This interactive ice breaker will engage participants in getting to know the diverse talents and abilities that each other possess. The goal is to be in celebration of the many talents that women bring to positions of leadership.

This creative activity invites women to think of 3 laws they would enact (if they could!). These laws would have to be abided by the everyone including the person suggesting them. What the suggestions reveal will give insight into the gaps that female leaders seek to fill.

• A timeline: the role of Native American Women in the community, business, family – historical roots and changes that have happened in the past 50, 25, 10 years.
• Tralynna will share her personal leadership story and why she returned to serve the Cherokee Nation.
• The challenges, frustrations and successes of female leaders making a lasting impact on their tribe’s values, mission, and goals.
  • The double standard: Managing assertiveness.
• Connecting to your true sense of leadership purpose and developing it over time.
• The cultural impact of the current business leadership landscape.
•  21st century Native American leadership: Paths to motivation.
  • Why lead?
  • What are the roles available?
  • What is the opportunity?
• Profiles of Native American Female Leaders: Highlighting notable Native
  American women who have caused social and economic change.
• Implications for mentoring:
  • What is being done and what needs to be done (tribe specific)?
  • Women reaching full leadership potential to find their voice –
    stronger together than individually.
  • The importance of extending a hand to the next generation of leaders without being threatened: Why authentic leadership wants
    to grow and expand on each other.
• Questions, comments, interaction.

Tralynna Scott

Staff Attorney

Cherokee Nation Businesses

• Why men and women lead differently: The science behind gender differences in leadership.
• Getting heard at meetings: A guide for being assertive and combating the
  double standard.
• How to work successfully with male tribal leaders.
• Conflict resolution strategies when reaching an impasse.
• Emotional intelligence basics for female leaders.
• Coaching skill training: learn the art of coaching in conversation to accomplish goals and improve relationships.
• How to propose new ideas with success: a guide for presentation and
  preparation.

• Why women “over give” in leadership roles.
• Balancing family, leadership accountability, health, and self care.
• Strategies for learning how to say NO, set boundaries and evaluate the right amount of work and leadership to take on.
• Red flags that you are overcommitting yourself and what actions to take when you are in the danger zone.
• Constructing of a personal care plan and why this serves both you and others. Ø Participants will receive live action coaching inside of accomplishing their personal care plan.

In this session groups will rotate to share how they are successfully dealing with tribal leadership or political issues.

• The larger group will brainstorm top concerns facing Indian Country and groups will gather based on topic.
• Peer-to-peer coaching will be facilitated in small groups.
• Best practices for empowering female tribal leadership to impact these issues will be shared with the larger group.

• The power of mentoring and its ability to foster leadership.
• A how-to guide for starting an informal or formal female leadership mentoring initiatives for multiple ages.
• Small groups will work on adapting the guide to their own tribe or organization.
• Sharing of current initiatives tribes or organizations are using to develop female leadership.
• Small group brainstorming on how to best enact or start these initiatives.

• As the day of learning is assessed, female leaders will construct a commitment to leadership and be coached around taking specific action from the knowledge exchanged.
• Participants will connect with each other to hold each other accountable for their commitment to leadership.