What to Expect

This is a working session, not a lecture.

Throughout the two hours, we'll combine short teaching segments with facilitated discussion, practical scenarios, and small-group collaboration.

We'll explore four connected areas:

Leadership: Recognizing the leadership experience we already bring, including leadership beyond formal authority.

Risk: Understanding what we can control, evaluating the risk that remains, and making deliberate decisions.

Learning: Exploring what success, failure, and the circumstances surrounding both can teach us.

Structured Problem Solving: Understanding problems, examining evidence and assumptions, and looking beyond a single cause before jumping to solutions.

Participants will have opportunities to share experiences from military service, consider how those experiences apply in civilian settings, and learn from the different perspectives of other women veterans.

No particular rank, leadership title, or management experience is required. If you've made decisions, adapted when plans changed, managed risk, or helped a team move forward, you already have experience to contribute.

What You'll Take With You

By the end of the workshop, our goal is for participants to leave with:

• New professional connections with women veterans in West Michigan

• Fresh perspectives from women with different military and civilian experiences

• Practical approaches to leadership, risk, learning, and problem solving

• A greater appreciation for how their existing skills and experiences can contribute to continued professional growth

• Ideas and connections they can build on beyond the workshop

The learning is valuable. So are the people you'll meet along the way.