Leaders of area nonprofit organizations will learn specific ways to enhance their leadership skills during “Essentials for Leadership,” a series of workshops sponsored by Elon University’s Executive Education program and the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, in collaboration with Developing Leaders @ Elon and the Kernodle Center for Service Learning. The first session will be held from 8 a.m.-noon, Thursday, Sept. 8 in the Moseley Center on the Elon campus. Subsequent sessions are scheduled for Oct. 6, Nov. 10 and Dec. 8.
Facilitated by Russ Moxley, former director of nonprofit initiatives at the Center for Creative Leadership, and Mary Santiago of Developing Leaders @ Elon, the sessions focus on specific leadership aspects unique to the nonprofit sector and discuss ways to improve strategy and delivery of services. Participants will learn how to apply leadership principles to real life situations and enhance their work to carry out the mission of their own organizations.
The series focuses on professional growth and offers participants half-day seminars at affordable rates, which include brief presentations, experiential activities, and one-on-one discussions with area nonprofit executives. Session topics include: “New Lens on Leadership,” “Leadership and the Self,” “Leadership and Setting Direction,” and “Leadership and Change.”
The registration fee for all four sessions is $295 per person or $490 for two people from the same organization.
To register, contact Kristin Barrier at (336) 278-6091 or kbarrier@elon.edu, or send participant information and checks payable to Elon University Executive Education, Campus Box 2075, Elon, N.C. 27244.
Elon Executive Education is a department of Elon University’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and is dedicated to the development of effective and responsible business leaders. Its custom and open enrollment executive education programs are designed to enhance leadership skills, encourage strategic thinking, and advance sound management principles through engaged learning experiences.
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