Explore the constructive partnership between volunteer leaders and professionals in this experiential workshop, led by Ellen B. Kagen Waghelstein, Director of the Georgetown Leadership Development Institute. Participants will work in pairs or triads to uncover their assumptions and learn to be comfortable with the friction. Attendees will walk away with a set of working principles and a covenant that will support their work together.
In addition, two affinity group sessions will be held post session. One for volunteer leaders and one for professionals to debrief and identify additional areas to explore.
Ellen B. Kagen Waghelstein, MSW, PCC
Ellen is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University and Director of the Georgetown Leadership Academy, a national learning and consultation effort on effective leadership and change management for professionals and civic activists. She has over 30 years of experience training, coaching and facilitating at the national, state and local levels and regularly works with such entities as the World Bank, National Council on Mental Wellbeing, The Harvard Berkman/Klein Center, US State Department, and Wickimedia Foundation. In addition to her professional experience, Ellen has a wide range of lay leadership involvement at the local, national and international levels.
Ellen and her husband David established the Waghelstein Family Hopes and Dreams Endowment Fund to further advance leadership opportunities for emerging activists. Ellen is delighted to facilitate this session with the Pittsburgh Jewish Community through BuiLD and JPro.
The Buncher Institute for Leadership Development (BuILD) was generously endowed by The Jack Buncher Foundation.