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SETTING
SIGHTS ON THE

COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT We’ve all been told the old adage, “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team.’” From preschool on, we’re ingrained with the desire to collaborate and work together for the benefit of the group and overall success. However, as career goals and paths change, it can be easy to tune out the collaborators and focus on one’s own goals.

The Leadership Experience, ASID’s summer program for design professionals, looks at how industry leaders can harness the power of collaboration to be effective at taking their own careers to the next level.

The 2018 Leadership Experience, to be held in Washington, D.C., July

19 to 21, offers different tracks and programming opportunities to designers
looking to grow. Lead Your Team provides the resources and tips for
managers both new and experienced, and gives insight into both the
logistics and psychology of successful managers. With sessions including
“Psychology in the Workplace: Creating an Environment Where Your Team
Can Thrive and Navigating Career Paths,” managers will gain a greater
understanding of working with those around them to create a successful
setting for their teams. Lead Your Firm takes these skills a step further
with programming focused on content as varied as contract management,
building real estate relationships, and diversity in the workplace.

The Leadership Experience also approaches collaboration on a micro-level with Lead Yourself. This slate of programs proves that being the best team player and collaborator starts with you. Skills as simple as navigating the co-worker-to-boss transition, reading into your client’s directions, and understanding your own personal brand will build the confidence it takes to be a truly engaged collaborator and partner.

The event also looks at future opportunities for collaboration and team building through unique networking settings. In addition to ASID’s staff faculty and panelists, session leaders from non-industry entities such as the American Psychological Association and The Insurance Exchange guarantee a rich spectrum of insight to program participants.

Feeling inspired to join in on The Leadership Experience? Visit asid.org/events/the-leadership-experience to register and work together with your fellow industry leaders this summer.