Ladies in Pharmacy Leadership Conference 
Friday, April 26 - Saturday, April 27
The Ladies in Pharmacy Leadership Conference is for all women pharmacists and student pharmacists interested in developing or building their leaderships skills, networking, and having fun. We will focus on empowering women, promoting a work-life balance, and building professional skills. While career focused, these skills can transfer to the roles women play in their communities and homes too. Continuing education creditis also available. All events will be held at the Hilton Plaza Frontenac in St. Louis. If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Dana Salony at 314.446.8427. Please register by Thursday, April 25 at 5 p.m.
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 26
3 p.m. Registration Opens - Clayton Lobby
6:30-8 p.m. Networking Reception & Exhibits - Clayton Ballrooms
Join us as we kick off the weekend at the Hilton Plaza Frontenac. Attendees will enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while they network with other women pharmacists, representatives from area pharmacy-related companies and organizations, and students pharmacists - bring your CV or resume! Be prepared for some fun too! Exhibitors catering to women will offer shopping opportunities, and wellness and health information.
Saturday, April 27
7-7:45 a.m. Zumba - Pommard Room
Make YOU a priority - embrace the day with Zumba. Come in comfy clothes and enjoy this dance-focused fitness class that is fun and a high calorie burner!
8-9 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Ambassadeur Ballrooms 2 & 4
8:30-9 a.m. Morning Key Note Address
9:10-10 a.m. Session I (Choose one of the following events)
a.Gender and Generational Differences in the Workplace - Ambassadeur Ballroom 5
The differences between men and women often play out in the workplace through leadership style, teamwork, and strategic networking. Build your awareness of how men and women are socialized and rewarded for "right behavior" and how to avoid being misunderstood (verbally or non-verbally) when speaking to a person of a different gender or generation. Speaker: Toni McMurphy, president, Infinite Impact
b. The Coach Approach to Leadership - Ambassadeur Ballroom 3
In this fun and interactive workshop, women leaders will learn the value of taking a coach approach to leadership. By using the coach approach with team members, a leader's natural abilities will rise to the surface. The coach approach to leadership will lessen the need for the leader to "fix" every situation and bring out the best in others. This session will help you to understand the inner blocks that prevent leaders from being effective; provide a leadership wheel to self-identify your current situation; and provide coaching skills, techniques, and tools that can immediately be applied to any situation. Speaker: Monica Sauls, talent development manager, Walgreens
c. Speaking with Confidence, Motivating Your Audience Every Time - Ambassadeur Ballroom 1
The qualities that make you a dynamic pharmacist and a successful business woman are the very qualities that can stand in the way of making you an effective communicator. You have gotten as far as you have in your education and position because you are results-driven, you get things done rapidly, you multitask, and you delegate. We will discuss the power of the unspoken word, how you are perceived, communicating so you are heard, and how to speak effectively and with inspiration in impromptu situations. Speaker: Beth Hackett, contingent workforce program and vendor management manager, Express Scripts, Inc.
d. Coffee Lunch Coffee: A Practical Field Guide to Master Networking - Ambassadeur Ballroom 6
This session will enable participants to identify key connectors presently in their networks, consider others in their communities who they wish to add to their professional databases, determine names and types of companies with which they would like to become acquainted, and outline their “non-negotiables,” e.g., the factors most important in their personal value sets around which they plan to build their networks and careers. Speaker: Alana Muller, master networker and president, Kauffman FastTrac
10-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15–11:15 a.m. Session II (Choose one of session a-d listed above)
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Address: An Overview of Women's Leadership Today in Pharmacy, the Military, and Business by Col. Carol Labadie, retired pharmacy consultant to the Army Surgeon General
Join us for a look into what Col. Labadie has learned from her military journey and the women she has trained, and how those women advanced using their own leadership techniques. Discussion topics will include:
- Purpose and how it drives your life/
- Creating your reality through intention and declarations
- The power of declarations
- Recreating yoru definitionof whom you are
- Internal vs. external validation
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Closing Session: Career Challenges - Ambassadeur Ballroom 1
This panel discussion, led by Starlin Haydon-Greatting, and featuring Col. Carol Labadie and female CEOs and senior leaders, will address issues of business and professional development in the workplace including: how imperative diversity is in the workplace, and how to achieve it; how to succeed in a variety of organizations including large corporations, government organizations, national associations, hospitals, and strategic consultancy organizations; strategies for the development of successful women leaders in pharmacy; observations and insights about work-life balance; and how to best develop and nurture the next generation of leaders.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists participating in this program can receive up to 2 contact hours (0.2 CEU) of knowledge-based continuing pharmacy education. Partial credit will not be offered. Confirmation of attendance will be sent by St. Louis College of Pharmacy on behalf of participants to the NABP through the CPE Monitor system. Participants must complete evaluations of the programs they attend to receive credit.
It is the policy of St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Department of Continuing Professional Development, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All faculty participating in this program are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of the presentation.
Registration
Register online using the form below. Note packages with hotel rooms included can only be guaranteed through April 12, after which rooms are subject to availability.
Retreat Package $250
Includes hotel room at Hilton Plaza Frontenac for Friday, April 26, all events listed above, hors d'oeuvres and drink ticket during Friday's reception, breakfast and lunch on Saturday
Retreat Package Plus $375
Includes hotel room at Hilton Plaza Frontenac for Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, all events listed above, hors d'oeuvres and drink ticket during Friday's reception, breakfast and lunch on Saturday
Event Registration Only $125
Includes all events, hors d'oeuvres and drink ticket during Friday's reception, breakfast and lunch on Saturday
Friday Evening Networking Reception Only $25
Include drink ticket and hors d'oeuvres during a networking and women-focused exhibitor reception.
Student Sponsorship $100
Includes all events, hors d'oeuvres and drink ticket during Friday's reception, breakfast and lunch on Saturday for a student pharmacist
Student Self-Registration
$10 for networking reception on Friday evening, include drink ticket and hors d'oeuvres
$40 for Saturday's sessions, include breakfast and lunch
Dress for the weekend is business casual.
Venue Information
All events will be held at the Hilton Plaza Frontenac; 1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd.; St. Louis, MO 63131
Within walking distance:
Shopping, dining and drinks at Plaza Frontenac
Landmark Theatre Plaza Frontenac Cinema
Stonewater Spa
Salon at Saks
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. TO REGISTER, PLEASE CONTACT Dana Salony at dana.salony@stlcop.edu or 314.446.8427.
Note registration fees are non-refundable.