Join us for a free preview of what you can expect to learn in the 2021 Leadership Institute program.
If you succeed so many others do as well. We are committed to providing you with resources, tools and experiences that will catapult your leadership to the next level. The Leadership Institute is an arm of NACC designed to focus less on training and more on development. The program has been reengineered with three core tenets: leading self, leading teams and leading a business. You will have an opportunity to engage as much or as little in the Institute by signing up for the full program which includes coaching or sign up for sessions that appeal most to you. The investment you make in the Leadership Institute experience will inspire you to enhance how you choose to lead.
Sessions will be held monthly from 9am-12pm.
2021 Session Topics
January 2021: Self-Assessment
The first person a leader must effectively lead is themselves. A crucial element to self-leadership is self-awareness. Leadership assessments are a great way to assess and diagnose where an individual leader is in their leadership journey so goals, communications styles and motivators are all leveraged to their full effectiveness in a leader understanding their current strengths and blind spots. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.)
February 2021: Ethics and Motivation
For a leader to understand themselves fully is to understand how they live their core values. What is the foundation of the individual leader that dictates the decisions they make through the lens of their ethics and values. this session will also explore the true meaning of motivation and why it is crucial for every individual leader to understand they alone control the choice of how they show up each and every day. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.)
March 2021: Attitudes and Behaviors
What we believe, we think and what we think, we do. What we do drives desired results. So if new results are needed, then new behaviors and new attitudes are a must as well. Understanding the connection between a leader’s attitudes and behaviors is crucial for their leadership success. Being in tune with their own personal attitudes and behaviors will then reflect how they show up to lead others. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.)
April 2021: Goal Planning & Time Management
If we only had more time in a day to get it all done. Each year we take the time to set goals for our business; formally and informally. When we look up, it’s mid-year and we haven’t accomplished hardly anything we’d planned to. During this session we will make the goal planning process simple to implement and follow-up on throughout the year. Because time is the thing we wish we had more of, in this session you will have access to tools on how to get more time back in your day.
Facilitated by Laticia (Tish) Thompson (Founder + Chief Legacy Partner, Legacy Blueprint, LLC.)
May 2021: Effective Communications/Listening
We recognize the importance of effective communication and listening. What eludes us is creating a culture that invites individuals to share their perspective openly and honestly without fear of career suicide. The goal of this session is to sharpen your listening and feedback skills so that, as leaders, we are modeling productive ways to hear and be heard.
Facilitated by Laticia (Tish) Thompson (Founder + Chief Legacy Partner, Legacy Blueprint, LLC.)
June 2021: Managing Conflict
We love the idea of it until we have to do it. Dealing with conflict is something leaders recognize is important to do while many avoid at all costs. We often think of conflict as something negative and we approach it as such. This session will challenge your thinking about how we look at conflict and offer tools to navigate it effectively.
Facilitated by Laticia (Tish) Thompson (Founder + Chief Legacy Partner, Legacy Blueprint, LLC.)
July 2021: Building Trust and Credibility
Trust is such a crucial element to building lasting relationships, yet is often talked around or not at all as a leaders build and maintain their key relationships. The level of trust followers have in their leaders is built on a foundation of the leaders skills, both hard and soft skills to the point that followers can comfortably rely on their leaders to do what they say they will do. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Holly O'Donnell (Engagement Specialist, Slone Solutions, LLC)
August 2021: Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Leaders make hundreds of decisions a day, many that have direct impacts on the relationships around them. In a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) business environment, a leader’s problem-solving, decision-making and critical thinking processes are put to the test on a daily basis. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Gina McLowry (Founder, Gina McLowry Consulting)
September 2021: Building Teams & Teamwork
An organization’s success is only as good as the team(s) that are a part of it. Knowing how to establish a solid team infrastructure is an essential part of a leader’s role. This session will equip you with resources to improve cohesion and function of your team by applying The Five Dysfunctions model
Facilitated by Laticia (Tish) Thompson (Founder + Chief Legacy Partner, Legacy Blueprint, LLC.)
October 2021: Business Acumen
A business leader must bring more than a deep knowledge of a skill, product or service to achieve sustainable success as a leader. They must also have an understanding of how business works within their industry and market, especially in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world. Change is constant so a leader’s business acumen will be the determining factor in how the organization adjusts to those changes. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.)
November 2021: Process and Organizational Performance Improvement
It is commonly understood that poor processes will ruin good people. Yet far too often leaders overlook the impact of poor processes and try to remedy through increased pressure on their people. Knowing how and when to improve the processes that underpin the business is crucial for a leader’s sustainable success. Process improvement is an integral part of a leader’s responsibility as is being able to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of core business processes. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.)
December 2021: Continuing the Leadership Journey
This final session is the capstone session for those who attended the entire 12 month curriculum. Participants will present a business solution to a business goal they identified earlier in the program that is having an impact on their business. This is intended to be a real-world presentation as opposed to a theoretical problem-solving exercise. The capstone brings together many of the learning acquired throughout the 12 month program. In this session, participants will takeaway:
Facilitated by Rick Lochner (President, RPC Leadership Associates, Inc.), Laticia (Tish) Thompson (Founder + Chief Legacy Partner, Legacy Blueprint, LLC.), Holly O'Donnell (Engagement Specialist, Slone Solutions, LLC), and Gina McLowry (Founder, Gina McLowry Consulting)
2021 Leadership Institute Rates
Chamber Member Registration
Single Session: $100 (January session is $165, as it includes a DISC Assessment)
12 Month Bundle: $1,200 (Includes free DISC Assessment)
Community Member Registration
Single Session: $150 (January session is $215, as it includes a DISC Assessment)
12 Month Bundle: $1,800 (Includes free DISC Assessment)
NOTE: Registration for Single Sessions will open up and go live on the Chamber Event Calendar in December.