Emerging Leaders Alliance

The Emerging Leaders Alliance Program Team is working collaboratively to create a Leadership Training Conference
of Young Professionals.

  • Michele Lawrie-Munro, AIME
  • Chris McKelvey, AIST
  • Alicia Karwoski, ASCE
  • Michele Feder, MRS
  • Becky Keith, SEG
  • Mona Vandervoort, SME
  • James Roberts, SPE

Application deadline extended to June 29th!

Need leadership training?
Emerging Leadership Alliance seeks candidates

The Emerging Leaders Alliance invites rising leaders to take part in its 2012 Live Leadership Training program coming this fall. Using a novel blended learning approach, the program includes online preparatory material, two-and-a-half-day in-person training sessions, follow-on networking and support. The curriculum encompasses key leadership functions, including critical thinking and change management, leveraging strengths for effective team operation, leadership style assessment and growth actions, and case studies and exercises to practice concepts and relate theory to application.

The workshop will take place 11-13 September in Reston, VA. There is no registration fee to attend; however, travel expenses and arrangements are the responsibility of the participant. View the draft agenda and participant criteria/guidelines.

Please complete the application form by 29 June 2012 along with a Letter of Recommendation. Your Letter of Recommendation should be completed by your direct manager and include a statement of agreement to cover your travel costs. Seven SEG members will be selected to attend. Successful applicants will be notified by 18 July 2012. If you have any questions, contact ELA@seg.org.

To apply, complete the online form by 29 June. Learn more at www.emergingleadersalliance.org or contact ELA@seg.org.

Mission statement

The Emerging  Leaders Alliance seeks to foster leadership in the engineering and scientific community. Leadership is the art, science, and craft of influencing people to accomplish tasks and improve organizations. The mission of the Emerging Leaders Alliance is to provide an interdisciplinary community of learning for scientific professionals, promoting the development of great leaders to guide our professions in addressing the needs of people in the 21st Century.

Participant criteria/guidelines 

  1. Industry and Government Agencies: Rising or current middle management (or equivalent) with demonstrated potential for upper level/executive management. Rising or current technical staff leaders (e.g., Associate Research Consultant, Research Specialist, etc.) with the demonstrated potential for corporate fellow (or equivalent) and/or Technical Society/National Academy Fellow.
  2. Universities (i.e., professors): Four or more years of experience (including leading research groups or centers) with aspirations for university leadership positions (Department Chair, Dean or higher) and/or demonstrated potential for Technical Society/National Academy Fellow.
  3. A member in good standing of a partnering professional society.
  4. Preference to those organizations (e.g., companies, academic institution, government agency, etc.) that do not have an internal leadership program (e.g., smaller companies or larger organizations with only management training).
  5. Typically ages 25-40.

Not able to Attend?

Visit http://emergingleadersalliance.org/resource-library/ to purchase recorded sessions from the 2011 Emerging Leaders Alliance including content on conflict resolution, leveraging multiple generations, the indispensable leader, and more.