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Session

Shared Interest (SI)

Know Thyself: Personality Traits and Authenticity in Leadership

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM EDT
Location: Regency F
Presentation Description: This interactive session will explore how personality traits, particularly introversion and extroversion, can influence how we lead, collaborate, and bring our authentic selves to work within the context of international education. We’ll touch on team building, effective communication, and resources to support further learning after the session. Join us to reflect on how your strengths and talents translate to skills in our dynamic field and leave with strategies to implement in our daily work.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will learn how they can use their personality traits to cultivate an authentic leadership style, guide professional strategy, support program execution, and inform hiring.
  • Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the strengths and assets they bring to their teams based on their personality style and approach.
  • Participants will come away with resources to better utilize their strengths and maximize their professional relationships to support cohesion, retention, efficiency and well-being.