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Intensive Session: Building High-Performing Leadership Teams
SESSION INFO
Sunday, March 1, 2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Type: Intensive
This interactive session equips leaders to analyze their leadership style, evaluate emotional intelligence in action, and apply strategies that strengthen confidence, collaboration, and accountability. Through guided reflection and real-world exercises, participants will demostrate effective communication skills that build trust and design a personal leadership mission statement aligned with organizational goals. Each activity incorporates specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound outcomes, ensuring participants leave with actionable tools to improve team performance and engagement. By the end of the session, leaders will have identified one behavior to strengthen, developed a strategy to enhance emotional intelligence, and create a mission statement that defines their leadership purpose. This session blends clarity and confidence, empowering leaders to turn insight into measurable impact and transform how they lead their teams.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Jason Garnett, PhD
Founder and Principal, JCG & Company
Jason C. Garnett, PhD is a strategic leadership and corrections expert with over 30 years of experience in criminal justice, organizational leadership, and policy implementation. He is the Founder and Principal of Jason C. Garnett & Company, where he helps organizations strengthen leadership cultures through clarity, accountability, and mission-driven execution.
Dr. Garnett holds a PhD in Public Administration from the University of Illinois Springfield and a Master’s degree in Administration and Rehabilitation from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His executive leadership experience includes serving as Acting Assistant Director, Chief of Parole, Deputy Director of Parole, Deputy Director of Operations, and Warden with the Illinois Department of Corrections, where he helped shape statewide policy, operational strategy, and leadership development.
Known for translating complex challenges into actionable strategies, Dr. Garnett focuses on improving organizational performance, reducing recidivism, and supporting successful community reintegration. He is a sought-after speaker and advisor on leadership strategy, correctional reform, and sustainable systems change.
Crystal P. Sherrill
Operational Excellence Strategist and Coach, CPS & Co., Strategic Planning & Operations Agency
Crystal P. Sherrill is an Operational Excellence Strategist and Coach who helps organizations across various sectors, including corrections and electronic monitoring, establish a clear vision, order, and execution that doesn’t burn people out. With nearly 20 years of experience in learning, leadership, and operational restructuring, she builds systems that raise standards while supporting people. With 17 years inside the corrections and electronic monitoring space, her work sits at the intersection of people, learning, and operations.
Crystal spent nearly two decades supporting parole, probation, and aftercare agencies through GPS and case management software, training field agents, supervisors, and leadership teams responsible for tens of thousands of cases. Her people-first approach ensures staff feel understood, supported, and confident in their roles, especially under pressure.
Today, as the founder of a strategic planning and operations firm, Crystal partners with organizations to design learning, workflows, and leadership systems that are intentional, effective, and grounded in real-world demands. She believes operational excellence is not about working harder, but about integrity, clear expectations, and building systems that enable people to do meaningful work well.
Her leadership philosophy is simple: when people are prepared, respected, and supported, performance naturally improves, fostering a culture of trust and excellence.
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