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Ā Third-Annual Invitation-Only Empowerment Collective Women's Leadership Retreat
Dallas, TX, October 4th & 5th 2024
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You've been selected to join us at the Empowerment Collective retreat! We bring together C-level executives, founders, board members and change-makers to amplify our networks, share insights about our professional and personal journeys, and increase resilience and effectiveness in an intimate and private setting. Hosted and facilitated by award-winning author, TedX speaker and leadership expert Tissa Richards.
You'll leave with amazing new connections (and friends), and a clear action plan for understanding your skills, and next steps to level up to where you want to be next. This is an actionable, pragmatic, and uplifting experience that will directly influence your life, your work and your leadership.
Online registration is closed. Please contact Tissa directly if you still wish to register.Ā Ā
"A powerful and generous brain trust of women"
Tissa assembles a powerful and generous brain trust of female executives who help each other with whatever they need, from brainstorming solutions, making strategic connections, or workshopping ideas. Everyone gets so much from the retreat and the powerful network: lifting others up to enrich each other’s lives and careers. You’ll leave the weekend accomplishing your goals, and also developing enduring friendships that become like your personal advisory board.
Heidi Lorenzen
SVP, Accela & President, Women's Executive Channel Advisory Board
The Empowerment Collective:
A curated journey with your peers
1- Learning
Join us for an extensive and wide-ranging agenda covering critical topics, from trends in the market, thought leadership, optimizing your online presence and brand, adding to your board portfolio, securing and retaining top talent, and a yearly crowd favorite (unexpected travel hacks for frequent travelers).
2 - Networking
Spend time with your peers in structured breakout sessions and informal networking activities to share the experiences - and pressures - of being a woman in senior leadership. You'll be joined by hand-selected CxOs, senior-level leaders, founders and business owners, and board directors from multiple domains who bring diverse perspectives and experiences. Attendees stay in touch with each other throughout the year and form close friendships.
3 -Ā Fun
Let down your hair and enjoy tequila tastings, food pairings, meditation, yoga, and other fun experiences. We work hard, so we're also here to relax!Ā
"I joined the retreat with a desire to finesse my personal value statement and broaden my professional network. What an amazing and fulfilling experience! Tissa is a natural connector who instinctively places like-minded leaders together. In just 2.5 days, I started without knowing a single individual, and finished with a group of powerful and FUN women whom I can call upon for connection, personal and professional support, and authentically delivered encouragement. This is a must do for anyone who wants to expand their professional circle, grow confidence in their business value, and realize ambitions. Donāt walk, but RUN! Take advantage of this unique experience. Iāll return again and again!"
-Karen Stuckey
Board Member (The Container Store), Former SVP, Walmart
"The retreat was a delightful experience that provided a cozy space for introverts like me to forge camaraderie and nurture confidence. We shared stories, built friendships, and focused on leadership development. It struck the perfect balance between creating meaningful connections and fostering personal growth."
-Joyce Li
Board Director, Founder & CEO
"This is a must-attend. I got more clarity on how to approach situations at work, strategize my board portfolio, and met a remarkable group of women who I have stayed in close touch with throughout the year. Tissa carefully curates the women who attend and thoughtfully puts together an agenda that addresses professional and personal topics impacting senior executive women. Fun, impactful and meaningful."
- Shar Kassam
COO, Nasdaq Asset Owners Solutions; Board Director & Audit/Nom/Gov Chair
"It is rare to feel supported professionally and personally….the time spent with this group of accomplished women was an unexpected gift to myself!! It’s also a gift that has kept on giving since our retreat during 1:1’s and monthly reunions."
- Lynne Smith
Board Member, VP, United Way
"I walked out of this retreat with momentum to face what's next and a group of girlfriends who cheered me on."
- Joanna Joniec
Board Member
"Coming to this retreat completely re-energized me! It's very special when you find a group of women who embrace you for who you are, celebrate you and support you in reaching your professional (and personal) goals. I'm so grateful I attended last year, and can't wait to attend the next retreat."
- Carol Shen
Founder, CSC Learning Design
"I was SO inspired, energized and motivated after meeting these amazing ladies at the retreat! The conversations boosted my confidence and set me up for success in my board interviews.”
- Lynda Grindstaff
Vice President, McAfee; Founding Partner, How Women Invest; Committee Member, Society of Women Engineers
- Barbara Shurtleff
Board Director, Former CTO, SAIC
Ready to Join the Empowerment Collective Retreat?
