Friday, September 22, 2023 from 8:30 - 11:30am CST Norris Conference Center - Austin, Texas

Connections to Contracts - Austin

Signature Procurement Event

Connecting WBEs and Corporations

Overview
Connections to Contracts is a procurement-focused event connecting women-owned businesses with corporations and each other. It features a networking breakfast, corporate roundtable procurement discussions, and a business development workshop on leadership and accountability. All are welcome to attend.

The goal of this event is to provide access to business opportunities between our members that eventually lead to contracts, therefore helping women-owned businesses achieve parity.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact WBCS Senior Director of Programs, Elizabeth Garner.

• 9:10 - 9:30 ... Discussion round 1
• 9:30 - 9:35 ... Transition
• 9:35 - 9:55 ... Discussion round 2
• 9:55 - 10:00 ... Transition
• 10:00 - 10:20 ... Discussion round 3

List of Roundtable Hosts (as of 9-7-23)

Alcon

American Airlines

AT&T - Advertising

Austin ISD HUB

BNSF Railway

Caterpillar

Dallas College

Dell Technologies

Delta

Ericsson

JPMorgan Chase

Nokia

Oncor

Southwest Airlines

Walmart

Workshop Description
Leading Your People to Win! Using the Entrepreneurial Operating System’s Leadership + Management = Accountability Tool

Could your leaders benefit from understanding a few simple tools that help them manage and lead their people more effectively? Good employees are promoted to management because they were great at their job being an individual contributor. After becoming a manager, the skills they used to excel before no longer work so well because now you must get things done through other people and hold them accountable for completing their tasks. In entrepreneurial companies, it’s hard to get leadership training that wasn’t designed for managers in larger companies.

The Entrepreneurial Operating System has a tool called LMA, for Leadership + Management = Accountability, that clearly outlines the skills that you need to become an effective leader/manager of people. In this workshop, you’ll receive an assessment of your leadership and management skills which provides an outline of what you need to do to become a good boss.

At the conclusion of this workshop, you will walk away with a set of simple, practical tools that you can use immediately to:

• Reward and recognize team members
• Clearly describe your expectations of people and hold them accountable
• Communicate expectations and direction regularly and effectively to your team
• Delegate tasks that are holding you back from being a more effective leader
• Develop your team members’ talents to do and be more.

Speaker

Agenda

Pricing

This event is open to everyone.

The last day to register online is Friday, September 15.
On-site registration is available for an additional fee.

What If I Register and Can’t Attend?

Cancellation and Refund Policy
All sales are final. In the event that the registrant can no longer attend, the unused registration is considered a donation to the Council.

Substitutions Welcome
If you have a conflict arise and can’t attend the event, another person may attend in your place at no charge.

Substitutions may be submitted in two ways:
1. via the link and reference # that are provided in your confirmation email
2. via email request to WBCS Senior Director of Programs, Elizabeth Garner

Member

$50

Available through Friday, September 15

$10 more on-site
 

Sponsor

$

Last day to sponsor is Friday, September 8

Each sponsorship level includes event admissions and branding. Contact Lindsay Pittard at lpittard@wbcsouthwest.org to secure a sponsorship. Review options in our 2023 sponsorship catalog

Non-member

$60

Available through Friday, September 15

$10 more on-site
 

Registrant List

Sponsors

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