No one experiences career success and advancement completely on their own. While we are the “star” of our career path, we need a supporting cast of various players—sponsors, mentors, coaches, cheerleaders, and more—to help us reach our goals. This cast of characters gives us advice, asks tough questions, connects us with new networks, and helps us get to where we want to go. This session will introduce the idea of a Personal Board of Directors and assist participants in thinking through who is in—or is missing from—their supporting cast.
About the Presenter Dr. Kathleen (Katie) Brandert is the Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice and Assistant Professor of Health Promotion at the UNMC College of Public Health. She leads a team that provides education, training, and technical assistance to the public health workforce in the region. She is also a consultant, faculty member, and executive coach for multiple leadership development programs for health and health care leaders regionally and nationally.
Dr. Brandert makes an impact with her skills in leadership development, coaching, and facilitation. She is certified in a number of assessments and tools focused on personality and behavior, personal growth, change management, conflict, organizational culture, and intercultural development. Her current areas of focus include training on leadership identity, building teams, public speaking, and the journey towards equity, diversity and inclusion. She is a trained executive coach for leaders and organizational teams, and a master facilitator of virtual and in-person meetings for organizations across Nebraska and the country, sought after for her ability to navigate difficult conversations, culture work, and organizational strategy.
Katie earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and Psychology, Master of Public Health, and PhD in Leadership Studies from the University of Nebraska system. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where she loves to laugh, eat savory foods from Omaha’s many chef-owned restaurants, grow tomatoes in her garden, crochet (but only in the winter), and raise her amazing sons.