Curtis Michelson 10:15 - 11:00
Today, who is the kind of leader who can help move organizations through transformative change? In this thought provoking discussion, prepare to be surprised by a description of the new change leader - full of paradox and contradiction. New change leaders are strong and subtle. Smart and ignorant. Invested but able to let go. They pull more than push. Listen more than they talk. Serve more than they command. Build consensus, more than make deals.
Curtis will use stories from real lived experiences and examples of change leaders in business and nonprofits today, and articulate masterful ways to lead in complex environments and in challenging circumstances when it seems difficult or impossible to get momentum. Leveraging his years as a political activist, volunteer in many nonprofits and decades in business helping organizations through strategic journeys, he will bring approaches that can move organizations forward.
Curtis Michelson is a 20-year veteran of business and technology, serving as a conduit and activator of organizational change. He has worked with large corporates and small organizations alike to identify strategic opportunities and execute on them. He has demonstrated through many projects that success or failure depends less on talent of any one individual, and more on the nature of the team and their environment. Building supportive teams that share mental models, ideas and understand business and market priorities is the 21st century value driver. For the past five years, Curtis has led many initiatives with IIBA, at the chapter level in Central Florida (as VP Marketing and currently President), and at the international level as the co-creator with Peter Johnson of the Chapter Maturity Model (CMM). As a third generation Floridian and father, he's also a global activator for citizen and grassroots efforts to protect fragile ecosystems and for the reinvention of education for the 21st century.
