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Core Growth: Building Utility Leaders of the Future

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Drinking Water and Wastewater

Core Consulting Group

Jamie Holtzapfel

jamie.holtzapfel@contact-core.com

859-992-4643 Ext.

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Grow Leaders of the Future: Using Wiley’s Work of Leaders model as a framework for the curriculum, participants grow as leaders by exploring four modules used to help move ideas to actions and get results. Identify Leadership styles: Using the Everything DiSC and Gallup’s Strengths Finder assessments, participants gain a strong sense of self by learning about individual leadership styles and strengths. Assessments help participants discover the value in individuality while also teaching tactics for working with other styles and skills. Learn from Other Leaders: Participants receive leadership advice from executive leaders at the each utility and select a mentor from their own utility to meet with monthly. Mentors offer leadership guidance and assist with participants’ individual development plans. Solve Wastewater Utility Issues: Participants will build upon the four modules taught in the class by completing an industry-specific capstone project based on exploring real challenges that leaders are facing in the wastewater utility industry. Participants will use their collective expertise to develop applicable solutions to a selected challenge and present at graduation. Collaborate with Industry Peers: Core Growth classes are formed with wastewater utility participants located within the same EPA-defined region. The strategic makeup of the class allows participants to share knowledge of the region, exchange ideas and ignite ongoing collaborative relationships.

Basic thru Advanced

Class Size: No more than 20 participants per class. Class Schedule: January: Orientation & Pre-work/Assessments One-hour webinar for class participants and mentors; three pre-assessments to be completed by participants February: Module 1 (Self) Full-day workshop and one-hour webinar March: Module 2 (Vision) Full-day workshop and one-hour webinar April: Module 3 (Alignment) Full-day workshop and one-hour webinar May: Module 4 (Execution) & Graduation Full-day workshop; graduation program June: Coaching Calls Class facilitators are available for one-on-one coaching calls with participants Note 1: Participating utilities take turns hosting each workshop. The hosting utility conducts a facility tour the day before each full-day workshop. Note 2: Participants identify a mentor from their utility to meet with monthly. In the meetings, they discuss program content and how it can be applied at work. They also collaborate on an individual developme

Core Growth is an industry-specific leadership program designed for emerging wastewater utility leaders whose span of influence and impact is growing in a meaningful way. In the 6-month program, participants will grow as leaders, identify leadership styles, learn from other leaders, solve real industry challenges and collaborate with others in the same region.

Virtual Asynchronous