Leadership Success for Manufacturing Site Leaders
Leadership Success for Manufacturing Site Leaders is based on solid research of what it takes to run a successful manufacturing facility and is designed to significantly accelerate the development process of becoming an effective and successful manufacturing site leader.
Leadership Success for Manufacturing Site Leaders is an excellent choice for plant managers, operations managers, business unit managers, manufacturing manager, directors of operations, directors of manufacturing, focused factory managers, and functional managers being considered for site leadership positions.
There are three primary components of this program:
Classroom/Case Study
Classroom is focused on a customized case study that is woven throughout the three residency curriculum, focusing on challenges and opportunities specific to leading a successfully manufacturing facility. The program places strong emphasis on interactive learning and combines individual and team coursework, lectures, and experiential, multi-mode learning.
Individual Leadership Development Plan
Each participant will build an individual leadership plan under the guidance of a dedicated leadership coach. Coaching throughout the course of the program provides a powerful vehicle for further developing leadership skills that translate into success.
Organizational Leadership Project
Each participant will work on an organizational leadership project that is applied directly to their organization, bringing about immediate impact and return on investment for sponsoring organizations.
- Learn strategic management techniques to enhance an organization’s full potential.
- Gain in-depth understanding of key performance management principles to create deliberate methods of improving business results across the organization.
- Learn succession planning strategies that provide a smooth transition for a constant stream of organizational leaders by developing coaching and mentoring techniques to improve team performance and develop future leaders.
- Overview principles in functional areas of human resources, plant finance/accounting, and operations.
- Assess drivers and obstacles of critical organizational change. Develop skills in change leadership by mastering processes and tools for managing the people side of change.
- Understand the concepts of high performance teams and learn team-building skills including conflict management, development, selection, and retention.
- Better understand the global business environment, increasing success for international assignments.
- Learn priority-setting guidelines and time management principles.
- Increase ability to communicate and influence others through self-reflection and personal development.
- Learn how to deal with the media and the importance of interacting with the community
- Develop one-on-one communication skills as well as presentation skills. Explore multi-faceted communication strategies.
This unique program is delivered in three, non-consecutive residencies over a nine-month period that allows participants to learn and then directly apply concepts learned in the classroom to their organization with full support of UT’s College of Business faculty.
Next Course Offering
- Residency 1: October 5-10, 2008
- Residency 2: February 9-13, 2009
- Residency 3: June 8-12, 2009
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Tuition: $18,500 (includes textbooks, materials, meals, and lodging)
Contact the Center and ask for the Program Team: Kim Mallory, Director; Beth Maples, Coordinator; and Betty Lou Newcomb, Registrar.
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