Westmont Conference Focuses on Millennials
The 2016 Lead Where You Stand Conference features a dynamic, one-day event Thursday, June 2, focusing on leadership and the millennial generation. Held at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, the conference begins at noon, includes four talks and two meals, and ends at 8 p.m. The cost is $149 per person (westmont.edu/lead).
President Gayle D. Beebe says, “We’re devoting a conference to millennials because people born from the early 1980s through the early 2000s will soon form the majority of our workforce. Renowned expert Meg Jay will deliver two talks about millennials, I’ll speak about life-changing conversations on leadership, and best-selling author Paul Angone, a Westmont alumnus, will discuss leading and managing millennials.
“We’re grateful to the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership for helping to underwrite this conference and for its commitment to developing moral and ethical leaders among the millennial generation.”
This unique conference will offer key insights into developing the capacity to lead effectively in timely, principled ways amidst the complexities of our organizations and society. Participants can step outside their daily routines and do some serious work on leadership at this event.
Jay, a clinical psychologist and author of “The Defining Decade,” has spent 15 years listening to, teaching, researching, writing and speaking about twentysomethings. She considers our 20s the critical period of adult development and believes this group plays an important role in the economy and workforce. Her popular TED Talk, “Why 30 Is Not the New 20,” has received nearly 8 million views and ranks as one of the top 50 TED Talks of all time. A professor at the University of Virginia, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology at UC Berkeley. Read more about her at megjay.com.
Beebe, president of Westmont and author of “The Shaping of an Effective Leader,” has spent 16 years as a college president and 25 years as a mid-level and senior executive. He has discovered that leaders possessing both competence and character can harvest creative insights and ideas from life-changing conversations about effective leadership. He studied with Peter Drucker and earned an MBA from the Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy of religion and theology.
Angone graduated from Westmont in 2005. A national speaker and humorist, he has written two best-selling books, “101 Secrets for Your Twenties” and “All Groan Up.” He shares secrets and strategies for honing, owning and articulating the key ingredients in your life on his website, SignatureSauce.com. For more than 10 years, he has researched and engaged millennials, becoming a leading voice to and for the generation. He earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership.
Westmont announces the three-day 2017 Lead Where You Stand conference May 31-June 2, 2017, featuring Doug McKenna, David Brooks and Beebe.