GLLA Emerging Leader Program 2023

The Emerging Leader Program is delivered over a six-month period, with three, four-day sessions.  Focus is on developing individual and organizational leadership skills and applying those skills in a collaborative fashion. The program provides both classroom-based and experiential learning and is an outgrowth of the Natural Resource Leadership Project that has been conducted by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources since 2002.

ELP is designed to provide an understanding of individual and organizational behavior and development and teach advanced communication and conflict management techniques. The program equips participants to assess and measure personal and professional growth and to achieve advanced emotional health in their leadership. Participants will have an opportunity to evaluate current leadership skills, greatly improve on them, and track development over time.

Participants spend 12 days together in an environment where they will practice what they learn as a group, interacting and focusing on common as well as individual goals. Participants will also be expected to apply skills learned in the classroom by collaborating on team projects which will require them to network over distance, share ideas, problem-solve, and hold each other accountable.