LSU Science Café: How to Lead Like Joe Burrow

LSU Office of Research & Economic Development

Join us for a hybrid live and online LSU Science Café with a faculty researcher.

Varsity Theatre & Facebook Livestream

LSU Science Café

Join us for engaging conversations with LSU faculty about their particular area of research. LSU Science Café is held on the last Tuesday of each month from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the historic Varsity Theatre.

LSU Heisman Trophy winner and quarterback Joe Burrow is widely recognized for his extraordinary leadership on the field. Announcers and commentators across the country praise his leadership dispositions and often remark on the caliber and quality of his ability to encourage excellence in those he leads. Join Burrow’s former leadership professor Dr. Leslie Blanchard, the executive director of the LSU Leadership Development Institute, as she shares tips and tricks on how to cultivate your own effective leadership style through an internationally recognized leadership development tool and process created at LSU. PLEASE NOTE: NEW DATE - September 20, 2022<h2>About the Speaker</h2>Dr. Blanchard’s research focus is in the areas of leadership development and evaluation, particularly in K-20 education. Her dissertation researched the method of using self-assessment of efficacy and student feedback as a component of K-12 teacher evaluation, and she continues her research as it relates to leadership development and evaluation across all workforce areas in the human services sector. Dr. Blanchard has developed and taught leadership courses at the undergraduate and graduate level for the past 10 years, and has consulted and coached with individuals, teams, and large groups to facilitate organizational effectiveness and improved culture and climate. Her passion is to “develop the people that develop people,” and she hopes that her efforts to cultivate great leaders in the human services field will have a positive lasting impact on the communities that LSU serves. From 1996 to 2008, Blanchard worked exclusively in the K-12 world. As a classroom English and Secondary Science teacher, she was both a school and district level teacher of the year, as well as the Louisiana recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching given by President George W. Bush in 2003. For 10 of those years, Dr. Blanchard served as a professional development specialist in the areas of New Teacher Induction, STEM, and Technology Integration in Curriculum. She is also a talented grant writer who has procured more than $13 million in state and federal funding for her districts. Dr. Blanchard has worked in the field of education for over 25 years. She currently serves as the executive director of the Leadership Development Institute at LSU. LSU Science Café is presented in partnership with WRKF.<aside>Image Credit: LSU.<a href="https://www.visitbatonrouge.com/event/the-wolves-by-sarah-delappe/224185/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a></aside><h2>Registration &amp; Attendance Information</h2>The event is open to the public and advance registration through Eventbrite is recommended.If you are attending in-person, please print your registration ticket or have it available on your electronic device upon arrival. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM. This event will be broadcast live exclusively on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WRKF893/videos" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WRKF’s Facebook page</a>, closed-captions available, and a recording will be available on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfWUCWXAeVA2N1kYtCtTUg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LSU Research YouTube channel</a>.