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2013 Leadership Institute
Accepting Applications Beginning November 1, 2012
YLNI’s Leadership Institute connects young professionals with their peers and their community as they gain career skills. Through hands-on instruction, small group activities, personal reflection, and sharing, participants develop skills needed to help them advance in their careers and community.
Employers of emerging leaders should consider sponsoring their participation.
Benefits
- Become an active member of YLNI
- Develop practical, real-world leadership skills
- Learn from a diverse group of instructors who are leaders in their fields
- Network with young professionals in a variety of fields and vocations
- Obtain 3.6 CEUs from IPFW Continuing Education Program
- Join the YLNI Leadership Institute alumni, more than 100 emerging professionals
Who Should Apply
- Members of YLNI
- Emerging professionals
- Potential leaders in corporate, nonprofit, education, and health care
- Community volunteers
January 13, 2013
Six Class Sessions will be held on Fridays from 9am-3pm at various meeting spaces in the Fort Wayne area. Schedule and specific class descriptions are listed below.
Leadership Institute Kick-Off
Thursday, January 17, 2013 6-7:30pm
Location: TBD
Session 1
The Power Behind Leadership Effectiveness: Embracing the Four Dimensions of Behavior Called DiSC
Friday, January 25, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: TBD
Instructor: Lillian B. Schumacher, Ph.D.
DiSC, one of the oldest, most reliable, and most effective behavior-based assessment tools, provides a means for understanding human behavior through four dimensions: dominance, influencing, steadiness, and conscientiousness.
- Understand your individual behavioral tendencies and how they affect others
- Understand, respect, appreciate, and value individual differences and how they can create synergistic organizational teams
- Enhance individual effectiveness by improving your relationships with others
- Develop strategies for working together to increase productivity and effectiveness
Session 2
Powerful Interpersonal Communication and Presentation Skills
Friday, February 8, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: IPFW
Instructor: Anthony Juliano
The proliferation of communications technology, the rise of the 24/7 media culture, and the influence of marketing and advertising have made it difficult to craft messages that will be received, understood, and acted upon. This training session is designed to give you actionable information and tools that will help ensure you written and spoken messages will stand out and be noticed. Concrete examples, interactive discussion, skill-building, and group exercises will help engage you and create a dialogue about challenges and solutions to today’s toughest communications questions.
Session 3
Board Protocol: Effective Board Service
Friday, February 22, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: Indiana Tech
Instructor: Denice Beights
In this session you will learn the attributes of a high-performing board of directors, primary and legal responsibilities of a board of directors, and how boards of directors are vital to the culture and success of nonprofit organizations. In addition, you will be able to assess your skills to determine if you are the right fit for an organization’s board of directors. The session will conclude with a panel discussion with local civic leaders who will share their experiences and answer questions about board service.
Session 4
Leadership and Ethics
Friday, March 8, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: TBD
Instructor: Jennifer Oxtoby
An important characteristic of any leader is the ability to be ethical in action. This module will help participants identify behavior in the workplace and understand its impact on the organization. Application of ethics to the individual, the team, and the overall organization will be discussed to give participants a context with which to consider planning, decision making, and evaluating their work. This review of ethics will provide a framework for creating an effective organization.
Session 5
Live Well: Achieving Work/Life Balance
Friday, March 22, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: Public Safety Academy
Instructor: Amy Urban
Wellness is an overall balance between many different aspects which make up our lives-physical, psychological, spiritual and social. This interactive session will help you become more aware of what balance looks like for you. Group discussions will include developing a healthier lifestyle, enhancing the mind/body connection, coping with stress, and finding work/life balance.
Session 6
The Team Workout: An Interactive Approach to Team Development
Friday, March 29, 2013 9am-3pm
Location: Sweetwater
Instructor: Kyle Courtaway
The Team Workout is a hands-on experience designed for teams seeking to improve effectiveness and performance. The Team Workout approach provides an engaging shared experience that significantly increases the pace and depth of learning with multiple opportunities to practice new skills through innovative activities and challenges. You also will assess team performance using a set of diagnostic, reflection, and discussion tools that can be used within the session and applied later in your work environment.
Graduation
Thursday, April 18, 2013 6-7:30pm
Location: Parkview Field, Suite Level Lounge
Speaker: TBA
Please note that this graduation event will coincide with YLNI’s April Hot Spot.