Event Description: Strong leaders know that success isn’t about saying yes to everything, it’s about knowing where to focus your time, energy and attention. Setting clear expectations and boundaries can help leaders navigate competing priorities, protect their capacity and create healthier, more effective ways of working.

In this interactive session, TEMPO members and Emerging Women Leaders will explore the connection between expectations, boundaries and burnout. Through personal reflection and small-group conversation, participants will have the opportunity to practice strategies they can put into action immediately - from responding to competing demands and after-hours requests to navigating scope creep and learning how to say no with confidence and professionalism.

Whether you’re an emerging leader feeling pressure to prove yourself by taking on everything or an experienced leader balancing competing priorities, this session will offer practical tools and language to help you lead with greater clarity and intention.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Explore the “Boundary Paradox” and how strategic boundaries can support productivity, well-being and sustainable leadership.
• Understand how clear, realistic and shared expectations create a foundation for effective boundaries.
• Build confidence in setting and communicating boundaries while keeping organizational priorities at the center.
• Practice language and strategies for navigating challenging conversations and competing demands.
• Connect with fellow TEMPO members and guests by sharing experiences, challenges and ideas across industries and levels of leadership.

What You’ll Take Away:

• Practical strategies and a framework for setting expectations and boundaries in the workplace.
• Opportunities to apply concepts through interactive exercises and small-group discussion.
• Examples of direct, professional language to use in real-life situations.

Conversation Starters:

• The Boundary Paradox: How clear expectations and boundaries can improve productivity and well-being
• How to say yes while still honoring your boundaries
• Saying no with clarity and grace
• Getting clear—and staying aligned—on expectations
• Navigating after-hours requests, scope creep and interruptions
• Managing challenging conversations and maintaining professional boundaries

 Anne Ballentine’s career spans four decades with leadership roles in marketing and corporate communications, public relations, and community engagement in the healthcare field as well as more than a decade as a television news anchor and reporter. A graduate of DePauw University, Ballentine now provides resilience training and one-on-one coaching support for lifestyle change, is a certified yoga instructor and wellness retreat leader, and serves on several boards as part of extensive community service. Anne has been a TEMPO member since 2016. Connect on LinkedIn here or reach out at [email protected] to discuss your needs.

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TEMPO & EWL Members| No Charge
Guests | $50