From HR to CEO: How to Leverage Your Power Skills to Climb the Corporate Ladder!
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Join John Ferguson, the Chief HR Officer at NASCAR, and Laural Logan-Fain, PhD, the Associate Vice President of People Business Partnership at Spurs Sports & Entertainment, in this dynamic session as they discuss Power Skills and Drills crucial for the growth of a dynamic HR leader.
This session will highlight the essential skills and strategies needed to guide attendees as they navigate the next steps of their career and the Racetrack of life.
Learning Objectives:
- Clarify your goal: CEO or Strategic Advisor?
- Connect with others through the art of storytelling.
- Define, develop, and demonstrate your Power Skills.
- Lead change and drive business outcomes.
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Laural Logan-Fain
Dr. Laural Logan-Fain, PhD serves as the Associate Vice President of People Business Partnership for San Antonio Spurs Basketball (Spurs Sports & Entertainment). She also works with leaders as a Facilitator with the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Professional Excellence in the Alvarez College of Business.
Some of Dr. Logan-Fain’s best and earliest memories as a child were spent listening to and reading bedtime stories with her mom—stories that provided her an escape and adventure, boomeranged her to bygone eras, or rocketed her into future lives. Stories and storytelling continue to be an integral part of her personal and professional life, as necessary to her as air, a way to build empathy and gain a deeper understanding of self and others.
Over the past two decades, Dr. Laural Logan-Fain has worked in both corporate and educational environments. Her role with the San Antonio Spurs has allowed her to leverage her love of teaching with her love of leadership and coaching. In 2014, she launched the San Antonio Spurs’ corporate university, which evolved into a community-serving and revenue-based program. In her current role she works alongside leaders as a strategic partner, aligning business objectives with people solutions. She is passionate about serving others in the quiet and chaotic moments of their work-lives—digging deep to understand their stories and discover what they value most.
Dr. Logan-Fain has worked in publishing and research. As a professor, she taught graduate and undergraduate education, research and school law courses at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Our Lady of the Lake University, the University of Houston-Victoria, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dr. Logan-Fain earned her PhD in Educational Administration with a specialization in School Law from the University of Oklahoma (OU) and co-authored two books and multiple articles.
She and her husband met while she was attending graduate school at OU (Boomer Sooner!). He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and former football player (Go Pokes!). Naturally, when it comes to college football, they are a house divided -- but they are united in family and love! They are also proud parents to their son Joseph, a big-hearted teenager, and to their sassy 4-legged fur baby/rescue dog, CottonBall.
John Ferguson
John Ferguson is the Chief Human Resources Officer at NASCAR, the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States.
In this role, Ferguson oversees the development and execution of NASCAR’s human resource planning, aligning it with the overarching business plan and strategic direction of the organization. This includes cultivating a "people-first" company culture across more than 20 office and race-track locations throughout the U.S.
Ferguson serves on the Board of Directors for the SHRM Foundation, Alumni Board of Directors for Furman University, and the UNCF Orlando Leadership Council.
Ferguson holds Bachelor’s in Political Science from Furman University, Executive Certificate in Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management from Georgetown University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Howard University School of Business.