Leadership Academy

This six-week, hands-on workshop equips you with practical skills and intentional strategies to grow as a confident, credible, and impactful leader.

What Will I Learn?

This six-week, hands-on leadership workshop is not just about learning leadership skills, but about recognizing yourself as part of the solution. It's a unique approach that emphasizes the role of leaders as both thinkers and doers—people who envision a better future and take intentional steps to achieve it.

Description

Throughout the series, participants will:
  • Define what leadership truly means
  • Discuss key elements of effective leadership
  • Debunk common leadership myths
  • Explore and identify their character
  • Learn the four keys to building credibility
  • Develop a culture of accountability
  • Act with intent and make purposeful decisions
  • Embrace servant leadership by recognizing and meeting others' needs
  • Build personal confidence
  • Demonstrate consistency in action and values
Each of these leadership skills is valuable on its own, but when practiced together, they form the foundation of a leader others willingly choose to follow.

Course Format

  • Weekly reading assignments must be completed before each session to ensure rich class discussions.
  • Homework assignments are not just tasks to be completed, but opportunities to apply the course concepts in your workplace or daily life. These real-world applications, along with follow-up discussions in the next session, ensure that you're not just learning, but also growing as a leader.

Core Philosophy

At the core of this workshop is the belief that everyone is a leader of themselves first. Leadership is not an innate gift; it is a set of skills that, when taught, practiced, and strengthened through daily intentional action, can lead to significant personal growth.

Instructor Bio

Melissa Chantry

Melissa Chantry got her start in the educational field as a near peer college mentor helping high school students to navigate the intricate world of college and career planning. For the last 7 years, she has worked at the College of Southern Idaho as a transition coordinator focusing specifically on students interested in CTE opportunities at the secondary and post-secondary level. As the President-elect of the Idaho Career Guidance Association, she works with counselors and advisors across the state to connect them to professional development and training opportunities. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Administration and lives in Twin Falls, Idaho with her husband and daughter.