How do you respond when life or business doesn’t go to plan? And what determines whether you can emerge to meet the challenges of the hour?

These critical leadership questions and others will be addressed in the keynote and wrap-up sessions at the Chamber’s 11^th annual Ignite Conference, held at the Ramada Plaza May 19.

Resilience speaker, author and coach Kate Gladdin will lead the keynote “Create the Good: When You Can’t Find It, Build It.”

When life or business doesn’t go to plan, most people are told to “look for the positives.” But real resilience isn’t about ignoring challenges — it’s about learning how to respond to them with clarity, purpose and intention. In this keynote, Gladdin will share her signature CREATE THE GOOD framework, blending storytelling, neuroscience-backed strategies and practical tools leaders can apply immediately.

Through Gladdin’s 3R Strategy — Recognize, Reflect, Redirect — attendees will learn how to interrupt reactive thinking, navigate uncertainty and turn “now what?” moments into opportunities for growth in both work and life. Participants will leave feeling energized, understood and equipped with tangible concepts they can implement right away.

Gladdin is an Australian-born international resilience speaker, author of “Okay, Now What?” and a Sheridan-based community advocate known for delivering keynotes that are as human and relatable as they are practical. Drawing on lived experience and neuroscience-backed frameworks, Gladdin creates an environment where leaders are invited to reflect, challenged to think differently and empowered to take purposeful action.

Scott Lee, owner of Scott Lee Leadership Consulting LLC, will continue the discussion about how we respond to critical life moments with his wrap-up session “Defining Moments Define You.”

What determines whether a leader emerges to meet the challenge of the hour, and what determines whether you will step forward to successfully meet the challenges you face? The determining factor is how you handle certain critical moments in your life. The choices we make in critical moments help to form us and to inform others about who we are. In his wrap-up, Lee will provide advice on how to make those crucial and defining choices.

For more than 30 years, Lee’s passion has been to assist individuals, businesses and churches with leadership development. He has held trainings across the U.S. as well as in Cameroon, Africa and several regions of India. Nothing impacted Lee as much as the John Maxwell Leadership Laws that he is now certified to teach…laws that helped him recognize the greatest gap in the world is the gap between knowing and doing. Lee sincerely believes he is now adding value to the leaders he serves, and he is fulfilling his purpose in life.

The 2026 Ignite Conference will be held Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Ramada Plaza. For more information on these sessions and others, visit https://sheridanwyomingchamber.org/programs-events/ignite-conference/.

Registration costs $175 for chamber members and $210 for non-chamber members. Additional registrations from the same company will receive a $10 discount per registration. Your registration includes five breakout sessions, morning and breaktime refreshments, lunch and bonus keynote and wrap-up sessions.

For any questions, contact the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce at 307-672-2485 or email info@sheridanwyomingchamber.org.