About the session:
Most leaders face high-stakes decisions isolated, relying on inner strength until burnout strikes. This workshop reveals a different approach: coaching leaders to systematically build Anchor Relationships, connections that generate the courage and clarity leaders need but can't summon alone.
You'll discover why Angela Duckworth, the world's leading grit researcher, emphasizes that "grit is forged through relationships" and why successful people "rarely rely on inner fortitude to resist temptations."
The framework identifies three distinctive relationship qualities that work as generative mechanisms: mutual investment in growth supports autonomous development, enhancement of self-efficacy maintains confidence under pressure, and connection to core virtues enables authentic decision-making when conformity pressures mount.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- What Anchor Relationships are and why these relationships create leadership capacity
- Research backing Self-Determination Theory
- Coaching insights and tools that help clients build generative relationships that propel their lives and careers forward
Speaker details - Kellie Cummings
Kellie Cummings is an award-winning communication and organizational consultant specializing in
transforming workplace relationships to unlock potential. She is the creator of Anchor Relationships®, a research-backed framework that helps leaders understand and activate the generative mechanisms within relationships that create leadership capacity.
Over her 25-year career spanning Madison Avenue and global corporate leadership, Kellie has pioneered approaches that help leaders excel by establishing trust with stakeholders at all levels, earning seven awards for strategic and leadership communications. She shares her rich experience with graduate students as a Lecturer in Johns Hopkins University's Master of Arts in Communication program, and her consulting portfolio includes The U.S. White House, TD Ameritrade, Comcast Corporation, and other organizations. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, HuffPost, Reuters Sustainable Business, and others.
Kellie earned her Master's in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and served as a Fellow with the Center for Positive Leadership. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity University Washington, she received the T-pin for community service efforts across the DC Metro region.
Throughout her life, Kellie has dedicated herself to service through the Special Olympics, local food banks, and board positions with CASA for Children and the University of Pennsylvania's MAPP Alumni Association. In her professional and civic roles, she combines the science of well-being with strategic communication to help organizations build enduring trust-based relationships that benefit the organization, its stakeholders, and the planet.
For more information connect with Kellie on LinkedIn or Facebook
Cost
The event is free for NZAPP members and a limited number of guest tickets are available for $25. The recording and slides of the event will only be available to members of NZAPP.
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