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Celebrating Tisha & Eilis: New Roles at Shafer Leadership Academy

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Shafer Leadership Academy is pleased to announce that two valued members of its team, Tisha Gierhart and Eilis Wasserman, are stepping into exciting new roles! Tisha Gierhart, former Program Director, is now Shafer Leadership Academy’s Chief Facilitation Officer. Since joining the organization in 2014, Tisha has been dedicated to fostering…

Highlights from SLA’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Report to the Community

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Last evening, we gathered at the Innovation Connector to celebrate SLA’s impact. We heard from WaTasha Barnes Griffin about our commitment to Inclusive Leadership Development, learned how Emergence graduates are making a difference in our community, and shared our progress and growth as we continue to lead forward. Want to…

Meet Our Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors

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Shafer Leadership Academy welcomes two Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors Shafer Leadership Academy welcomes two Community Engagement and Inclusion Ambassadors to connect individuals with inclusive leadership development opportunities. Charlize Jamieson and Gabrielle Lloyd will join Courtney Jarrett, who was named an inaugural ambassador in 2022. Jarrett will lead this trio…

Don’t Hold Back

Self-made James Joseph leads with empathy to inspire even the most unlikely leaders James Joseph has never had to look far for guidance and inspiration: “If my father ever had a bad day, I didn’t know it. If he ever rushed to judgement, I didn’t see it,” Joseph said. “My…

The Best Investment is Professional Development

Blog, Stories of Leadership
Andrew Dawson speaks to the rewards of building a team of leaders The late Al Rent, who was a fixture at Ball State University, told Andrew Dawson early in his career, “You are only as successful as people allow you to be.” The truism has grown to become somewhat of…

The goal is not perfection, the goal is progress.

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Written by: Alicia Van Duyn  SLA Summer 2023 Intern The goal is not perfection, the goal is progress. Those were the words that one of my psychology professors, Professor Mathieu-Frasier, had put up on the screen the first day of class this past spring semester for her research methods in psychology…