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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON | Lessons in Leadership with Julie Klima and Special Guest\, Dr. Kirsten Brown Persley
DESCRIPTION:Lessons in Leadership is for leaders eager to grow. Join fellow CXers for a conversation with a woman leader in the community\, so you can grow in knowledge\, learn from others\, and identify ways to stretch yourself.\n\n\n\nEach session our Lessons in Leadership facilitator\, Julie Klima\, Managing Director at Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC\, will interview a guest woman in leadership who will share their experience and philosophies. December's special guest is Dr. Kirsten Brown Persley\, founder and CEO of Persley Advisors.\n\n\n\nWhether you are a manager or project leader\, new entrant to the workforce with company leadership on the horizon\, an entrepreneur leading in a variety of ways\, or an executive\, you are welcome to join Lessons in Leadership. Real discussion leads to evolving mindsets and behaviors\, and CX's environment is comfortable for open discussion and sharing.\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Kirsten Brown Persley is the author of the book Delivering Dignity: A Guide to Cultivating Cultural Competence. She is also the Founder and CEO of Persley Advisors\, a strategic advising firm that specializes in supporting organizational leaders through strategic project support\, training\, consulting\, and coaching\, all of which are deeply rooted in the power of\n\ncultural competence. With over a decade of experience\, she has led transformative initiatives that have significantly impacted the field of cultural competence.\n\n\n\nKirsten Brown Persley formerly served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit in Kansas City\, where she led a successful relaunch of the Kansas City market and led strategies and initiatives to increase cultural competence\, diversity\, and belonging in corporations and small and mid-size businesses.\n\n\n\nBefore working as a nonprofit leader\, Dr. Brown Persley was a founding school Principal for five years. As a founding school leader\, Dr. Brown Persley managed a team of teachers\, support staff members\, and administrators\, and she launched two school concepts. During her tenure\, she helped the school secure funding. She also developed innovative programs that fostered community engagement\, strategic partnerships\, and authentic/real-world learning opportunities for students and staff while fostering a staff and student culture rooted in dignity and cultural competence.\n\n\n\nDr. Brown Persley earned a doctorate from the University of Kansas (KU) in May 2023. During her time at KU\, she studied and researched effective leadership. In 2021\, Dr. Brown Persley's exceptional leadership was recognized as she was honored as a NextGen Leader by the Kansas City Business Journal. Her expertise was further acknowledged when she was selected as an official speaker at SXSW 2024.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie Klima is the Managing Director at the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC\, which is dedicated to enhancing performance and effectiveness in the nonprofit community through education\, research and service. Julie is a passionate advocate for a thriving nonprofit sector and has more than two decades of cross-sector experience leading teams through growth and change.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><strong>Lessons in Leadership</strong>&nbsp\;is for leaders eager to grow. Join fellow CXers&nbsp\;for a conversation with a woman leader in the community\, so you can grow in knowledge\, learn from others\, and identify ways to stretch yourself<b>.</b></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Each session our Lessons in Leadership facilitator\,&nbsp\;</span></span><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliestoferklima"><span style="color:#e1927a\;">Julie Klima</span></a></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><strong>\, </strong>Managing Director at </span><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mcnlatumkc/"><span style="color:#e1927a\;">Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC</span></a></strong><span style="color:#e1927a\;"><strong>\,</strong></span><span style="color:#2e4762\;"> will interview a guest woman in leadership who will share their experience and philosophies. December&#39\;s special guest is&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; font-family: arial\;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenbrownkc/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(225\, 146\, 122)\; background-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; outline: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\; outline: 0px\;">Dr. Kirsten Brown Persle</span></span></a></span></span><strong style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 16px\;"><a href="https://persleyadvisors.com/"><span style="color: rgb(225\, 146\, 122)\;">y</span></a></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; font-family: arial\;">\, founder and CEO of </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; outline: 0px\; font-family: arial\;"><strong><a href="https://persleyadvisors.com/"><span style="color:#e1927a\;">Persley Advisors.</span></a></strong></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#2e4762\;"><span class="s1" style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Whether you are a manager or project leader\, new entrant to the workforce with company leadership on the horizon\, an entrepreneur leading in a variety of ways\, or an executive\, you are welcome to join Lessons in Leadership.&nbsp\;</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; orphans: 2\; widows: 2\;">Real discussion leads to evolving mindsets and behaviors\, and CX&#39\;s environment is comfortable for open discussion and sharing.</span></span></span></span></p>\n\n<hr /><br />\n<span style="color:#2e4762\;"><img alt="" height="300" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/Headshots/KirstenBrownPersley.JPG" style="width: 300px\; height: 300px\; float: left\; margin: 10px\;" width="300" /></span><br />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenbrownkc/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration-line: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(225\, 146\, 122)\; background-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Dr. Kirsten Brown Persley</a></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">&nbsp\;</span>is the author of the book&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Delivering Dignity: A Guide to Cultivating Cultural Competence.</em>&nbsp\;She is also the Founder and CEO of Persley Advisors\, a strategic advising firm that specializes in supporting organizational leaders through strategic project support\, training\, consulting\, and coaching\, all of which are deeply rooted in the power of<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\ncultural competence. With over a decade of experience\, she has led transformative initiatives that have significantly impacted the field of cultural competence.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nKirsten Brown Persley formerly served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit in Kansas City\, where she led a successful relaunch of the Kansas City market and led strategies and initiatives to increase cultural competence\, diversity\, and belonging in corporations and small and mid-size businesses.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nBefore working as a nonprofit leader\, Dr. Brown Persley was a founding school Principal for five years. As a founding school leader\, Dr. Brown Persley managed a team of teachers\, support staff members\, and administrators\, and she launched two school concepts. During her tenure\, she helped the school secure funding. She also developed innovative programs that fostered community engagement\, strategic partnerships\, and authentic/real-world learning opportunities for students and staff while fostering a staff and student culture rooted in dignity and cultural competence.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nDr. Brown Persley earned a doctorate from the University of Kansas (KU) in May 2023. During her time at KU\, she studied and researched effective leadership. In 2021\, Dr. Brown Persley&#39\;s exceptional leadership was recognized as she was honored as a NextGen Leader by the Kansas City Business Journal. Her expertise was further acknowledged when she was selected as an official speaker at SXSW 2024.</span>\n\n<p><br />\n<img alt="" height="300" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9235/Image/Headshots/Julie-Klima-headshot-square.jpg" style="color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\; width: 300px\; float: left\; margin: 10px\; height: 300px\;" width="300" /></p>\n\n<div><br />\n<span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliestoferklima"><span style="color: rgb(225\, 146\, 122)\;">Julie Klima</span></a></strong><span style="color: rgb(46\, 71\, 98)\;">&nbsp\;<span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">is the Managing Director at the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC\, which is dedicated to enhancing performance and effectiveness in the nonprofit community through education\, research and service. Julie is a passionate advocate for a thriving nonprofit sector and has more than two decades of cross-sector experience leading teams through growth and change.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:IN-PERSON AT UMKC BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL 5108 CHERRY STREET\, ROOM 331 KANSAS CITY\, MO 64110 Pick up your parking pass in Lot 12. Click HERE to download a pdf with parking instructions.
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