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Description:   This session will explore how leaders can use a relationally driven approach with their employees. We will explore inclusive, adaptive, servant, and transformational leadership approaches. We will also discuss verbal and nonverbal communication elements of leadership.

Bio:  Dr. Jordan Atkinson is the Director of the Organizational Communication Graduate Programs and an Associate Professor of the Practice at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus. As a communication scholar investigating instructional and organizational communication contexts, Dr. Atkinson’s research has been published in several academic journals and books. He has served in multiple leadership positions at the National Communication Association and the Eastern Communication Association. For his service to the discipline, Dr. Atkinson was awarded the 2021 Presidential Citation Award for Service from NCA.

Learner Outcomes: 

Learners will leave with a greater understanding of:

            -Various types of prosocial leadership styles.

            -How to apply various leadership approaches to their organizational settings.

            -The positive organizational outcomes related to prosocial leadership.

            -How to use prosocial communication to engage with employees.