Vistage Emerging Leader Program – Successful leaders know that the greatest investment you can make is in your people. But how do you prepare your rising stars to become your next generation of senior leadership? Consider the Emerging Leader Program, a dynamic, comprehensive curriculum that provides real world leadership training specifically for the middle manager.
Guided by an accomplished business leader and master facilitator, members develop core leadership competencies and the confidence to deliver on company goals.
Emerging Leader Program – Job Roles: Directors, Managers & Individuals. Unlike leadership programs that squeeze a wide-range of material into a few days and leave members without follow up, the Vistage Emerging Leader Program cultivates mastery by focusing on one topic at a time. Members are groomed to advance their careers within your company, rather than seek outside opportunities. The net result is a professional, empowered team of senior leaders who are prepared to grow with your business, taking it to the next level.
Benefits to emerging leaders: Networking: Valuable opportunities to expand their sphere of influence and gain professional contacts of value. Cultivate core leadership competencies: Training in 12 leadership skills within four key areas: personal, interpersonal, team and organizational leadership. Career advancement: The confidence and proficiency to take on a greater leadership role.
Benefits to your organization: Improved execution: Elevate the competency of all levels of leadership to develop an organization that is effective, adaptable and dynamic.Employee retention: Incentivize top talent to seek advancement in-house through a culture of leadership development. Bench strength: Fill mission-critical leadership roles with trusted, empowered employees. Enhanced culture: Professional leaders model your company values, are ambassadors for your brand, and lift those in their sphere of influence.
How the program works: Commitment: 2-years of 12 full-day meetings held every other month. Curriculum: 12 core leadership competencies, with each meeting focusing on one core attribute to encourage mastery. Structure: Each meeting features an expert Vistage speaker who leads an interactive workshop that covers one of the competencies, followed by a seasoned Vistage Chair who teaches the mastery of it. Reinforcement: Members collaborate with peers from inside and outside their companies to cultivate their leadership skills and effectiveness.
Strengthened through mentorship: Additionally, each Emerging Leader partners with a mentor who is typically from their own company. This mentor helps to guide and develop their leadership journey and ground their learnings in on-the-job situations. The Vistage Chair and peers provide a sounding board for challenges, opportunities and any issues that arise.
Program features: Dynamic group meetings: Chair-facilitated interactive group of 16-30 peers committed to learning and development both personally and professionally. Expert speakers: Vistage subject matter experts are sought-after speakers who deliver actionable takeaways that members can implement immediately. Online community of support: 24/7 access to a global network of 23,000+ business leaders and top executives.
Harvard Business Review – Simply adding a star performer to a team boosts the effectiveness of other team members by 5-15%.No wonder, then, that study after study shows stronger financial performance in companies that make proportionally greater investments in identifying and developing top talent.”