Unpacking The Leadership Journey: Myths, Mayhem and Everything in Between

In this presentation, four child life specialists representing different junctures within the journey discuss their experiences as informal leaders, moving from a peer relationship to a leader role, leading leaders, and stepping into leadership roles beyond child life. Information on leadership topics by role include:
Informal leaders: working with students, special projects, time management
Peer to Leader transition: change management, the human experience of leadership, developing new reflective skills
Leading Leaders: delegation of responsibilities, developing trust in people and processes, strategy development, stepping out of the day-to-day responsibilities
Leading beyond child life: self-assessment, confidence vs self-doubt, translating learned skills and experiences into other disciplines, building trust with new teams

The opportunities for growth that come with leadership, as well as the challenges faced at each leadership point will be discussed as a large group and also within small groups led by the presenters. In addition, each presenter will discuss the human experience and how professional identity changes at various points in the leadership journey.

Suggested Domain: Intervention, Professional Responsibility

Credits: 1.5 PDUs

Learning Objectives:

1. By the end of this presentation, attendees will acknowledge the ongoing opportunities to develop leadership skills through formal and informal experiences.
2. By the end of this presentation, attendees will recognize the personal stresses of leadership and those faced by their own leaders.
3. By the end of this presentation, attendees will be exposed to coping strategies that may be beneficial to incorporate into their own journey.

Please note: All webinar content and its certificate will expire on 2/5/29, regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 2/5/29.