This opening session establishes a shared leadership lens for the day, exploring resilience, transformation, and purpose through real-world experience and reflection.
Perspective on leadership growth in complex, evolving environments
Language to frame challenges as development opportunities
A foundation for the competency-based learning that follows
Participants select a learning track aligned to their current role:
Individual Contributors
People Leaders (Managers)
Senior People Leaders
Each session introduces a STEM Connect leadership competency relevant to that career stage, examining:
Why this competency is critical for effectiveness and growth
How it shows up at different levels of proficiency
Its impact on individual performance, team dynamics, and organizational outcomes
Small-group discussions provide space to reflect, compare experiences, and contextualize learning.
Participants typically leave with:
Greater clarity around a core leadership skill
A clearer sense of current capability
Insight into what intentional growth looks like at their level
Reflection and Informal Learning
This mid-day pause allows time to reset. An optional Lunch & Listen Roundtable offers a candid conversation with experienced coaches:
“What I Wish Every Person I Coached Knew”
This session surfaces common patterns seen across careers and roles, normalizing growth challenges and offering perspective grounded in real coaching experience.
This second career band session introduces a different leadership competency, helping participants:
Broaden their understanding of effective leadership behaviors
Identify patterns across skills and situations
Recognize where focused practice will have the greatest return
Peer discussion reinforces learning and helps translate insight into practical awareness.
By the end of this session, participants will have:
A more complete view of their leadership development landscape
Clearer priorities for growth
Increased confidence in choosing where to invest development effort
The closing session synthesizes insights across career stages and competencies, helping participants see how individual skills connect to broader leadership impact.
This session also introduces opportunities to continue developing the skills explored during the conference.
For participants who want to deepen their development, Lotus offers optional post-conference learning:
Facilitated by Your Conference Trainer
These sessions support participants in:
Applying conference insights to real workplace challenges
Practicing leadership behaviors with intention
Progressing from awareness to consistent performance
This pathway is designed to support sustainable growth—not just understanding, but capability.