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MASA Professional Learning Session…
Lead With Joy and Watch Your Team Fly!
Presented by Rich Sheridan, Author
Facilitated by Bill Sommers
Friday, March 14 | 2:30 – 4:00 pm Central Time
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No fee for MASA members to attend!

Change is hard, but great leadership requires it. Join Rich Sheridan, author of Chief Joy Officer, as he shares his personal journey to leading with joy—and the profound impact it had on his team. Using the analogy of flight, Rich will reveal how understanding key leadership principles can help your team soar to new heights.

Discover simple, actionable strategies to eliminate fear, boost engagement, and unlock your team’s full potential. Walk away inspired and ready to lead with joy—starting tomorrow!

Audience members will learn how to:

• Lead with joy
• Take concrete steps to elevate the human energy in your organization
• Change how you and your team see the role of a leader
• Turn your organization around to one that embraces action instead of meetings

Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your leadership. Save this link to join the session on March 14!

Learn more about Rich Sheridan’s work:

• Chief Joy Officer
• Joy, Inc.

BOSA Continuing Education Units will not be issued.

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​About our presenters
Richard Sheridan—entrepreneur, business leader and author—is best known as the co-founder, CEO and “Chief Storyteller” of Menlo Innovations, a software and IT consulting firm that has earned numerous awards and press coverage for its innovative and positive workplace culture.
Rich and his message of joyful leadership have been featured in press outlets ranging from Inc, Forbes and New York magazines to Bloomberg, U.S. News & World Report, NPR’s On Point podcast, NPR’s All Things Considered, and the Harvard Business Review. Rich was inducted into the Shingo Academy in 2022 for his work supporting the principles of organizational excellence.

About our facilitator
William A. Sommers, Ph.D. of Austin, Texas, continues to be a learner, teacher, principal, author, leadership coach, and consultant. After 35 years as a principal, he has come out of retirement multiple times to turnaround schools.  Bill blends the best ideas from leading educators and innovative business practices to apply to leadership in schools. He was on the Board of Trustees for five years and President for the National Staff Development Council now called Learning Forward. In addition to being a principal in high schools and middle schools, he has also been a Senior Fellow for the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota. Bill also has served as full-time faculty and as an adjunct faculty member at several universities. He has also been a program director for an adolescent chemical dependency treatment center and served on the board of a halfway house for 20 years. Bill has authored and co-authored many books.​