1D | Big Opportunities and Big Challenges. Providing a Framework for Decision Making: An Insider’s View on Executive Solutions

Tuesday, Sept. 26
10:00 - 11:00 AM

Sector
Suitable across all audiences

Experience Level
Suitable across all levels

Shop Size
Suitable for any size shop

Category
Leadership, management 

Decisions, decisions, decisions -- we make them every day, sometimes several a day. We are also impacted by the decisions of others. Many of us are charged with finding solutions for complicated issues involving multiple stakeholders, internal and external.

This session explores and translates how to use Bolman and Deals’ four frames of leadership -- structural, human resource, political and symbolic -- in any professional setting, especially in making decisions affecting donors or creating change. The four frames can be applied to singular or group decision making.

Whether you are early or mid career, learning the secrets of executive decision making will aid in your professional growth.

Kelly Brennan

Kelly Brennan, EdD, has been working in educational philanthropy for more than 20 years. She has worked for Adelphi University, Columbia University, the Fire Department of New York, New York University, and the New York City Fire Museum.  Currently, she works in Development for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she is responsible for Alumni Relations, Donor Relations and Services, Gifts-in-Kind, Named Giving, and Patient Referrals.  

Dr. Brennan is an adjunct instructor in the Higher Education Administration Masters Program for SUNY Stony Brook. She is an active volunteer, serving on the Planning Committee for the ADRP 2017 Regional NYC conference.  She’s served as a mentor with Women in Development, and was previously a board member for the CASE’s District II, where she served as the Co-Chair of the 2015 conference.  She is a past Board of Director for the Iona College Alumni Association, her alma mater.  Dr. Brennan has a certificate in Fundraising Management from NYU and a doctorate in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher’s College.