GROWTH CATALYST

Develop your skills as a new leader

It’s time to elevate your skills and jumpstart your role as a front-runner. As an emerging force in your field interested in our award-winning program, you are:

A recently appointed leader or an informal leader at work
Looking to hone your leadership skills
Preparing to take on leadership roles

There are no formal prerequisites for attending our Leadership Essentials Program.

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Growth Catalyst

Benefits of our Program

As a participant in our program, you will learn how to:

Leverage your strengths to lead with impact
Foster collaboration and build stronger teams
Manage time better and reduce daily interruptions
Embrace a growth mindset to unlock new opportunities

The Leadership Essentials: Growth Catalyst program helped me develop key leadership skills, strengthen self-awareness, and apply time management strategies. I now make more intentional decisions, aligning my leadership with core values and long-term goals. This program provided valuable insights to lead effectively under pressure - I highly recommend it.
Dennis Thies, Manager of Trucking - Dispatch, Tropical Shipping

The Leadership Essentials Program from the Center for Leadership taught me the importance of self-awareness and helped me leverage my leadership style to be effective as a team leader.
Mayra Garcia, Florida Department of Health

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Topics and Schedule

The following topics and schedule are subject to change.

Day 1 – 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
- Welcome and Program Introduction
- Leading from your strengths: understand the role personal strengths play in your leadership capacity
- Collaborating for impact: discover essential strategies for effective teamwork, the benefits of collaboration and how you can foster a collaborative work environment
Day 2 – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
- Managing time: learn skills to minimize interruptions and manage existing time more efficiently
- Developing a growth mindset: explore the idea of a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset and identify opportunities to embrace it in the workplace
- Program Closing

Faculty

Shannon A. Hanson, Ph.D.
Facilitator and Program Chair
Elizabeth D. Cramer, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow
Brian Dunn
Fellow and Program Co-Chair
Ebony Smith
Fellow

Terms & Conditions

For more details on registration, refunds, and pricing, visit our Registration and Refund Policy page.

* The Growth Catalyst Program provides 0.82 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities with participating professional organizations.

Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a University event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu. All requests for ADA accommodation or accessible materials for this event must be submitted to OCR at least seven (7) business days prior to the event or at the earliest possible opportunity. For additional information, please visit ocr.fiu.edu