Join this interactive pre-conference workshop and discover the tools, strategies, and competitive advantage for making work more human in today's high-tech driven world. You will gain 4 key strategies for effective team leadership and intentional individual personal and professional growth; a deeper understanding of why they are the most important skills for lifelong success, no matter your role or organization; and an individual action plan and toolkit to take back and implement.

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Allison McWilliams, Ph.D. is Assistant Vice President, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, at Wake Forest University, where she leads and provides education and support for mentoring relationships across the campus community and career development support for alumni. She has written for and spoken to national and international audiences about effective mentoring strategies, leadership, and management. Allison earned her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest and holds a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Georgia. 

Allison has written two books: Year One: How Young Professionals (And Their Managers) Can Thrive in Their First Job After College (2021; with Katherine Laws), and Five For Your First Five: Own Your Career and Life After College (2020, 3^rd ed.), and regularly contributes to a blog for Psychology Today. Her team has won the Imaginative Spirit Award from the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers (2021); the Career Services Excellence Award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (2022), and the Excellence and Innovation Award from the Alumni Career Services Network (2024). As well, Allison was awarded the National Mentor of the Year award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers in 2022.

Cost: $80 (includes a continental breakfast and lunch)
Register on the Conference Registration Form.