TG announces Financial Aid Leadership Symposium
Submitted by Cynthia Mayberry, Manager, Texas Region, TG

To contribute to the career growth and leadership excellence of financial aid professionals, TG is offering a Financial Aid Leadership Symposium, a week-long professional development event specifically designed to enhance the leadership skills of managers in post-secondary school financial aid offices. TG will host the Symposium February 5 - 9, 2007.

"There really isn't any other leadership training available that is designed and geared specifically for those who work in the financial aid office," said Kim Alexander, TG's vice president for customer focus. "TG has numerous internal leadership training programs and opportunities that members of our advisory committees have encouraged us to expand to external customers in the financial aid industry."

The Symposium will focus on enhancing the following skills:

• Team building
• Building trust
• Embracing change
• Identifying values and vision
• Motivation
• Customer service
• Goal setting and action planning
• Synergy

Participants will attend specific training sessions and roundtable discussions focusing on these skills, along with further instruction on leadership, management, and financial aid office operations. Sessions will be interactive, with exercises developed from real-world financial aid office scenarios presented by fellow Symposium members.

The Financial Aid Leadership Symposium is open to mid-level student financial aid managers. Interested individuals must apply to the program. The Symposium is limited to no more than 16 participants to create a comfortable atmosphere for focused discussions and interactive exercises. The application for the program is available at www.tgslc.org/training/leaders. All applications must be submitted by Dec. 1, 2006, for full consideration.