• 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.

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.

Individual programs feature a broad array of topics including: leading change, accounting, finance, operations management, marketing essentials, strategic business development, executive communications, legal and ethical issues in the workplace, coaching for performance, managing management time, leadership that builds community, leadership authenticity, executive effectiveness, leadership challenge and more.

August 2019 Emerging Leader Calendar

• Dec. 5, 2019 - Coaching for Performance
• Jan. 9, 2020 - Creating a Great Workplace Culture

• Jan. 29, 2020 - Learn, Lead, & Serve
• Feb. 20, 2020 - Executive Effectiveness: Key Strategies for Increasing Engagement
• Mar. 10-12, 2020 - The Leadership Challenge
• Apr. 1, 2020 - Leading Change
• Apr. 23, 2020 - Accounting Fundamentals: Finance for Non-Financial Managers I
• May 13, 2020 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers II
• May 27, 2020 - Marketing Essentials
• Jun. 10, 2020 - Strategic Management
• July 1, 2020 - Operations Management
• July 22-23, 2020 - Business Simulation
• July 23, 2020 - Graduation

January 2020 Emerging Leader Calendar

• Jan. 23, 2020 - Orientation: Using Personality Type & Styles to Foster Leadership
• Feb. 5, 2020 - AM: Maximizing Your Potential at Work    PM: Mentor Training
• Feb. 26, 2020 - Executive Communication: The Art of Leadership Communication
• Mar. 17, 2020  - Executive Communication: Building Business Etiquette
• Apr. 8, 2020 - Leading Community Collaboration
• Apr. 30, 2020 - Coaching for Performance
• May 20, 2020 - Creating a Great Workplace Culture
• Jun. 18, 2020 - Learn, Lead, & Serve
• July 8, 2020 - Executive Effectiveness: Key Strategies for Increasing Engagement
• July 28 - 30, 2020 - The Leadership Challenge
• Aug. 19, 2020 - Leading Change
• Sep. 8, 2020 - Accounting Fundamentals: Finance for Non-Financial Managers I
• Sep. 30, 2020 - Finance for Non-Financial Managers II
• Oct. 14, 2020 - Marketing Essentials
• Nov. 5, 2020 - Operations Management
• Nov. 19, 2020 - Strategic Management
• Dec. 9 - 10, 2020 - Business Simulation
• Dec. 10, 2020 - Graduation

January 2019 Emerging Leader Calendar

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• Dec. 11-12, 2019 - Business Simulation
  
• Dec. 12, 2019 - 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.