Emerging Leader Certificate
Next cohort begins January 10, 2023
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How do you develop your organization's executives of the future? Research indicates that top performers can be as much as 1000% more productive than your average employee. Yet, it takes 10 years to develop even a top performing leader to be successful in an executive role. In order to retain high potential individuals, organizations must continue to invest in their training and development. The Emerging Leader Program can help you do just that.
The Emerging Leader Program is a yearlong leadership and business skill development program for high potential future executives in corporate, government and non-profit business organizations. In addition to experiential leadership and development training using local, regional and national thought leaders and top UD School of Business professors as facilitators, the program includes multiple assessments, networking with other high potential leaders, executive coaching and a formal mentoring program. Emerging Leaders graduate with the skills and confidence needed to be successful at the next level and beyond.
20
days of of training over 12 months
400+
certificates awarded
41%
average increase in competency
- Broad-based training on critical topics including executive communication, leading community collaboration, coaching for performance, creating a great workplace culture, leading change, finance, operations management, marketing and many more.
- A strong professional network across industries with other rising leaders — relationships you can leverage for a lifetime.
- A comprehensive 360-degree assessment of your leadership strengths/opportunities and feedback, as well as mentoring and coaching to support your growth and development as a leader.
- The opportunity to attend two Executive Development Programs at no additional cost in the 12 months following your graduation from the program.
- As an Emerging Leader Program Alumni within the past 5 years, you are eligible to receive a reduction in tuition equivalent to three (3) credit hours of coursework in the on-campus UD MBA program. Learn more
The instructional modes in which the Emerging Leader Certificate programs will be facilitated are blended and virtual.
- Blended: Combined in-person/on-campus and streamed live via Zoom with the facilitator being in person. We made changes in the physical configurations of our classrooms to meet social distancing guidelines required by public health guidelines.
- Virtually: Available via Zoom.
January 2022 Emerging Leader Calendar
- December 6-7, 2022 - Business Simulation
- December 7, 2022 - Graduation
August 2022 Emerging Leader Calendar
- December 14, 2022 - Coaching for Performance
- January 19, 2023 - Leading Community Collaboration (COPE): Cost of Poverty Exercise
- February 7, 2023 - Learn, Lead & Serve
- February 23, 2023 - Executive Effectiveness: Functioning at Your Full Capacity
- March 14-16, 2023 - The Leadership Challenge
- April 5, 2023 - Strategic Management
- April 27, 2023 - Accounting Fundamentals: Finance for Non-Financial Managers I
- May 18, 2023 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers II
- June 6, 2023 - Marketing Essentials
- June 22, 2023 - Operations Management
- July 11, 2023 - Leading Change
- July 26-27, 2023 - Business Simulation
- July 27, 2023 - Graduation
January 2023 Emerging Leader Calendar
- January 10, 2023 - Orientation: Using Personality Type and Styles to Foster Leaders
- February 1, 2023 - Leveraging Mentorship for Growth
- March 8, 2023 - Professionalism and Executive Presence
- March 22, 2023 - Achieving Greater Outcomes: Leading with Intention and Purpose
- April 13, 2023 - Coaching for Performance
- May 2, 2023 - Creating a Great Workplace Culture
- May 24, 2023 - Leading Community Collaboration
- June 14, 2023 - Learn, Lead, and Serve
- June 29, 2023 - Executive Effectiveness: Functioning at Your Full Capacity
- July 18-20, 2023 - The Leadership Challenge
- August 17, 2023 - Leading Change
- September 5, 2023 - Accounting Fundamentals
- September 28, 2023 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- October 17, 2023 - Marketing Essentials
- November 2, 2023 - Operations Management
- November 15, 2023 - Strategic Management
- December 5-6, 2023 - Business Simulation
- December 6, 2023 - Graduation
The Emerging Leader certificate program is open to:
- Employees of UDCL partner organizations - $12,000
- Others – $13,000
The Emerging Leader program includes 20 days of leadership and business skill development training, leadership assessments, including two 360-degree feedback assessments, a formal mentoring program, all materials, and breakfast and lunch each day. Participants can attend two additional days of Executive Development programs at no additional cost upon completion of this program to further assist in their development.
"I've learned through the Emerging Leader program a great deal of leadership skill sets that I think will live with me the rest of my life."