Leadership Development Cohorts
The goals of the Leadership Development Programs offered by Washington State University is to advance the individual development of leaders at all levels within the WSU system. The program goals are:
Development of foundational leadership skills, advance skills for emerging leaders, and provide advanced support for mastery in leadership.
Teach and provide opportunities to develop and implement best practices associated with leadership roles and responsibilities.
Develop leaders’ change capability in order to react quickly to our changes in the economic and social environments.
Develop leaders’ soft skills, such as emotional intelligence, to advance leadership impact.
Questions? Access the FAQs below
Leadership Transitions, From Supervision to Leadership
One year facilitated networking group
Please look for applications coming in 2025.
This training series is targeted to support supervisors who have completed their WSU New Supervisor training, and want to learn additional skills and tools to be successful in their role.
Leadership Enhancements, Developing your Leadership Skills
One year facilitated networking group
The Fall 2023 series has been filled, next application date TBD.
This training series is targeted to support individuals who have recently transitioned to a manager role or who are seeking to increase their skills to become a manager.
Leadership Mastery, Mastering your Leadership Skills
One year facilitated networking group
The January 2024 series has been filled, next application date TBD.
This training series is targeted to support individuals who have recently transitioned to a director role or who are seeking to increase their skills to become a director.
Journeys
Successful applicants of the program will receive access to the Journey before the program begins.
Leadership Transitions, From Supervision to Leadership
- Leader Transitions
- Developing People
- Emotional Intelligence
- Accountability
- The Ethical Leader
- Mindful Leadership
- The Agile Leader
- Digital Savvy Leadership
- Leading with Executive Presence
- Becoming a Frontline Manager
- Leadership Toolkits
Leadership Enhancements, Developing your Leadership Skills
- Giving Effective Feedback
- Developing People
- Empathy and Connection
- Emotional Intelligence
- Managing Conflict
- Leadership Networking
- Women & Leadership
- Enabling Execution through Leadership
- Leadership in the Age of AI
- Moving into Middle Management
- Leadership Toolkits
Leadership Mastery, Mastering your Leadership Skills
- Building and Leading Teams
- Leader as Coach
- Leader as Motivator
- Learning Culture
- The Collaborative Leader
- Leading through Change
- Embracing Diversity
- Cross Cultural Leadership
- Leading Virtually
- Moving into Senior Leadership
- Leadership Toolkits
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much of a time commitment is the leadership development program?
- Depending on which program you are accepted to, the time commitment is between four and six hours per month, each month, for a period of one year.
- How do I know which cohort is best for my development?
- There are the skills benchmarks for Yourself: Percipio Skill Benchmark Leading Yourself Business: Percipio Skill Benchmark Leading the Business and Team: Percipio Skill Benchmark Leading Your Team. If you need assistance identifying the best development opportunity, these benchmarks can help!