how to discover and develop "pockets of brilliance;" (3) the importance of extrapolating the value of every team member; and (4) the secret ingredient to greatness (hint: it has nothing to do with business theory). You won't want to miss this inspirational and practical engagement.
5 Steps to Create Leadership Cultures that Maximize Teams
Having served as an employee, a department lead, and now a senior executive, Pamela Witter, MBA, has had her fair share of challenging and transformational leadership experiences, learning the often overlooked but essential tools to maximize personal and collective leadership. As a result, she and her teams have achieved astounding, measurable success like a 40% sustainable increase in annual revenue, dramatic increases in website traffic and social media engagement, and millions of dollars in fundraising success. In this session attendees will (1) tackle a better definition of leadership; (2) discover their personal path toward strength-based leadership; (3) gain a better understanding of the importance of diversity on teams; (4) learn to bring competing tensions into harmony to achieve ultimate innovation; and (5) and examine a set of leadership tools for lifetime improvement.
Leading Collaboration: The Inherent Power of Diversity
By honing in on the key concept of CONNECTEDNESS, Witter delves into the philosophies and practices that allowed her to lead powerful, results-oriented teams that improved organizational effectiveness and blasted past stretch goals. She illustrates, through stories and educational concepts, ideas including the interconnectedness of teams, the importance of diverse skill sets and abilities, the impact of diversity at the leadership table, balancing intuitive versus analytical thinking, and an overview of the four quadrants of the Competing Values Framework. Participants will gain a greater propensity toward embracing creative tension for innovation and will become equipped with proven tools to embed in practical operations.
Management from a Leadership Lens
Managing teams may be the greatest challenge we face on our road toward achieving outcomes for our organizations. Sure, examining our market, defining the strategy, casting a vision, building operations, and identifying and rooting out risk are all major undertakings in our quest toward mission fulfillment. However, the common denominator in all those phases of business development are PEOPLE. It takes people to create the strategies, cast the vision, build the processes and get the work done. Having led fundraising teams for many years, Pam understands the pressure of trying to reach BIG stretch goals. She's fine tuned a management process from a leadership philosophy that has allowed her team members to reach their full potential - many of whom became incredible leaders in their own right. In this session, she will focus in on her trademark "T.I.M. Principle" - translate, innovate, manage - while delving in more deeply to concepts of management to ensure accountability, constant visibility of goals, and coaching as a tool to support or move employees along. She will even share language and sample conversations that have helped her to face challenges with employees head on. This is a great session for managers and team leaders.
Examining and Addressing Critical Issues – An Interactive Workshop
In this session attendees participate in an interactive, hands-on workshop that will bring their strategic skills for organizational development to the next level! We begin by reviewing the value of transition or critical issues planning before or between strategic plans, based in part on Kotter’s 8 Stage of Organizational Transformation. By defining the difference between strategic and operational objectives, participants will identify and narrow in on the goals in progress and aspirational goals, and where they should sit in the organization. Groups will discuss a few of the critical issues they identify from their organizations, examining insights in order to refine their scope. Using Eisenhower’s Decision Matrix we learn to rank issues and subsequently develop the who, what, where and when for achievement. We will conclude by exploring strategic agendas that will drive progress on achievement of goals at the team level. Attendees will be equipped to lead critical conversations back at the office.
Commitment: The Anchor of Change
As the foundation for true personal, organizational, or community transformation, commitment bridges the gap between individual and group values. True change is impossible without the individual AND the collective committing to shared choice. In this presentation, participants will take a deep dive into 6 key components of commitment from the Janssen Sports Leadership Center. Participants will be inspired by profound stories of commitment, while also digging into tasks and responsibilities, and individual motivations. This session will challenge you to think about commitment questions that will help you make better decisions, work through conflict, share responsibility, achieve a vision, and consistently rise to the challenge.
Email Pam at BeASeedPlanter@outlook.com.
A few places Pam has presented leadership trainings
- ACCORD Corporation Management Training
- Nonprofit Day 2016: Celebrating Resilience hosted by The NonProfit Partnership in Erie, PA
- Higher Education Opportunity Program Leadership Conference (Rochester Region Colleges)
- Southern Tier Leadership Summit
- Trocaire College Opportunity Program
- Cutco Corporation Management Training
- Allegany Arc Leadership Training
- St. Bonaventure University Freshman Leadership Celebration
- Allegany County Business Conference
- Allegany County Youth Board Annual Meeting
- Allegany County Youth Leadership Summit
- Alfred State College & Alfred University Dream Week
- American Business Women's Association WNY Charter Chapter dinner program
- Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District II Conference in Washington, D.C.
