Webinars
MSI Webinar: The Power of Saying No
Vanessa Patrick will discuss the science of saying no. She will introduce the concept of “empowered refusal”—a framework for saying no that puts you in charge of your life—and reveals some surprising secrets about the power of the word no. She will share:
• A toolkit of three competencies you need to develop to effectively communicate an empowered no response.
• A framework to help separate the “good-for-me” from the “not-good-for-me” activities and engagements that come our way.
• How to establish and implement personal policies that empower your refusal.
speaker
Vanessa Patrick, PhD. is the Associate Dean for Research, Executive Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD and DBA), a Bauer Professor of Marketing and lead faculty of the Executive Women in Leadership Program at the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston. She has been recognized with a number of awards for both scholarship and teaching, including the LeRoy and Lucille Melcher Faculty Excellence award from the Bauer College of Business for Research Excellence (2011), Service Excellence (2016) and Teaching Excellence (2018). In 2012, she was named one of the top 50 most productive marketing scholars worldwide by the DocSig of the American Marketing Association. She was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist (2019-24) by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She served in this role by visiting the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia in November 2022.