PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPEAKER:
E.L. “Betsy” Smith PhD.
Women’s Leadership Matters: Growing Your Career and Balancing Your Life
Women’s leadership does matter. We lead differently and effectively. Corporate cultures have been changed by our leadership methods and traditionally male professions are now populated with females.
But women are frustrated at times because of the things that matter to them. Their ideas are not implemented and they feel that they are not heard. They feel out of control of their time and their lives.
Betsy Smith, PhD will share techniques to grow your career while creating balance in your life. Topics include “you get to choose”, “communicate like a powerful woman”, “play to your strengths” and “it’s about time”.
BIO
When Betsy Smith speaks, people do a whole lot more than just listen. Betsy not only understands what people need to achieve short- and long-term success, her innovative and fun (yes, FUN) style motivates them to actually learn – and apply – those strategies. Her clients have included entrepreneurs, senior executives, emerging leaders, and the executive leadership and boards of several non-profit organizations.
As a Coach, Betsy’s fast-paced, purpose-driven style will help you achieve personal and/or professional goals. Having coached for many years in several Senior Executive roles, she then became certified as an Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner by the Institute for Professional Coaching and the International Coach Federation.
A proud Texas Aggie, Betsy earned a Bachelor’s in Psychology/Social Work from University of Texas, Austin and both a Master’s in Adult Education and a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Texas A & M University’s College of Education, which named her one of its Thirty Distinguished Graduates.
She served as a Senior Executive at, and/or consultant to, organizations such as: Pensacola (FL) Junior College, Center for Community Education (Texas A&M), and Austin (TX) Independent School District. During her 20-year tenure at Pensacola State College, she served as Dean, Provost, and Vice President and produced and hosted a television show on the local PBS station.
Betsy co-authored “Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life that Matters after Fifty” with Kathleen V. Logan.