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SUMMARY:Leadership Symposium 3/13/2026
DESCRIPTION:Day of Agenda\n\n11:00am Free Professional Headshots for attendees\n\n11:30am Check In\, Networking\, Lunch - Yurtchuk Social Room\n\n\n\n12:10pm Program Start & Welcome\n\n Opening Remarks by A.J. Baynes\, President/CEO Amherst Chamber of Commerce\n Welcome\n \n Lynsey Zimdahl Weaver & Sarah Just\, EBL Co-Chairs\n Kaylynn Billups\, Director of Graduate Admissions Daemen University\n \n \n\n\n12:15 - 1:45pm Session 1: From Fog to Focus: Making Sense of Messy Problems\n\n\n Facilitator: Christina Coyle-Lenz\, Director of Leadership & Innovation\, Daemen University\n Session Description: Problem resolution begins with clarity. In this interactive session\, participants will be introduced to tools that can be applied individually or in groups to untangle the complexities of problems we face in our everyday lives. \n\n\n1:45 - 2:00pm Break \n\n\n\n2:00 - 3:00 pm Session 2: Improving Performance by Strengthening the Weakest Link \n\n\n Facilitator Dr. Tito Rodriguez\, Chair\, Alfiero School of Business\, Daemen University\n Session Description: This session demonstrates how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can be applied in project management to improve schedule\, cost\, and team performance by identifying and managing the primary constraint affecting project execution. Participants will analyze a project scenario to identify a critical bottleneck and develop targeted mitigation strategies aligned with PMI concepts such as critical chain and resource optimization. \n\n 3:00 - 3:30pm Team Building & Innovation Session\n\n\n\n3:30 - 4:30pm Happy Hour Reception at Daemen Hall
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\nDay of Agenda
\n11:00am \; \; \; \;Free Professional Headshots for attendees
\n11:30am \; \; \; \; \;Check In\, Networking\, Lunch - Yurtchuk Social Room
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\n12:10pm \; \; \; \; \;Program Start &\; Welcome\n\n - Opening Remarks by A.J. Baynes\, President/CEO Amherst Chamber of Commerce
\n - Welcome\n
\n - Lynsey Zimdahl Weaver &\; Sarah Just\, EBL Co-Chairs
\n - Kaylynn Billups\, Director of Graduate Admissions Daemen University
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\n\n12:15 - 1:45pm \; \; \; \;Session 1: From Fog to Focus: Making Sense of Messy Problems
\n\n\n - Facilitator: Christina Coyle-Lenz\, Director of Leadership &\; Innovation\, Daemen University
\n - Session Description: \;Problem resolution begins with clarity. \; In this interactive session\, participants \;will be introduced to tools that can be applied individually or in groups to untangle the complexities of problems we face in our everyday lives. \;
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\n\n1:45 - 2:00pm \; \; \; \; \;Break \;
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\n2:00 - 3:00 pm \; \; \; \; \;Session 2: \;Improving Performance by Strengthening the Weakest Link \;
\n\n\n - Facilitator \;Dr. Tito Rodriguez\, Chair\, Alfiero School of Business\, Daemen University
\n - Session Description: \;This session demonstrates how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can be applied in project management to improve schedule\, cost\, and team performance by identifying and managing the primary constraint affecting project execution. Participants will analyze a project scenario to identify a critical bottleneck and develop targeted mitigation strategies aligned with PMI concepts such as critical chain and resource optimization. \; \;
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\n 3:00 - 3:30pm \; \; \; \; \;Team Building &\; Innovation Session
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\n3:30 - 4:30pm \; \; \; \; \;Happy Hour Reception at Daemen Hall \;
LOCATION:Daemen University 4380 Main Street Amherst\, NY 14226
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DTSTAMP:20260531T064327Z
URL:https://business.amherst.org/events/details/leadership-symposium-3-13-2026-8664
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