Intentional Leadership: Applying Organizational Mission and Vision to Grow Personal Leadership Strategy and Improve Impact on Change & Transitions

2/17/2026 12:00 PM - 2/18/2026 12:00 PM

Presenter: Nikki Dixon-Foley

Intentional Leadership: Applying Organizational Mission and Vision to Grow Personal Leadership Strategy and Improve Impact on Change & Transitions

This session will guide leaders through the process of defining personal leadership strategies and standards using the power of organizational mission, visions, and values. Participants will
inspect organizational targets and begin to actively build personal leadership outcomes that will improve personal and organizational success. Once the foundations of leadership strategy
are understood, leaders will unpack the importance of creating an intentional environment that embraces and navigates the constant changes in banking. Participants will uncover the
psychological nutrients required to allow change to occur in timely ways within their banking environment while providing leaders with the tools to manage the transitions.

Navigating Conflict and Proactively Coaching: Elevating Your Leadership Skills to Manage Challenging People and Difficult Situations

5/12/2026 12:00 PM - 5/13/2026 12:00 PM

Presenter: Nikki Dixon-Foley

Navigating Conflict and Proactively Coaching: Elevating Your Leadership Skills to Manage Challenging People and Difficult Situations

Leadership does not come without the real-time occurrence of managing difficult people and wading through difficult conversations. This workshop will provide participants with the critical skills required to effectively prepare for difficult conversations, including how to surface the real issues and how to stay solution-focused in the moments emotion can take over. This workshop will also address real-time skills and actions that improve a leader’s ability to proactively coach his/her teams, peers, and colleagues at the right moment to prevent big issues from growing beyond control.

Advancing Team Intelligence: Leading with Emotional Intelligence & Knowing How to Hire for the right fit

8/11/2026 12:00 PM - 8/12/2026 12:00 PM

Presenter: Nikki Dixon-Foley

Advancing Team Intelligence: Leading with Emotional Intelligence & Knowing How to Hire for the Right Fit

Improving a team’s intelligence most often requires a leader to be effective in his/her own demonstrations of emotional intelligence. This session will uncover the power of leading in an emotionally intelligent method while, simultaneously, growing your team's emotional intelligence. Participants will gain new awareness of the science behind neuroleadership and the importance it plays in guiding groups of people toward a common goal. Participants will also uncover the processes behind behavioral interviewing, so when leaders are tasked to hiring new staff, they are able to hire for the right fit the first time.

Growing Strategic and Critical Thinking

11/17/2026 12:00 PM - 11/18/2026 12:00 PM

Presenter: Nikki Dixon-Foley

Embracing Critical and Strategic Thinking: Improving Problem-Solving Abilities in Real Time

Leadership is ripe with the opportunities to think strategically while knowing how to think on your feet quickly. Participants will dissect the systematic approach to strategic thinking and
uncover some of the most important critical-thinking questions to pose during decision-making moments. Leaders will learn how to inspect challenges and issues through the critical-thinking lens and build strategy quickly that moves people toward the right outcomes