Shafer Leadership Academy to Offer 20th Session of Core Program 

Shafer Leadership Academy provides leadership development training in our community. Photo providedShafer Leadership Academy provides leadership development training in our community. Photo provided

Registration for 2020 Emergence Program is Now Open—

Muncie, IN—Shafer Leadership Academy (SLA), a local not-for-profit organization that provides inclusive leadership development so that people, organizations and communities reach their full potential, is offering the 20th session of it’s signature leadership program. The program will run from April 7 to May 26, 2020.

Emergence: Personal Foundations of Effective Leadership is SLA’s core leadership program. It is an eight-week highly interactive and engaging training opportunity ideal for emerging or experienced leaders seeking to enhance their leadership capabilities. At the end of the program, participants can expect to be better equipped to lead the change they want to see in the businesses, not-for-profits, civic groups, and communities they represent.

Participants can expect to take away a better understanding of their own personal leadership style as well as the knowledge, confidence, and tools to more effectively lead others. Participants can expect to take away a better understanding of their own personal leadership style as well as the knowledge, confidence, and tools to more effectively lead others.

Over the last 13 years nearly 500 local leaders have completed the Emergence program.  Within five years of completing the program, 75% of graduates go on to take a leadership role in the community, 50% have served on a nonprofit board of directors, and 39% have had a promotion.

Each of the eight sessions of Emergence provide actionable insights one can use to better understand their particular leadership style and to enhance their leadership capabilities. Session topics include: learning styles, leadership styles, effective communication, consensus building, conflict management, building trust, civic leadership, personal mission.

Scholarships are available for qualifying non-profit organizations.

For additional information about Shafer Leadership Academy and the Emergence program, visit the SLA website. Space is limited. To register go to www.shaferleadership.com/emergence.

 

About Shafer Leadership Academy

Shafer Leadership Academy provides inclusive leadership development so that people, organizations and communities reach their full potential. Empowering people to inspire positive change in their community— our participants excel in their careers, enrich the lives of others and transform their communities. 

Shafer Leadership Academy is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.