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Empowering Leaders & Elevating Cultures

It takes more than technical aptitude or skill to be a strong IT leader. As a matter of fact, it's often the "soft" or "power" skills, as we like to call them, that accelerate advancement. As an organization focused solely on IT professionals, 15 years ago we began offering a Leadership Forum to continue our pursuit of being the best partners for our clients and consultants.

Today our Leadership offerings have grown to include team building and adaptability trainings, 1:1 coaching and custom solutions tailored to organizational needs. These efforts are led by Heidi Bedier, Paragon's Director of Leadership Development. Heidi is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of Paragon's leadership solutions. She brings over 25 years of experience guiding leaders, teams and organizations through change management, leadership development and culture formation. Heidi holds a Master of Science in Adult Learning, Performance and Development, and she is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership. Heidi is a graduate of the Brain-Base Coaching Program with the NeuroLeadership Institute and is a RitzCarlton Service Excellence Culture Program Participant!

leader forum

A Forum for IT Leaders to discuss challenges, share insights & network  

Team building

An experiential learning session focused on communication styles

Assessments

A variation of a 360 assessment leveraging the Social Style Model

1:1 Coaching

Navigate challenges, improve versatility and achieve your goals

Join Other IT Leaders in Your Area
Participate in an IT Leadership Forum

Join other IT leaders in a confidential and professionally-facilitated setting
Discuss challenges, share insights and grow your network

"The IT Leadership Forum hosted by Paragon IT professionals is one of the best and most useful collaborations that I have participated in. The speakers and topics that are discussed with other professionals in the field is something that's very helpful for day-to-day operations to helping ideate strategic plans. I have found the framework that Paragon has established encourages open and honest conversation that helps leaders grow by challenging preconceived ideology in a safe environment that encourages vulnerability and courage."

IT SERVICES MANAGER
LIFESOURCE

"My experience with the Paragon leadership program has been fantastic. Joel does an amazing job bringing together a diverse group of IT leaders for the program and it creates a rich environment for learning and sharing from each other's experiences. Tom and Joel do a great job weaving in their own experience and knowledge along with relevant and impactful outside speakers.
I would definitely recommend this experience for both aspiring and seasoned IT leaders alike."



CIO
POST CONSUMER BRANDS

"The Paragon IT Leadership Forum provides members with the unique opportunity to meet several times a year to collaborate and share thoughts, ideas, best practices. The forum has given me time away from day-to-day business activities enabling me to dedicate time to grow personally and professionally. The immersion with thought leaders, both presenters and participants, have sparked fresh ideas and an opportunity to calibrate some aspects of my work so that I can be more effective and successful."



DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS NORTHERN TOOL + EQUIPMENT

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