{"id":46190,"date":"2017-08-11T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T18:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46190"},"modified":"2017-08-29T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:04:01","slug":"applications-open-for-leadership-development-seminars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/08\/applications-open-for-leadership-development-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for leadership development seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications are now open for the local business community to take part in leadership development seminars held at Brock University\u2019s Goodman School of Business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seminars, offered through Goodman\u2019s Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise Education (CIMEE), are part of a certificate program that is open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock alumna Diana Lenartowich (BA \u201912) knows first hand the benefit of the business seminars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lenartowich made her return to the classroom earlier this year when she participated in the Professional Leadership Development certificate program offered through CIMEE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating from Brock, the business communications alumna went on to graduate from Niagara College\u2019s international business program before joining Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada as a business development manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s never a time to stop learning,\u201d said Lenartowich. \u201cWe\u2019re always learning whether we recognize it or not. This is just a more structured process of learning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The seminars are run in partnership with the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce and take place on Brock\u2019s campus. Running every Tuesday from Sept. 25 to Nov. 6 (excluding Oct. 9), they cover topics such as leadership, mentorship, coaching and change management.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing the value it would add to her career, Lenartowich immediately jumped at the opportunity to learn with CIMEE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe biggest draw was the fact that it was associated with the Goodman School of Business.\u201d she said. \u201cI recognized the name, I know the reputation for fantastic education. Beyond that, I\u2019m also at a position in my career where I\u2019m really trying to get to the next level of leadership and doing everything I can do prepare for that next step.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lenartowich said she considers the program a \u201cpiece of learning that I could add to my personal toolkit that is going to help prepare me for what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested professionals can\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gncc.ca\/cimee-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apply online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are now open for the local business community to take part in leadership development seminars held at Brock University\u2019s Goodman School of Business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,39,1,4],"tags":[5239,1966,703,5671,594,5670],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}