Emerging Leaders
Leadership development built for manufacturing
Emerging Leaders equips high potential manufacturing employees with practical leadership skills they can apply immediately on the shop floor. Built with manufacturer input and delivered in partnership with Johnson County Community College, the program strengthens supervisors, managers, and future leaders inside your operation.
Why it matters:
Manufacturers do not struggle with technical skill. They struggle with leadership capacity.
Emerging Leaders helps your team:
- Communicate clearly and lead with confidence
- Manage change and resolve conflict
- Delegate effectively and coach others
- Make stronger decisions under pressure
- Build engagement across generations
Since 2014, more than 800 enrollments across 50 plus companies have participated in the program.
Program structure:
- Three independent tiers
- Six sessions per tier
- Live virtual sessions from 7:00 to 9:00 AM
- Biweekly format
- Certificate awarded after each completed tier
- Open exclusively to employees of KCMN member companies
Tier overview:
Tier 1 | Foundations of Leadership
Focuses on communication, strengths, meeting facilitation, reading people, and developing yourself and others.
Tier 2 | Leading Teams and Change
Covers ethical leadership, coaching and mentoring, time management, decision making, change management, and motivating across generations.
Tier 3 | Advanced Leadership Skills
Addresses high impact feedback, unconscious bias, conflict resolution, delegation, stress management, and goal setting tied to engagement.
*Tiers can be taken in any order.
Who should attend
- Employees identified for current or future leadership roles
- Supervisors, managers, and team leads
- High potential employees preparing for promotion
- Team members seeking structured leadership growth
Investment
- $315 per person per tier
- Each tier is offered twice per year.
- Space is limited.