August 19: Leading Without the Title: How Genetic Counselors Can Navigate Leadership Across Changing Roles

Genetic counselors are increasingly moving into roles in industry, diagnostics, digital health, research, and consulting—positions where leadership happens through influence, expertise, and strategic relationships rather than formal management. Yet professional development resources for GCs tend to focus on either clinical skill-building or early-career milestones. There is a gap in programming that speaks to:

• GCs who have led teams and are navigating a shift to peer-level influence

• GCs in industry or commercial roles who must lead without direct reports

• GCs asking how to articulate and leverage their leadership experience when a title change obscures it

• GCs at any stage wondering whether leadership is still part of their identity when the structure changes

This webinar meets GCs where they are—not with a generic leadership curriculum, but with a peer-to-peer conversation grounded in real role transitions within the genetics and diagnostics space.

Presented by: 

NSGC Leadership and Management SIG
1. Kelly Tangney, MS, CGC

Learning Objectives:

1. Distinguish between positional leadership (authority-based) and relational leadership (influence-based), and identify which model applies to your current role.
2. Recognize the leadership and management competencies you have already developed, and articulate how those competencies transfer across role types.
3. Apply at least two concrete strategies for leading effectively among peers and cross-functional partners without direct authority.
4. Describe how role transitions can lead to leadership evolution across role types.
5. Identify your next steps for continued professional growth as a leader, regardless of title or organizational structure.