Leadership Success for Manufacturing Site Leaders is based on solid research of what it takes to run a successful manufacturing facility. This program is designed to significantly accelerate the development process of becoming an effective and successful manufacturing site leader.
Leadership Success for Manufacturing Site Leaders is an excellent choice for plant managers, operations managers, business unit managers, manufacturing manager, directors of operations, directors of manufacturing, focused factory managers, and functional managers being considered for site-leadership positions.
There are two primary components of this program:
- Classroom/Case Study--Classroom is focused on a customized case study that is woven throughout the three-residency curriculum, focusing on challenges and opportunities specific to leading a successful manufacturing facility. The program places strong emphasis on interactive learning and combines individual and team coursework; lectures; and experiential, multi-mode learning.
- Organizational Leadership Project--Each participant will work on an organizational leadership project that is applied directly to his/her organization, bringing about an immediate impact and return on investment for sponsoring organizations.
A comprehensive Leadership Development Program is available to all participants as an add-on component. The following elements are included:
- Initial Leadership Assessment Center--This half-day exercise will be scheduled during the first residency period and includes a number of written, verbal, and experiential assessments that evaluate leadership competencies and potential. The Leadership Assessment Center forms the foundation of an individualized leadership development plan.
- Leadership Development Plan and Coaching--Each participant will build an individualized leadership development plan under the guidance of a dedicated leadership coach. Focus will be placed on better understanding themselves as leaders, the people that they lead, and the environments in which they lead. The plan will include short-term goals to focus on during the nine month program as well as long-term goals that will develop their leadership capabilities well beyond the program timeline.
- Learn strategic management techniques to enhance an organization’s full potential.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of key performance management principles to create deliberate methods of improving business results across the organization.
- Learn succession planning strategies that provide a smooth transition for a constant stream
of organizational leaders by developing coaching and mentoring techniques to improve team
performance and develop future leaders.
- Understand principles in functional areas of human resources, plant finance/accounting, and
operations.
- Assess drivers and obstacles of critical, organizational change. Develop skills in change
leadership by mastering processes and tools for managing the people side of change.
- Understand the concepts of high-performance teams and learn team-building skills, including
conflict management, development, selection, and retention.
- Develop a better understanding of the global business environment, increasing success for international
assignments.
- Learn priority-setting guidelines and time-management principles.
- Increase the ability to communicate and influence others through self-reflection and personal
development.
- Learn how to deal with the media and the importance of interacting with the community.
- Develop one-on-one communication skills as well as presentation skills. Explore multi-
faceted communication strategies.
This unique program is delivered in three, non-consecutive residencies over a nine-month period that allows participants to learn and then directly apply concepts learned in the classroom to their organization with full support of the University of Tennessee College of Business Administration faculty.
Residency 1: February 8-12, 2010
Residency 2: June 8-12, 2010
Residency 3: October 4-8, 2010
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Base Program: $14,500 (Includes books, classroom materials, meals, and lodging)
Optional Leadership Development Program: Additional $2,500
Contact The Center for Executive Education for information.
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