Online registration is closed. Please contact Tissa directly if you still wish to register.Ā
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Breakout Sessions - Topics from Previous Years
*These are a sampling of topics - our agenda is fluid; please also come with topics in mind!
- How to Thrive in a Two Career Family
- Private Equity 101: Intro to Private Equity
- Optimizing Interpersonal Communication With a Communication Styles Framework
- Optimizing Your LinkedIn ProfileĀ
- Discovering and Amplifying Your Thought Leadership Ā
- The Travel Products and Hacks You Didnāt Know You Need
- Hiring & Retaining Top Talent in a Challenging Market
- Preparing for a Career Transition: Trends in the Hiring Market
- Gotchaās & Things to Negotiate in Employment Agreements (Equity & Accelerators in Different Ownership Structures)
- How to Manage Millennial & GenZ Team Members (Navigating a Multi-Generational Workforce)
- How to Succeed in Board & Operator Interviews
- Creating Your Value Proposition & Catalyst Statement - a Visual Map of Your Value
- Tips to Becoming a Compelling Communicator & Public Speaker
- How to Network Effectively to Increase Your Board Portfolio
- Strategic Planning: How to Get More Team, ELT & Board Mindshare
- Having Difficult Conversations Fearlessly
- Finding Balance, Happiness and Resilience Without Guilt
- Gives & Asks: Intentional Networking
Thursday, October 3rd
Arrive in Dallas (evening)
TBDĀ - Networking and drinks
Hotel: Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Center, 7121 Bishop Road, Plano, Texas 75024
Airport(s): Dallas Forth Worth / Dallas Love Field
Friday, October 4th
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Agenda TBDĀ
Saturday, October 5th
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Agenda TBD
Sunday, October 6th
Depart for home
Register for theĀ Empowerment CollectiveĀ Women'sĀ Leadership Retreat now!
Tissa Richards is a bold, trusted, authentic technology founder, TedX/keynote speaker and executive coach. She has founded, invested in, and run software companies in Silicon Valley, and holds over a dozen software patents. She has won awards for her innovative software products from some of the world’s largest companies. Tissa has navigated the tough worlds of entrepreneurship, executive leadership, and fundraising. Today, Tissa works with the world’s largest private equity and investment firms and corporations as well as innovative startups. She prepares boardroom candidates, coaches leadership teams and executives, and facilitates corporate workshops. She speaks globally on topics affecting executives and leaders.
Get reimbursed by your employer
Many companies cover all or part of the cost of the Empowerment Collective Retreat as part of leadership and professional development or diversity initiatives. If you need help getting reimbursed by your employer, you can click here to download a proposal template. Or, reach out to us for personalized assistance. Questions? Email us.
A Message From Tissa:
I’m so excited about the transformation that happens whenever someone goes through these leadership events. You gain clarity, confidence, and the ability to say clearly: “[This] is the exact value I bring to [this] kind of board looking to do [this]. [This] is how I help guide companies needing [this] or facing [this] kind of challenge.”
Having that laser focus and succinct story makes you stand out. Your value is clear and compelling. People immediately understand, “why you?” They immediately start thinking about who they should introduce you to. They advocate for you. They scale and amplify your career with and for you. This maximizes and accelerates your success.
This approach isn’t theoretical. It works, over and over again. My clients secure private and public board seats and see rapid career acceleration. They are confident going into – and coming out of – interviews. They know how to activate their networks. They tap into the tens of thousands of opportunities available each year and become successful, impactful leaders.
Many people tell me they don’t have a value proposition. They tell me it’s hard to come up with something that is crisp, concise and compelling. I know it’s hard, and I promise you, you have one. The same people who tell me how hard it is go through the exercises and the discovery process and they are excited to see theirs come to life. I’ve never had someone not discover theirs.
You have a compelling story. I’m here to help you surface and tell it. And I’m here to help you cut through the frustration and the feeling that this is hard. It doesn’t have to be. Nothing makes my day more than someone calling or texting me to announce, “I got it! I got the role!”
This is my approach to executive and board coaching. Pragmatic, practical, and actionable. (And empathetic.) I want you to leave not just with inspiration but also with transformation. With a clear plan. With Fearlessness, Authenticity, Resilience, and Effectiveness.
I want to help as many people as possible do this. Let’s transform work. Let’s bring new perspectives, skills and voices to the C-suite and to the boardroom. Let’s bring your voice to the table. Let’s do it now. Let me show you how. It would be an honor.
See you inside!
Tissa
JOIN US AT THE EMPOWERMENT COLLECTIVE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP RETREAT!
Online registration is closed. Please contact Tissa directly if you still wish to register.Ā
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