Premium Workshop: Board - ED Relations and The Paradoxes of Power

In this interactive and experiential workshop managers, supervisors, and directors will have a chance to better understand what power is and to share with others in similar positions their feelings of power and powerlessness vis a vis their boards. Through learning about sources of personal and structural power and about how to leverage them participants will come to feel more self confident and able to make a positive difference in the board room. Issues that will be addressed include the impact of scarce resources, gender differences in power dynamics and the legacy of the founder.

Pat Bradshaw is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at York University and formerly Director of the MBA Program and Chair of the York Senate. Her research interests include the study of organizational power and politics, women in management and nonprofit boards of directors. Pat has consulted with a numerous nonprofit organizations doing governance workshops, team building for boards and staff and training programs on change management and critical thinking skills.She is currently on the board of ARNOVA and previously on the board of Altruvest Charitable Services.