Leadership Development U is a premium, comprehensive program to advance your personal, professional and networking skills. It is designed with the young and emerging professional in mind. By young, we mean the young in age and the young at heart. We understand that whether you’re 23 years old or 60 years of age, you may want more in the way of personal or professional development to cultivate your business and/or career. Emerging professional encompasses the individual who has a sense of continued growth, whether it’s your first career or you’re transitioning to the yet, unidentified.

For those engaging in continuous learning, seeking new approaches to career and personal challenges or desiring a coaching and mentoring program customized to their individual needs…Leadership Development U is the answer. For individuals experiencing a wave of stagnation, anxiety due to lack of career direction, feelings of inadequacy because of inexperience or disenchantment with their present condition…Leadership Development U is the answer.
Leadership Development U is a nine-month program running from August to May, featuring individual coaching sessions, team learning labs and group seminars. A Fall orientation meet-and-greet networking event will kickoff this year’s program. An online MAPP (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential) assessment will be one of the initial exercises focused on identifying each participant’s strengths and personal potential.

The individual sessions are to identify your personal goals and expectations. Personal discoveries are facilitated through one-on-one coaching sessions. During such time, each participant will work with their principal coach to lay a foundation identifying personal goals and strategies, to deepen learning and to improve overall personal/professional performance.

The team learning or development labs will consist of no more than ten (10) participants seeking similar growth. Business owners, corporate managers and professionals of “like” goals, business challenges and/or career objectives will be matched with others to formulate a circle or peer group. Each circle will be facilitated by a Development Coach, charged with guiding the team through a joint learning experience. The group will learn from each other’s experiences, participate in leadership development exercises and networking events. The mark of a leader is the ability to value and learn from different perspectives.

These sessions will be held in a risk-free environment for those who want to vent frustration, share difficulties and seek other perspectives. The circle members will be encouraged to continue their networking and learning activities outside of the team meetings, as well.
The university-wide seminars will be available to all program participants, offering diverse thoughts, ideas and practices on various topics. Lectures and/or panel discussions by well-known, highly accomplished, community and business leaders will be scheduled throughout the nine-month term.

Overall, our leadership development program places emphasis on the following areas:

• Personal/Professinal Visioning
• Effective Communication
• Personal Branding
• Building Relationships that Make a Difference
• Energy Management
• Lifelong Learning

Upon completion, each participant will participate in a graduation exercise. It will be a prestigious honor to be a graduate of the first graduating class of Leadership Development U.

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