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Leadership Session

ISAPS Leadership Session: Developing a Strategic Approach to Your Career as a Surgeon

Join us for a full day session with focus on leadership with some of the leaders in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Developing a Strategic Approach to Your Career as a Surgeon 

08.30-10.00 Session 1: ISAPS Women's Symposium.

Hosted by ISAPS Women’s Committee, incorporating the panel of the Global Alliance for Women Leaders in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery , supported by Mentor. 

Panel topic: Exploring a Strategic Approach to Career Development and Your Personal Brand as a Surgeon  

Focus:  gaining recognition, building your voice, executive presence, and dealing with career challenges: 

  • Building personal confidence and professional presence 
  • Dealing with challenges such as unconscious bias and glass ceilings 
  • Professional career development, including wellness as a key skill for surgeons  

Moderators:  Lina Triana (President of ISAPS), Melinda Haws (President of The Aesthetic Society), Jennifer Walden (Past President, The Aesthetic Society).

Panel:
Special Guest: Alenka Brzulja, Worldwide President, Mentor @ Johnson & Johnson, 
Stefania de Fazio, Italy;
Montserrat Fontbona, Chile;
 
Eva Siolo, South Africa.

Format: Moderated panel discussion. 

Target audience:  All welcome, suitable for early career to established surgeons looking to maximise leadership impact within their practice. 

Whilst delivered by women, our women leaders panel aims to encourage a diverse attending audience.  Panelists are invited to consider the broad issues arising during their careers feeding in to the follow on conversation in our LIFT (leadership) session, about building brand and identity as a surgeon. 

Join us in Cartagena. 

10.30 – 12.30 Session 2: ISAPS L.I.F.T Program
(Leadership Insights for Transformation) module 4  

Topic: Strategic Leadership for Surgeons: Building a Personal and Professional Identity to Power Up Your Practice 

Moderator: Andy Craggs (Director, ISAPS LIFT Program; LBS | The Jump Network)

Contributors: Lina Triana (ISAPS President); Alenka Brzulja (Worldwide President, Mentor @ Johnson & Johnson)

Focus & Format: As surgeons we all strive to achieve excellence in our patient outcomes, our medical practice, and our professional development. Join our latest LIFT session to explore how to think more strategically as a surgeon building your personal and professional profile and your practice.  

This interactive workshop aims to help you maximise your potential as a medical professional in a strategic masterclass and including the following topics:  

  • Building a personal brand that represents your unique skills and personality 
  • Building a professional practice and positioning your business brand to have a strategic long-term vision 
  • Cases and practices for professional brand building (integrated brand material, which will complement Richard Jolly’s webinar points) 

This workshop will include frameworks and cases from the world of luxury goods alongside interactive exercises to help you develop a more strategic approach for leading yourself and your business.