Get REAL about Leadership: Lessons from Jazz
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
3:30pm: registration begins
4:00pm - 6:00pm: workshop and discussion
6:00pm - 7:00pm: snacks and informal networking with your peers
Location: 1183 Melville Street, Downtown Vancouver
NLN Members*: $20
Non-members: $50
Are you interested in leadership? Want to identify the characteristics of great leaders, and develop those in yourself? For the last seven years, Brian Fraser, lead provocateur of Jazzthink, has been asking participants what qualities they see in the performance of a jazz group. This session will explore the answers to that question, bring those answers into dialogue with the best research and reflections on the practice of leadership, and provide you with an opportunity to craft your next steps in exercising inspiring leadership that builds the capacity of the voluntary sector.
Join us for a creative session that will inspire and provide practical skills that you can apply right away. Discover the ways in which we are all jazz musicians, how the acronomy REAL connects jazz and leadership, and how honing your mastery of your instrument will increase your positive influence as a leader.
About Brian Fraser
Brian Fraser is lead provocateur of Jazzthink, a company he founded in 2002. In his speaking, coaching, teaching and consulting, Brian uses the workings and wisdom of jazz to help people imagine and implement better ways of achieving their most audacious aspirations.
Brian has held executive positions in not-for-profit organizations, and worked with many sector leaders and their boards. He currently sits on the board of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, the Vancouver chapter of the International Coach Federation, and the Workplace Centre for Spiritual and Ethical Development. He chairs the Advisory Committee for the Community and Workplace Leadership Program at Douglas College. He is a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.
*NLN Membership is separate from Vantage Point Membership. Call Afton Bell at 604-637-8295 to find out more.
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