Resource for Leaders
at All Levels

Look to The Central Exchange as your resource for leadership development.  Regardless of your needs, we offer opportunities to enhance your leadership potential.  Whether you participate in one of our outstanding leadership development programs or attend events such as the CEO or Women Leaders series, your leadership quotient will soar.

CEO series
Emerging Leaders series
The Empowered Leader: Strategies for the 21st Century Professional
Leadership Forum
Women Leaders series
Women at the Leading Edge
Women's Lyceum
Women’s Leadership Census
ION Status Report on Women Directors and Executive Officers of Public Companies

CEO Series

The CEO series is a preeminent forum, where Kansas City's top CEOs share thoughts about leading their companies and business trends. The series has become a unique platform for community leaders and a valuable opportunity for CX members and their guests to gain insight into how Kansas City's top CEOs make the major decisions that impact the future of their companies

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Emerging Leaders Year-Long Program

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Target: High potential women leaders, leaders in new positions, one of the first or among few women in leadership in their organization.

This year-long program offered by The Central Exchange and presented by Right Management, develops leadership capabilities by building on personal strengths and developing and implementing a plan to fill gaps and take participants to the next level in their careers. Each session focuses on a different leadership competency and includes group and facilitated discussions and practical strategies to apply in your own organization.

The next series begins May 2008.
The group meets monthly from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Enrollment is limited.

Contact: Ellen D’Amato, president and CEO, The Central Exchange at 816-471-7560, ext. 18 or click here

Or, contact Connie Russell, vice president, organizational consulting, Right Management at
913-323-2344 or click here to see our line up of speakers.

Empowered Leader Series:
Strategies for the 21^st Century Professional

Sponsored by the Bloch Executive MBA program at UMKC’s Bloch School of Business & Public Administration, this series provides a glimpse into some of the most important aspects of this nationally respected executive MBA program. It is designed to provide state-of-the-art information and strategies for women on how to overcome barriers in the workplace and excel in leadership positions.

Leadership Development for Non-Profit Organizations

This informative series is for leaders and volunteers in non-profit organizations or individuals who want to learn more about the not-for-profit world. Experts share advice to assist you in your fundraising efforts, enable you to work fundraising into your schedule without taking away from other responsibilities and increase private dollar donation.

Leadership Forum

The Leadership Forum offers interactive meetings to resolve real life, real time leadership issues. Participants have leadership roles in organizations or are responsible for getting results through the efforts of others. The format is based on what participants want, and is always confidential. Books on leadership topics are used as discussion starters, but it is not necessary to have the book in order to participate. Currently the group is discussing The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John Maxwell.

Meets: 7:30 a.m., First Thursday of month / CX South
Facilitated by: Donna Craig, Leadership Resources

Take your Place in the Community Leading Through Board Service

Board service is an opportunity to enrich the community by sharing talents. The fallout of course is personal growth – which includes everything from the satisfaction of supporting a worthy cause to professional connections, to developing business acumen and leadership skills. This series is designed to provide skills necessary for not-for-profit board service.

Women Leaders Series

Hear from women who have made it to the top in their chosen fields. Our presenters are both local and national and offer a glimpse of their personal stories and the choices they made to get to the top.

Women at the Leading Edge
Dynamic Leadership Development and Self-Awareness Program

Target: Successful women at any point in their careers, ready to move to deeper levels of personal and professional mastery and expand their understanding and use of power as leaders.

Re-examine leadership skills and set life-changing goals in this seven-part program, now in its 17th year. Facilitator Dr. Linda Moore focuses on the psychological underpinnings of leadership. Participants explore and develop leadership abilities, and determine how and where they can apply their skills to make a difference for themselves and others in their professional and personal lives.

The 2008 class of Women at the Leading Edge is full and applications are no longer being accepted.

The next Women at the Leading Edge series will start February, 2009.

Central Exchange Annual Leadership Conference,
the Women's Lyceum

Tuesday, April 22 • Overland Park Convention Center

The 2007 conference was a total sellout. Mark your 2008 calendar now for April 22 and watch for details at the beginning of next year.