Leadership Enhancement Program (LEP) Description
About the Leadership Program
The Leadership Enhancement Program is a consortium of central Florida colleges that provides leadership development opportunities for program scholars to gain career-enhancing skills and leadership experiences in today’s changing educational environment.
Leadership Program Benefits
Monthly Seminars
A common core of seminars are designed around specific themes relevant to higher education
administration. Combined with focused learning experiences, these seminars serve as the foundation upon which
LEP scholars tailor the program to meet their individual needs and career goals.
Mentors
Participants are assisted in selecting at least one mentor to work with them to further develop their
professional knowledge, skills, and abilities as a means of reaching their career goals.
Leadership Institute
The annual leadership institute, offered during the Spring semester, features a variety of
leadership workshop sessions. In addition, leadership scholars are required to source, develop, and facilitate a project of their own choosing that is presented at the Leadership Institute conference.
Graduation Reception
A graduation reception is also held during the Spring semester to celebrate the successful
completion of the program. At this time, each graduate receives a certificate of completion.
Leadership Program Seminars
Key leadership skills learned:
- Strengthen your coaching and team-building skills
- Understand what you can do to motivate employees ... and what simply doesn’t work
- Develop communication skills that help you really get through to employees, peers, and higher-ups
- Be more effective managing projects, objectives, and timelines
- Discover how-to’s for dealing with difficult and nonperforming employees
- Learn how to handle pressure, crises, and critical leadership challenges with complete confidence
- Polish your unique leadership style to enhance your credibility and garner more respect
Key leadership skills learned:
- Balance competing prioritiesMaster vital planning techniques
- Stay on top of critical deadlines
- Manage your time more effectively
- Be prepared to handle change
- Set aggressive yet realistic goals
- Bring projects in on time, on track, on budget
- Meet deadlines with ease — even the “no way!” deadlines
- Recognize your true priorities and start letting go of the unimportant
- Handle inevitable project changes and obstacles without hassle
- Say “no” assertively and tactfully, without causing anger or resentment
- Develop success habits that keep you on target and on track to achieve your goals
- Head off problems and project glitches by anticipating them
- Gain cooperation up and down the ladder for your projects
- Say goodbye to juggling priorities by using the F.A.S.T. prioritizing system
- Organize anything in 3 easy steps
- Get more time out of every workday using powerful planning techniques
- Banish the project cripplers — procrastination and perfectionism
- Gain control of your time, projects and priorities through active goal-setting
- Stop the time-draining effects of interruptions
- Ask for what you need in an assertive, confident way that ensures you’ll get it
- Focus your efforts where they’ll make the most difference using the 80/20 rule
- Eliminate or reduce the top stressors in your life
- Avoid making mistakes when you’re under pressure
- Spend less time in meetings and get better results
- Develop a healthy life balance because your priorities will be straight
Key leadership skills learned:
- The 5-step process for creating a social media plan
- What social media tools are working best — and which ones leave you wanting more
- How to measure your marketing success
- Examples of dos and don’ts from top organizations
- Easy tips for going viral and building awareness
- Who you should AND shouldn’t have on your social media marketing team
