Becoming the Leader the Moment Requires
Leadership doesn’t show up the same way in every moment or every organization. It requires judgment, adaptability, and a willingness to grow, often across influence, relationships, well‑being, inclusion, and career navigation all at once.
This moderated panel brings together senior women leaders from across the university to talk honestly about how they’ve become the leader’s different moments required, particularly when conditions were uncertain, stakes were high, or choices weren’t clearcut. Panelists will share practical insight grounded in lived experience rather than theory.
Through brief reflections, facilitated dialogue, and audience Q&A, panelists will discuss what has worked, what they’ve learned the hard way, and what they would do again (or differently). The session is designed to offer concrete, usable takeaways that participants can apply immediately in their own roles, regardless of title or career stage.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize how leadership expectations shift by context and moment, and identify when different approaches to influence, communication, or decision ‑making are required.
- Apply practical strategies used by experienced leaders to adapt their leadership style in moments of complexity, ambiguity, or constraint.
- Reflect on a current leadership moment in their own role and determine what that moment is asking of them, as a leader, colleague, or change agent.
- Identify at least one intentional leadership practice they can adopt to respond more effectively to the demands of their current organizational context.
Panelists:
Hope Broadus, Chief Human Resources Officer, School of Medicine and Public Health
Catherine Chan, Assistant Vice Provost, Division of Teaching and Learning
Marcelle Haddix, Dean, School of Education
Fernie Rodriguez, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Belonging
April Scott, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing
Moderator
Torsheika Maddox, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Affairs: Moderator and Panelist