PEAK Leadership Experience

Join us for the PEAK kickoff with our guest speaker Julia Alvarez.

With her bachelor's degree in international studies from Kenyon College and her masters in international peace studies from the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica, Julia is passionate about social justice and about capacity building.

Bringing nearly 15 years of experience in fundraising, grantwriting, leadership development and nonprofit capacity building to her work with Youth on Record, Julia is thrilled to finally have an opportunity to blend her passion for organizational development with her love of music, positive youth development and social justice. When Julia was 8-years-old, her entire family of five joined a traveling musical theater production chronicling the revolution in Nicaragua…After this, she was hooked!

In addition to being a singer and a beginner mandolin player, Julia has spent her career working in youth development, international development and social justice fields. Outside of her work, Julia stays connected to her Colorado community as the Chair of the Commission of the Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships, a government agency working to increase and enhance public/private partnerships in the City of Denver. Julia also loves spending time hiking, camping, exploring the mountains, and enjoying the sunshine in Denver.

Please join us for the first session in a day of wonderful presenters, and don't forget to sign up for events later in the day!

When transitioning through different roles or even career fields in general, it's easy to feel that any skills you gained in your previous role will no longer be applicable. However, no experience is wasted experience, and this session will show attendees that leadership is a universal component in any career. The thing you might actually want to do could be hiding in your subconscious, shaped by your inner values!

Welcome to the PEAK Leadership Experience! This is a day-long event with so many fantastic presentations, and this is just one of them!

Session Description: Even with the laissez-faire leadership style emerging as a predominantly used leadership style, it is still understudied compared to its counterparts, such as transformative and transactional leadership styles. This session provides an integrative and comprehensive review of 945 articles on laissez-faire leadership spanning almost a century (1939 – 2020). It will review historical approaches used to measure laissez-faire leadership and provides a recommendation for new measures. It maps the theoretical and nomological network of laissez-faire leadership concerning its antecedents, outcomes, moderators, and mediators. It then concludes by providing recommendations to scholars and practitioners for future advancement on the topic.

Welcome to the PEAK Leadership Experience! This is a day-long event with so many fantastic presentations, and this is just one of them!

This workshop is based on the book "Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well" by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen (https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Feedback-Science-Receiving-Well/dp/0670014664). We will discuss why we know getting feedback is crucial and why it still can feel so icky – what's behind that tension? We will then review specific frameworks for how you can give feedback, how you can take it, and how you can make the most of it, as well as practice feedback dialogue in small groups.

Welcome to the PEAK Leadership Experience! This is a day-long event with so many fantastic presentations, and this is just one of them!

Through engaging in a group dialogue, participants will be able expand on the paradigm of leadership by reflecting on one's own pathways and understandings of their leadership styles. This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to write their own stories to explore definitions of leading and serving.

Welcome to the PEAK Leadership Experience! This is a day-long event with so many fantastic presentations, and this is just one of them!

After 45 minutes in this workshop, participants will come away with a single word that embodies their very own why, a value/motivation that is at the core of their decisions, actions, and behaviors. Participants can use their unique why to focus their leadership philosophy and style. Inspired by Simon Sinek's famous TED talk Start With Why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw

Welcome to the PEAK Leadership Experience! This is a day-long event with so many fantastic presentations, and this is just one of them!

Many people, and particularly students, in problem-solving roles will jump straight to the how without giving much thought or examination to the what or the why of their problem. Empathy, as part of the larger Design Thinking Process, can serve as a valuable tool to help understand your problem and your audience better, which will result in much more effective solutions.

Join us for the PEAK Speak finale with guest speaker Amanda Gonzalez.

Amanda Gonzalez is the executive director of Colorado Common Cause. As the executive director, Amanda leads campaigns, fundraising, and engages local, state, and national organizations in building coalitions around Colorado.

Amanda comes with a broad range of nonprofit and corporate experience. She previously served as the policy analyst at FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities (now United for a New Economy), executive director of the Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy, and Research Organization (CLLARO), the program director at the Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable, and the CEO of PTB Management. She is current a board member at the Colorado Fiscal Institute, Focus Points Family Resource Center, New Era, and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association.

Amanda has a BA from Occidental College and a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

This is the last session of day of wonderful presenters, and don't forget to sign up for events from earlier in the day!