South County Times

The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the formation of a strategic partnership with Dirigo, a leadership development firm based in RI, to deliver a premier annual Emerging Leaders Program at Innovate Newport.

This program is designed to help address the many challenges that organizations are facing with attracting and retaining quality talent. It provides professional skills development, advances leadership career paths, enables effective organizational growth, and focuses participating organizations on building a winning workplace culture.

This program begins on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 and includes monthly workshops on the 4th Tuesday morning of each month. (Excluding December with workshop on the 3rd Tuesday. Dates below.)

With a focus on time-based learning, the Emerging Leaders Program will run on an annual basis, spanning four quarterly themes, with twelve monthly, 2.5 hour experiential workshops.

Q1: Leadership Core

4/25 - Leadership: Core Tenets of Leadership

5/23 - Presence: Developing Presence Through Self - Awareness

6/27 - Communication: The Art of Effective Communicating

Q2: Leadership Vision

7/25 - Ideology: Crafting a Winning Workplace Culture

8/23 - Strategy: Organizational Strategies & Growth

9/27 - Execution: Building & Executing a Strategic Plan

Q3: Leading Others

10/24 - Talent: Hiring Better Talent

11/28 - Accountability: The Accountability Challenge

12/19 - Change: Leveraging Strengths During Transition

Q4: Engaging Others

1/23 - Employees: Creating the Ultimate Employee Experience

2/27 - Clients: Creating the Ultimate Client Experience

3/26- Community: Raising Personal and Organizational Brands

Date and Time

Tuesday Apr 25, 2023

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Q1 begins on Tuesday, April 25th

Workshops are 9am-11:30am

Participants may join at the start of each quarter.

Registration for start date of 4/25/23 includes participation through March 2024.

Registration commits to the one year program.

Location

Innovate Newport

Conference Hall (2nd floor accessible via stairs or elevator)

513 Broadway, Newport

Free parking available in lots on either side of the building and on surrounding streets.

Enter Innovate Newport via the Broadway - facing doors. Stair and elevator are available by walking through the building's main lobby/Simple Merchant Coffee.

Fees/Admission

Chamber Members $2900

Non-Members $3500

Registration opens on 2.22.23

Original source can be found here.