2019 PDC Winter Meeting Schedule

*Schedule subject to change

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

8:30AM - 4:00 PM - Registration Open 

9:00 - 9:30AM - Opening Remarks and Kick Off

9:30 – 12:00PM - Leveraging the Leadership Practice of Public Narrative: Storytelling for Impact

Anjali Rodrigues, Independent Trainer and Coach; K-12 Educator and Scott Westfahl, Faculty Director of Harvard Law School Executive Education

Questions of what I am called to do, what is my community called to do, and what we are called to do now are at least as old as the three questions posed by the first century Jerusalem sage, Rabbi Hillel:

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? When I am for myself alone, what am I? If not now, when?"

This workshop offers participants an opportunity to develop their capacity to lead by asking themselves these questions, and learning how to ask them of others. Developed by Marshall Ganz, Public Narrative is the leadership practice of translating values into action. To lead is to accept responsibility for enabling others to achieve shared purpose in the face of uncertainty. Public narrative is a discursive process through which individuals, communities, and nations learn to make choices, construct identity, and inspire action. Responding to challenges with agency requires courage that is grounded in our capacity to access hope over fear; empathy over alienation; and self-worth over self-doubt. We can use public narrative to link our own calling to that of our community to a call to action. It is learning how to tell a story of self, a story of us, and a story of now. Because it engages the "head" and the "heart" narrative can instruct and inspire - teaching us not only why we should act, but moving us to act. Based on a pedagogy of reflective practice, this workshop offers participants the opportunity to work in groups to learn to tell their own public narrative.

12:00 – 1:30PM - Networking Lunch and Richard Pearson Award Presentation

Lunch Sponsored by Practising Law Institute

1:30 – 2:30PM - Cultivating Inclusive Leadership Behaviors

Allison Avery, Principal and Shane Nelson, Principal, Culture@Work

During this session, participants will learn about the best practices of inclusive leadership, and the ways in which they can build their own personal concept of inclusive leadership. Participants will also develop skills to model inclusive leadership behaviors, in order to enhance workplace effectiveness and personal impact.

Session Objectives Include:

• Review Current Research and Best Practices on Inclusive Leadership
• Identify Opportunities to Enhance Inclusive Leadership Capability
• Review the 6 Culture@Work Inclusive Leadership Behaviors
• Address Barriers to Inclusive Leadership Behaviors and Explore Resolutions

2:30 - 2:45PM - Break

2:45 – 4:00PM - Creating a Pathway to a More Fulfilling and Successful Future

Jennifer Caggiano, Director, Professional Development, Shearman & Sterling LLP and Rebecca Shulman, Recruiting and Associate Development Manager, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

We preach about the importance of taking control of your career and not letting your career happen to you. Rarely, however, do we make the time and space to be thoughtful about our own career paths. In our roles, we are committed to the professional development and advancement of others. We counsel lawyers and future lawyers to be thoughtful about their careers and spend countless hours planning, developing and facilitating training programs, conferences and other opportunities for them to develop the skills they need to be successful. Now it’s our turn! It’s time to start thinking about what you want for your future career, and how you can get there. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to create a personal career compass to help guide your career to a fulfilling and successful future. You will return to your offices with a better understanding of your values and the tools necessary to achieve your career goals.

4:00 - 4:15PM - Break

4:15 – 5:30PM - Investing in your Career - Lessons Learned

Esteemed Panelists: Sandra Bang, Chief Diversity and Talent Strategy Officer at Shearman & Sterling LLP; Mary Jackson, Chief Officer, Professional Resources, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Melanie Priddy, Chief Talent Officer at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; and Jody Rosen-Knower, Chief Training & Professional Development Officer at Sidley Austin LLP

Moderated by: Janette Canvin, Chief Professional Resources Officer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The morning show -“The View” - comes to the PDC! Have you spent all of your time focusing on your organization and not building your own brand? Are you expert at helping others advance their careers but don’t follow your own advice? Are you worried about changes in your organization and how it will impact you? Are you able to demonstrate your value? Join a panel discussion of experienced legal talent professionals as they reflect on what has worked in their own and other’s careers; what mistakes they have made along the way; and the valuable lessons learned from them. We invite you to join us in our conversation as we explore ways to build and advance our careers and have staying power both within and beyond our organizations – and enjoy the view!

In addition, we invite you to participate, in advance, by sharing your career related questions and “wish list” of topics to be addressed by our panelists. Please send your questions and topics to Janette Canvin before December 4th.

5:30 – 5:45PM - Closing Remarks

5:45 - 6:30PM - Happy Hour

7:00PM - Small Group Dinners (PDC Members and Trusted Advisors Only)