PwC Fireside Chat: Paul Griggs US Senior Partner & John Currie WFU Athletic Director

PwC is excited to invite you to an exclusive fireside chat featuring two distinguished leaders: Paul Griggs: A Wake Forest alumnus and Senior Partner at PwC US, Paul brings extensive experience in corporate leadership and innovation. John Currie: Serving as Wake Forest’s Athletic Director, John offers a unique perspective on leadership within collegiate athletics. In this dynamic conversation, they will delve into: Leadership Strategies: Learn how to lead effectively in both corporate and athletic settings.Innovative Adaptation: Discover the role of innovation in navigating and embracing change in today’s fast-paced world.By attending, you’ll gain valuable insights and practical advice to excel in your personal and professional life. Register to attend on Tuesday, April 1 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm in Farrell Hall, Broyhill Auditorium. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!

Maya Angelou Garden Party 2025

The Maya Angelou Garden Party is an annual event hosted in Bailey Park to honor Dr. Maya Angelou by celebrating community, storytelling, and art. Hosted by the Wake Downtown Student Ambassadors in partnership with Wake Downtown and ZSR Library each year, this event is free and open to the Wake Forest and broader Winston-Salem community. It includes poetry reading and spoken word performances on display to honor Dr. Angelous literary legacy. Food, music, and lawn games are also part of the celebration. This year’s event will include a new addition, with a hands-on art activity. Click here to see photos and content from previous years. Use this sign up form to reserve a few minutes to read poetry (whether original or that of a favorite artist), to share a story, or to perform spoken art. Sign up ASAP to guarantee your spot!: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7pjIVmsczeEsYT54x80SRVPH5ixo0BonQ9u5_DWtOKshX_A/viewform?usp=dialog

Hylton Lecture: Kim McCaslin (’93)

The Hylton Lecture Series in Accountancy was established in 1980 to honor Delmar P. Hylton, who started Wake Forests accountancy program in 1949 and helped build it into one of the top accounting programs in the nation. This year’s Hylton lecture will be presented by Kimberly McCaslin (’93), Partner and Head of the North America Portfolio Group at Bain Capital. Kim McCaslin joined Bain Capital in 2006. She is a Partner and Head of the North American Private Equity Portfolio Group. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Kim was a Vice President of M&A and Corporate Development for Capital One Financial. Before that, she was a Principal at Mercer Management Consulting, where she advised companies across a variety of industries. Kim started her career at Accenture, focusing primarily on business process redesign and financial systems development.

Executive Education – Fundamentals of Effective Negotiation

From Preparation to Execution: Build Essential Skills for Effective, Value-Driven Negotiations. Fundamentals of Effective Negotiation is a one-day session designed to introduce you to the ABCs of negotiation and how to build a strong foundation of how to think about, prepare for, and execute negotiations in a variety of contexts (e.g., client negotiations). Through this session, you will gain greater understanding into the five fundamental questions you should ask before every negotiation to enhance your negotiating effectiveness. Additionally, you will explore different negotiating approaches, assess your own negotiation style, and learn how it may influence your negotiated outcomes. Finally, you will gain practice negotiating in both two-party and multi-party negotiations, much like the ones you might encounter with clients, coworkers, and/or supervisors. Through these experiences, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to negotiate both assertively and collaboratively in order to create greater value-adding agreements. Deadline for registration: April 22, 2025 Register Now

Executive Education – Leading People Who Are Different From You

In todays global economy, organizations are continuously becoming more diverse. This broadening diversification of organization members includes cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, gender, and sexual orientation. Thus, it is imperative people managers understand how to effectively lead individuals who are different from them. Leaders who can bring an array of diverse individuals together and form a cohesive team aligned on common goals, purpose, and values will gain a competitive advantage. This 1-day program provides participants with the knowledge and tools to understand and effectively lead people who are different from them. Participants also gain insights into how to shape the teams or organizations culture to create an environment that is authentic and brings out the best in everyone. During this workshop, participants will immediately apply insight and tools in developing a personal leadership plan resulting in: Understanding the importance of emotional intelligence in leading others who are differentThe ability to use social perception to accurately access others while reducing potential biasesUnderstanding how to reduce prejudice in teamsThe ability to earn the trust of and apply various leadership styles to effectively lead people who are different from youUnderstanding the nature of the various areas of diversity: culture, gender, sexual orientation, and age Deadline to register: May 29, 2025

Ethical AI Use

Do you want to know more about Generative AI? Join us for the next session of the Building AI Fluency Learning Series hosted by the Wake Forest School of Business. This series provides a collaborative learning environment aimed at enhancing our understanding of Generative AI and how it can be effectively utilized within your respective teams and departments.