• 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 Emerging Leader Program is ideal for top performing leaders with 10 or more years of experience and an advanced degree or combined equivalent experience. Organizations should identify emerging leaders as having the potential to advance into an executive role. Your company's selection and support of these emerging leaders will enable them to move into executive roles seamlessly, confidently, and successfully.

The instructional modes in which the Emerging Leader Certificate programs will be facilitated are blended and virtual. This is noted below next to each class.

• 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 2021 Emerging Leader Calendar

• Aug. 18, 2021 - Leading Change
• Aug. 27, 2021 - Leading Change
• Sept. 14, 2021 - Accounting Fundamentals: Finance for Non-Financial Managers I
• Sept. 30, 2021 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers II
• Oct. 14, 2021 - Marketing Essentials
• Nov. 3, 2021 - Strategic Management
• Nov. 18, 2021 - Operations Management 
• Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2021 - Business Simulation
• Dec. 1, 2021 - Graduation

August 2021 Emerging Leader Calendar

• Aug. 12, 2021 - Orientation & Using Personality Type and Styles to Foster Leadership 
• Sept. 2, 2021 - AM: Mentor Training 
• Sept. 21, 2021 - Achieving Greater Outcomes - Leading with Intention & Purpose 
• Oct. 6, 2021 - AM: Executive Communication I: Building Your Business Image through Networking, Dining & Etiquette 
• Oct. 6, 2021 - PM: Executive Communication II: Elevating Your Executive Presence and Personal Brand 
• Nov. 4, 2021 - Coaching for Performance
• Dec. 14, 2021 - Creating a Great Workplace Culture
• Jan. 13, 2022 - Leading Community Collaboration (COPE): Cost of Poverty Exercise
• Feb. 3, 2022 - Learn, Lead & Serve
• Feb. 23, 2022 - Executive Effectiveness: Key Strategies for Increasing Engagement
• March 15-17, 2022 - The Leadership Challenge
• April 7, 2022 - Leading Change
• April 28, 2022 - Accounting Fundamentals: Finance for Non-Financial Managers I
• May 19, 2022 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers II
• June 9, 2022 - Marketing Essentials
• June 23, 2022 - Operations Management
• July 12, 2022 - Strategic Management
• July 27-28, 2022 - Business Simulation
• July 28, 2022 - 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.