"The refreshing, thought-provoking dialog you share with peers about issues you wrestle with ensures you leave every session with insight on how to be a more effective leader."

Shelby Reno, LA 2008

2010 Application

Click here to download an application for the 2010 Leadership Advantage program.

Leadership Advantage

Identify your leadership potential with Leadership Advantage.

Leadership Advantage maximizes the leadership potential of professionals from business, non-profits and government with an eight-session program that emphasizes the unique skills individual leaders possess.

The program's assortment of national caliber guest presenters offers content valuable at home, at work and in the community in a convenient half-day format at a Grand Rapids location.

Leadership Advantage provides:

• An opportunity to transform your best talent into your best leaders
• Critical thinking and dialogue through peer-to-peer coaching
• Inter-sector and inter-discipline learning among participants
• A unique five-step Leadership Development Plan
• The extraordinary networking for which CCL programs are known

Leadership Advantage is ideal for:

• High level leaders/professionals who have a strong interest in community leadership
• Individuals seeking a high-level "peer group" or "board of coaches"
• Individuals who are seeking higher-level critical thinking, not "management 101"
• Individuals who continually seek personal and/or professional development

Schedule & Topics:

The topics covered in eight half day sessions include:

Orientation                                                       February 4, 2010

#1: Leading Change, Part 1                             February 25, 2010

#2: Personal Mastery                                      March 11, 2010

#3: Coaching and Mentoring                           March 25, 2010

#4: Generational/Gender Dynamics                April 15, 2010

#5: Global Cultures                                         April 29, 2010

#6: Authentic Leadership                               May 13, 2010

#7: Leading Change, Part 2                            May 27, 2010

#8: Leadership Development Plan                 June 10, 2010

Cost

Tuition for Leadership Advantage is $2,500.   Although most candidates are sponsored by their employers, a limited number of partial scholarships are available.

For more information, contact Kevin Stotts at 616.771.0317.  Applications are due on January 8, 2010.

Leadership Advantage is generously underwritten by