From the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program
The board of directors for the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program is pleased to announce the application period for the 2023-24 class offering will take place May 15-July 20.
“For the North Central Flint Hills area of Kansas to grow and prosper, leaders from all backgrounds and vocations are needed to tackle the challenges facing our region. The goal of the Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program is to motivate traditional and non-traditional leaders by teaching leadership skills. This is done through information, dialogue, skill building and hands-on experiences, so our leaders of tomorrow are best prepared to strengthen and transform our communities,” says Jack Lindquist, Executive Director.
The annual program develops the leadership skills necessary to help the Flint Hills region become the best place in Kansas to live, work, and raise our children, according to the website. Sessions for the selected class members are held throughout the region with Orientation beginning at Rock Springs Ranch and Junction City in mid-September. The remaining seven sessions follow with graduation in February.
“Programming for the regional leadership training opportunity has grown and evolved since formation thirty years ago," stated board chair Sarah Keatley, Wamego. “Not only do we have new training processes through the Kansas Leadership Center’s 21st Century Leadership Skills and Leadership Edge toolboxes, we also have an expanded footprint. More of our areas rural economic influence was successfully merged into the regional training this past year with the addition of Wabaunsee County. We now surface and train leaders that live or work within Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee Counties,” concluded Keatley.
Potential candidates should visit the website to confirm dates for sessions will work and to get advance authorization from employers. The link on the program homepage www.fhrlp.org allows application online and includes a 1-3 minute introduction video to serve as a virtual interview submission.