Event Information

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Kutztown University – McFarland Student Union Building
8:00 am - 11:30 am

Leadership Unchained, Defy Conventional Wisdom for Breakthrough Performance

Sara Canaday

Leadership Strategist, Speaker, and Award-winning Author

Sara Canaday is a leadership consultant, speaker and author who helps companies maximize the contributions of their leaders and high potentials for bottom-line impact. Drawing on 13 years of corporate experience, Sara has a unique gift for connecting with her clients and ensuring they walk away with actionable strategies for positive change — strengthening leadership skills, improving business relationships, and enhancing performance.

Sara is a member of the National Speakers Association and a by-invitation only leadership instructor for LinkedIn Learning. She has been featured in a number of publications, most notably Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. Sara is the author of three books, You – According to Them:  Uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation and your career, the award-winning book, “Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional Wisdom for Breakthrough Performance, and her latest book, “Essential Coaching Skills for Managers: The Tools You Need to Ignite Greatness in Each Employee.


Sara is a leadership strategist, award-winning author, and former corporate executive who helps arm professionals with the strategies and practices they need to make the critical shift from informed to influential, from doer to driver, and from manager to leader.

She works with companies who are committed to helping their leaders and high potentials expand their impact, ignite innovation, and fuel their growth. 

When she’s not speaking or working with her clients, she’s cheering on her son’s football team or hiding new shoe purchases from her husband and 19-year old daughter. Please join me in welcoming Speaker, Consultant, and Wanna-be Cupcake Wars judge, Sara Canaday.


PARKING INFO & DIRECTIONS TO McFarland Student Union Building on campus of Kutztown University:

Kutztown campus-map 2022

Guests park in the A-2 lot for event.  If there is anyone who needs handicap parking they can use the A-1 lot.  The rest of the A-1 lot is metered parking which is enforced.  Guests can park there only if they’re willing to come out to feed the meter every hour.

Multipurpose Room (MS 218) in the McFarland Student Union Building. The room is on the second floor.  When entering the building, it’s easiest to use the entrance by the bookstore.  There are stairs in front of you to the second floor and then the room is to the left at the top of the stairs.  If you need an elevator walk straight in past the stairs and the elevator is on the back wall.  Go to the second floor and the room is in front of you to the right as you exit the elevator.


EVENT TIMELINE:

8:00 – 8:40am Breakfast & Networking
8:40 – 8:50am Welcome and High Center Updates
8:50 – 8:55am Partner Profile (5 mins.)
8:55 – 9:00am Speaker introduction
9:00 – 10:00am Keynote speaker (Part 1)
10:00 – 10:15am Break & Networking
10:15 – 11:15am Keynote speaker (Part 2)
11:15 – 11:30am Q&A