Leadership Unscripted Details
Program Details
Goals
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Provide a venue for career driven professionals to engage with and learn from regional leaders.
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Facilitate relationship building for emerging leaders in order to expand their networks and share professional knowledge and experience.
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Encourage participants to identify and apply their own unique strengths to their personal and professional leadership journeys
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Facilitate continued professional development and reflection
Benefits
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Intimate conversations with a dynamic line-up of leaders in the Greater Richmond region.
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An expanded network of professionals representing a variety of industries and backgrounds in the Richmond community.
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Understanding of the complexity and variance of career paths.
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A better understanding and appreciation of your strengths, and ways to apply them in your personal and professional life.
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Facilitated reflection and exploration of own personal and professional development
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Opportunities for growth; through the challenge to examine yourself, leadership, your community and world with a different lens
Qualifications
Participation is limited. To apply, you must have support from your corporation, organization or association, and you must be:
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Be an emerging leader with a desire to grow personally and professionally and be more actively engaged in the Richmond community (with approximately 10 or less years of experience)
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Be career-driven with a strong focus on leadership development.
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Be prepared to attend the opening session, closing session, and all Mentor sessions and planning sessions
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Be prepared to actively engage with your team throughout the duration of the program, in and out of sessions.
Format of Program
The kickoff, closing and leaders sessions will be held at a variety of locations across the region. Please check the 2025 Spring schedule below for more details.
Questions? Please reach out to Marnelle Fanfan at Marnelle.Fanfan@ChamberRVA.com.
Commitment, Schedules & Fees
Commitment
The program requires all mentees to be available for 8 2-hour sessions between March and June 2025, plus a kickoff and closing celebration. All meetings will take place after business hours between 5:30 – 7:30 pm, and most meetings are scheduled on Wednesdays. If you have a scheduled conflict with one of the dates below, please indicate this on your application so we can place you in the correct class. Note that if you miss more than the allowed total of 1 planning session and 1 Leadership Unscripted session, you will be asked to leave the program.
2025 Spring Schedule
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Date |
Leader |
Location |
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March 5 |
Brian Anderson |
Kick Off |
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March 12 |
Strengths Debrief & Planning Session |
Planning #1 |
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March 19 |
Dr. William Fiege |
Leader Session #1 |
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April 2 |
Professional Development |
Planning #2 |
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April 9 |
Angela Roisten |
Leader Session #2 |
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April 16 |
Professional Development |
Planning #3 |
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May 7 |
Ken Ampy |
Leader Session #3 |
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May 14 |
Professional Development |
Planning #4 |
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May 21 |
Kimberly Keno |
Leader Session #4 |
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June 1 |
Celebration Ceremony |
Closing |
Fees
There is a $825 program fee which includes an in-depth strengths assessment and facilitated interpretation throughout. There will be NO REFUNDS once payment is received. Partial scholarships are available. Your employer may pay some or all of your participation fee.