COMSEP Conversations about Leadership – June 2025

Please consider joining us for the ongoing series on leadership in medical education.

All COMSEP members are welcome.

COMSEP Conversations about Leadership are designed as informal sessions to:

• Create a diverse and inclusive community of shared experiences and growth
• Develop awareness of different leadership strategies, approaches and challenges
• Facilitate the application of leadership frameworks and theories to one’s own work.

Our next session will focus on leadership during uncertain times. As educational leaders, we continuously face challenges at local, national, and global levels related to our roles and the people with whom we work. This session will discuss concrete strategies for leaders to implement during times of change.

We are keeping to the promise of 15-30 minutes of prep time.

Prior to the session, please read the following resource and attached PDF: HBR-Spring-2022.pdf

(optional readings)

https://www.aamc.org/career-development/leadership-development/difficult-times

https://repository.brynmawr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1143&context=tlthe

During this 1-hour session, we will discuss the topic’s relevance and importance – and how it links to our work, COMSEP’s priorities, while highlighting important principles such as diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice.

We then plan to work in small groups sharing experiences and responding to prompt questions.

We hope that educators and administrators consider joining us for this and future engaging sessions on leadership.  Through your participation, we will learn from one another’s experience and expertise, and further advance COMSEP’s strategic priority of leadership development for all interested COMSEP members.

Amalia Guardiola

Abena Knight

Molly Rideout

Mike Barone

Sherilyn Smith

Joe Gigante

Susan Bannister