Your Guide to the 11th Annual WLP Fall Symposium

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Strategies to Bridge the Gap, Own Your Value and PRESENTED BY:
Negotiate Your Worth Palma Ceia
When women are empowered to lead and given the tools and
support to do so, they make choices that change history. Why is
it then that women are not compensated to reflect our power?
Why it is that even in today’s age, U.S. women make 77 cents
for every dollar a man takes home, on average? Attendees will hear from senior executives from
leading area companies who are taking concrete and public steps to address these issues and
also share tools to help you become a powerful and confident asker. By sharing today’s most
successful negotiation strategies, you will learn how to monetize your strengths and potential and
own your value – not only in your paycheck, but by the position you hold.
PANELISTS:
Linda Simmons, President/CEO, R.R. Simmons
Ruth Duncan Bell, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, LifeLink Foundation
Juliann Nichols, CEO, Focus On YOU Strategy
Nancy Schneid, President, Nancy Schneid, LLC Consulting
Failing Fast University Club
There's a common trait shared by many successful people: they act quickly, even if they may fail.
Before you begin to set in motion a series of actions – a project which may fail or succeed, faster
or slower, sooner or later – you already have in mind some kind of outcome – the effect – that
you’re aiming for. It could be a financial one, a stakeholder one, a process one, a people one. With
that in mind, there are going to be a range of causes that may or may not result in that effect.
With a vision in place, you can set objectives. Along with those objectives, you can establish
measures of success (measures of failure?) with associated targets, to help guide the actions/
initiatives. Supporting the why/what/how, you’ll now determine who/when/where – very tactical
things. So, failing faster is really just a current colloquialism for the same thing. In the end, though,
all its saying is: try. If it doesn’t work out, you’ve probably learned either a lot of good things for
the next attempt or a decision to focus on something else. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.
PANELISTS: Penny Parks, Owner, Links Financial LLC
Karen Buesing, Partner, Akerman LLP
Valeri Marks, President & CEO, Medical Technology Associates, Inc.
Taryn Morgan, Assistant Director, IMG Academy
How to Know When to Leave Esplanade
Most of us have done it—stayed in a job, a marriage, or a volunteer leadership role so long
we started getting complacent, or worse. Then there's the reverse problem—leaving too
early and ending up with something that isn't what we hoped for. Knowing when to leave is
a tricky business. We often hear, "Before you jump out of one boat, you’d better make sure
the other one floats." Sometimes opportunities seem like a great fit at first, but when you
start spotting leaks, you're already standing on deck with the water pooling swiftly around
your ankles. This panel will share their stories and help you to identify key signs to look for
so you know when a move you're considering is the right one to make at the right time.
PANELISTS: Holly Tomlin, Principal, Tomlin St Cyr Real Estate Services
Emily Benham, CEO, Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay
Esther Marshall, Vice President, Community and Economic Development
Manager, Fifth Third Bank
Suzanne McCormick, President & CEO, United Way Suncoast
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