SAL - Advanced Leadership for Women

Mission Statement

“SAL encourages women to reach higher levels of leadership by helping them gain the life skills, knowledge and confidence needed to achieve their professional and personal goals”

Background and Information

With a career spanning 30 + years, Sally Lentz-Crouse was a leader in the multifamily housing industry. Those of us in Indiana especially enjoyed the benefits of her support and direction. In 1973, Sally became one of the first women to serve on IAA’s Board of Directors. Through the years, she chaired the Education, Membership, Apartment Guide, Public Relations and Finance Committees. She also served on the Board’s Executive Committee through 2005. For her dedication, Sally was presented the 2002 Joe Rhodes Memorial Award for exemplary service to the apartment industry, IAA’s most prestigious award. Sally was a pioneer for all women in the real estate industry.

As part of her legacy, IAA offers leadership training specifically designed for women in our industry. Sue Thomas is the main facilitator for the two-day leadership training. You can learn more about Sue and her leadership training programs by clicking here.

During the training, participants will:

• Recognize and participate using different leadership styles
• Identify competencies they possess and areas that need improvement
• Identify effectiveness of leadership styles in a given situation
• Discover the importance of body language in leadership
• Learn different methods of communicating to accomplish tasks
• Recognize how they collaborate with others to accomplish goals
• Clarify their leadership strengths
• Discuss and develop new approaches to building trust and respect
• Formulate a written action plan for development areas
• Discover & Develop their Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Skills
• Identify barriers to team development
• Prepare and provide honest critical feedback to participants based on their performance
strengths and weaknesses
• Discuss the benefits and barriers to different leadership styles
• Identify behaviors that may have a positive or negative impact on performance.

Please contact IAA at 317.816.8900 for more information.