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Executive Director, Susan Hollady, on Troy Chamber Podcast
Watch the Troy Chamber's new episode of "Members on the Mic", presented by Trion Solutions. In this episode, Susan Hollady, Executive Director of Leadership Oakland chats with the Troy Chamber about her background, how she ended up working with Leadership...
Coulter puts out call to young leaders who embody Oakland Together
Pontiac, Mich., Oct. 18, 2021 – Applications are now open for the Oakland Together 40 Under 40 class of 2022, County Executive Dave Coulter announced today. The award program seeks individuals who live or work in Oakland County, are under the age of 40, and who have...
LEADERSHIP OAKLAND PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW CORNERSTONE PROGRAM CLASS FOR 2021-22
Leadership Oakland is proud to announce its LOXXXII Cornerstone Program Class, made up of a diverse group of regional leaders from across the county. This group of 48 professionals will take part in a nine-month leadership experience, kicking off with a two-day...
Leadership Oakland’s 31st Cornerstone class built a brand new healing room
This year, Leadership Oakland's 31st Cornerstone class built a brand new healing room for children to enjoy toys, games and a comfortable, safe space before treatment. They also provided treatment tools for children that CARE House therapists' find work best for...
2020 – A Transformative Year
2020 was supposed to be our 30th Anniversary year, but like so many, we needed to pivot part way through our event planning and lead our community in a very different way. In March we began a series of virtual Lunch and Learns and Happy Hours. It was our way of...
Thriving Through Disruption
How much has your personal or professional life changed in the last eight weeks? Are you working from home? Not working? A part-time teacher / part-time parent? Starting to get screen headaches? Zoom overload? Stressed? Anxious? Missing friends and family? Maybe all...
Susan Bailey, LOXIX Interview
Executive Director of Leadership Oakland, Tom Sommer, interviews Susan Morgan Bailey, LO board member, entrepreneur and culture & wellbeing expert. Tom: Susan Morgan Bailey is the Vice President of Culture and Wellbeing Practice Leader for Marsh and McLennan...
You Don’t Know the Whole Story
Tears of sadness filled my eyes as Clarence shared his story of being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at the age of 31! They turned to relief as he relayed the news of his remission. Then the questions flooded my mind, “What?! When?! How?!” After quickly doing...
Slow Down! Networking is Not a Race
Slow Down! Networking is Not a Race It’s easy to feel more professionally connected than ever. Linked-In broadcasts our resume, accomplishments and career goals to the world. New connections are a few clicks away. But, virtual relationships pale in comparison to...
Seek to Understand – Especially When It’s Most Difficult
As I type this, it’s been two days since the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. The tragedy comes in the wake of several turbulent weeks in our country – the Charlottesville riots; devastating and deadly hurricanes; escalating tensions with North Korea; the NFL and...