ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NACS Executive Leadership Program, a program for emerging c-store leaders, assists senior executives in attaining the leadership skills needed to successfully respond to the challenges of a competitive marketplace. Registration is underway for this year’s program, which takes place on the campus of Ivy League Cornell University, August 3-7.
This powerful program offers individuals taking on key leadership positions in your company the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, which can translate into high performance teams. Participants will learn from prestigious faculty members of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (ranked fifth in Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s rankings of undergraduate business programs), the Johnson Graduate School of Management for as well as from top leaders from within the convenience and fuel retailing industry.
New to the program for 2014 is Howard Stoeckel, vice chairman of Wawa Inc., who will deliver his perspective on servant leadership. "This program offers executives much more than new ideas and solutions; it provides them with new perspectives, new contacts and new resources to tap in addressing tomorrow's business challenges," he said.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
- Refine leadership skills.
- Prepare for the demands of key company roles.
- Learn from exceptional faculty, business leaders and a network of high-performance peers.
- Participate in 360-Degree Feedback Assessments and individual coaching sessions provided by faculty of Cornell's Johnson School of Management.
- Hear top industry and business leaders address today's biggest challenges in the workforce.
- Network outside of the classroom.
The five-day program is designed for high potential individuals preparing to take on key leadership roles in NACS retail member companies. The program provides opportunities to supplement experience with formalized development of skills that are need to drive sustainable organizational performance.
Past program participants currently hold positions such as: presidents and CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, vice presidents and directors of some of the industry’s most successful companies.
For more information, contact Carolyn Schnare. Class size is limited and enrollment is available only to individuals from NACS Retail Member Companies — register today.