Leadership Ascent
TAKE A SIGNIFICANT LEAP IN SELF-UNDERSTANDING & LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
IMPROVE YOUR PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY, & EFFECTIVENESS.
STRENGTHEN YOUR DELEGATION AND TEAM FACILITATION SKILLS.
REFINE YOUR POLITICAL SAVVY AND INFLUENCE.
Join a community of diverse leaders who will facilitate your leadership journey.
This comprehensive, in-depth, one-year program takes participants on a journey
through topics ranging from Vision and Values, to Emotional Intelligence, Gender Parity and Organizational Culture. Based on principles of applied adult learning, the Leadership Ascent has proven to be wholly transformative for past participants. The experience will profoundly impact your life, your career, and your community.
Learn what our graduates have to say about their experience and how it transformed their lives.
2019 CURRICULUM
Retreat
3 days at Chautauqua in Boulder, CO
Session 1
Leaders Who Model the Way
Ethics, Professional Image, Authenticity
Session 2
Leaders Who Inspire
Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, Mission & Vision, Selling the Vision, Challenge the Process Preparations
Session 3
Intentionality and Creative Strategies
Being Intentional, EQ Review & EQ Relationships, Idea Fluency, and Deeper Intentionality
Session 4
Leaders Who Challenge the Process Organizational Change, Risk and Managing Resistance
Session 5
Leaders Who Enable
Cultures that Enable, Generations, Gender, Political Savvy Your manager and mentor are invited to this day!
Session 6
Business Acumen and Financial Literacy Essential Skills Demystified
Session 7
Leaders Who Encourage
Employee Engagement, Coaching, Global Leader and Virtual Teams, and Building Team and Community
Session 8
Leadership in a Different Arena
Session held near Longmont. Emotional Intelligence and Leadership learned through work with horses.
Session 9
Communication and Branding
Communication, Branding and Social Media
Session 10 The Powerful Leader
Power Motives and Types, Power from the Middle, Stages of Power, Influence, Negotiation
Graduation
Leadership – The Way Forward
Project Presentations, Journey to the Boardroom and Celebration
CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP TALENT IN YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE
What's the next step in your career? Here it is. The program kicks off with a three-day retreat and consists of eleven full-day workshops held monthly. Participants also benefit from 25 hours of individual executive coaching that, to increase effectiveness, involves managers and mentors. We begin by identifying your leadership strengths – such as collaboration – and work toward understanding and owning personal power and responsibility.
The Leadership Ascent program:
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Presents industry experts and guest speakers, in addition to the expertise offered by the Institute’s faculty, all of whom have extensive corporate experience.
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Enables the exchange of ideas and information about critical corporate issues.
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Includes a Personal Development Plan. Includes a Culture Workshop for you, your manager, and your mentor.
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Develops superior leaders and visionaries. Limits class size to encourage in-depth and intimate interaction among participants and industry experts.
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Includes 13.5 Continuing Education Units from Colorado State University upon graduation.