Have you ever wished you could go back to school as an adult to learn more about your community and how your business fits into it?

Make deep connections and learn how to be a better leader in your industry.

Now you can.

Our Kelsie Stark explains.

Well, here in Louisville, it's called Leadership Louisville.

But there are similar programs all over the state where leaders gather to learn more about the issues that are facing their community and better yet, how they can help make an impact.

Leadership.

Louisville President Cynthia Napier joins me now to explain what it's all about.

Who is this program for and what are they going to learn?

Well, so leadership, Louisville, our purpose is to inspire and equip leaders to be better and then go out and do better.

So really, this program is for anyone who wants to use their leadership skills to advance the greater good.

They want to show up and do things that are for the improvement of all of the people who live in this community.

It is a great opportunity to get to know this community, for one, and then to show up and do something, be of service.

That's right.

It's not only great for individuals.

Companies, of course, benefit, but the community in general benefits from having people who are more aware.

Right now we like to look at it as it's kind of since we're going into Derby season, it's a trifecta.

So it's a win for the individual.

They show up, they actually learn things about how to show up as a leader.

It's a win for the organization because their people are developing a much wider network and good networks are how we get things done.

And then it's a win for the community as well, because all the people who go through our programs then get plugged in to doing something that is important and impactful in this community.

A lot of people who may want to get involved in this may say, Gosh, that sounds great, but I sure don't have time for it.

What's the time commitment like?

Well, so we actually have lots of programs at the Leadership Louisville Center.

We have small buy one day workshops.

We also have longer programs.

The program that we're talking about now is leadership Louisville.

And it's about a ten month commitment.

Only one day a month, though.

And it's kind of one of those you get out of it, what you put into it.

So because it is a little bit longer, deeper commitment, people often say that their experience is transformational.

Yeah.

So and let's talk some more about those other programs you offer.

This is all kind of a skill based for anybody, really.

Yes.

So the leadership, Louisville Center are what are what we love is to be your leadership learning partner no matter where you are.

We have one day workshops that are really just about skill building.

We call those Leading better and they're not about your geography.

So whether you're based in Louisville or any corner of Kentucky or Southern Indiana or anywhere, you can come to the leadership Louisville Center and just learn skills that help you get things done with and through others.

And our website is just full of opportunities for people to show up and learn.

This is one of those things, too.

I feel like once you get involved in an industry and you become a leader or a manager or whatever, you almost wish you could go back to school and learn again, knowing what you know now.

Absolutely.

And we really believe that as amazing as you are today, you can only stay that amazing.

You can't get any more amazing unless you actually do something that is about learning and growing.

And because you don't have access to schoolteachers anymore, we are your adult learning partner and we can help you figure out how to continue to be a better version of yourself.

And there's nothing better than that.

Thank you so much.

We appreciate it.

And applications are open right now.

The deadline to apply is coming up on April 29th.

Back to you.

Thank you, Kelsey.

If you want to find out more about being part of the new leadership Louisville class, you can attend a virtual information session happening tomorrow morning, April 19th.

You can register for that online.