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Discussing Tools for Courageous Leadership at The Chamber of Medford & Jackson County Forum Forum with Cynthia Scherr, Principal at Scherr Management Consulting Sponsored by: Rogue Credit Union
About Cynthia Scherr Cynthia Scherr leads strategic planning processes and leadership development programs for organizations with complex challenges. She also serves as an executive coach and trusted advisor for business leaders, helping them identify their learning edge, set priorities, and advance toward their goals. She co-founded Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur (E2E) for entrepreneurs working to scale their businesses in Southern Oregon. She chairs a CEO peer group and a peer group for women executives. Some of her recent clients include Alaska Air Group, Asante Health System, Commercial Property Management, the Ford Family Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Lithia Motors, Living Opportunities, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Portland Trail Blazers, Ronald McDonald House Charities- Bay Area and the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy. Learn more on her website. n
The theme of the November Forum focused on courageous leadership, how to learn the tools and skills necessary to have tough conversations in business and in life, and the benefits of doing so. Featured speaker Cynthia Scherr, Principal at Scherr Management Consulting, shared meaningful information that attendees could use in all aspects of life. The good news is that we can practice courage-building skills. Building our courage muscles requires accepting that there is no courage without vulnerability, and that we all walk around with a lot of myths about vulnerability. We have to un-learn a lot of our earlier beliefs about vulnerability in order to be courageous and have more productive conversations. Scherr introduced a set of conversation-starters for having brave conversations. She encouraged everyone to practice a few of them this week and see if we can improve the quality of our conversations. Developing the skills to engage in tough conversations enables us to face real issues, serve our work, connect with each other and build trust.
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The Business Review | November 2022
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