Henry Ford Community College Hosts Great Lakes Leadership Academy

Henry Ford Community College and the Chair Academy’s Academy for Leadership and Development will host the Great Lakes 2013-14 Leadership Academy. The program will take place on the HFCC main campus.

The first week of the program takes place July 14-19; the second week of the academy takes place July 12-18, 2014.

The program assists educational leaders in addressing the large number of people retiring from their college or university, as well as develops talent management plans and “grow” future leaders.

Katherine Varchetto Grahl, associate dean of English and World Languages at HFCC, participated in the 2010 academy and feels the program offers an important opportunity for organizational leaders to hone their leadership skills.

“This was an exceptional professional development experience for me. Interacting with the academy participants—administrative professionals and faculty from community colleges and technical schools from all over the United States and Canada—and working with the academy facilitators was an enriching and rewarding experience," she said.

"Despite my 35 years of prior administrative and teaching experience in higher education, I gained new insights and developed new management strategies, skills, and techniques,” Grahl said.

The registration fee for this year-long leadership training program is $1,575 for both weeks of training. This fee includes 10 days of residential leadership training, components associated with an extensive yearlong practicum, coaching/mentoring component and online support services. Additional food, facilities, and administrative fees for week 1 and week 2 will be determined.

For more information, visit http://www.chairacademy.com/, call the Chair Academy at 480-461-6270, or email leadershipacademy@chairacademy.com.