Read to Lead - Transitions in Power

Our Spring/Summer series will discuss "Transitions in Power," focusing on the ways that leaders can best utilize a transitional phase to implement change -- or explore when leadership fails during a change in regime. Participants are asked to sign-up for the series.

Read to Lead is a four-part discussion series focused on leadership lessons explored through classical literature. By imagining themselves in the stories of ancient leaders, young professionals reflect on universal leadership challenges and how they might better face them in the future. YLC and our partner Kallion Leadership, Inc. hope this monthly event will guide leaders, offering them an opportunity to explore the ways they think about leadership.

Leadership Sketchbook Sessions: Participants will be asked to prepare short, informal leadership sketches that will form the basis of our discussions. They will be prompted to observe and analyze they see in their personal, professional, and political lives, as well as to examine their own leadership motivations, influences, decisions, and aspirations. Through private and collective reflection, participants will challenge themselves to become more intentional and creative agents for good in the world.

Read to Lead will be held on:

• April 2 - Xenophon: Taking Charge in a Leadership Crisis
• April 16: Leadership Sketchbook Session: Taking Charge in a Leadership Crisis
   
• May 14 - Xerxes: Taking Power and Taking Advice
• May 28 - Leadership Sketchbook Session: Taking Power and Taking Advice
   
• June 4 - Lucius Junius Brutus: A Leader's Life Before and After the Revolution
• June 18 - Leadership Sketchbook Session: A Leader's Life Before and After the Revolution
   
• July 2 - Augustus and Tiberius: A Tough Act to Follow
• July 16 - Leadership Sketchbook Session: A Tough Act to Follow

YLC members are can join for free; Friends of YLC can enjoy the series for $20.

Can't commit to all four sessions? Email Ashley at ashley@ylcnola.org to sign up for a single session!