The Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound is now accepting applications for the 2024 program! As program alumni, we hope you will share information about the Leadership Institute with other emerging leaders and encourage your employer to sponsor their employees!

The Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound is an opportunity for current and emerging leaders to engage with the business community and elected officials while developing leadership skills, linking with a mentor, and interacting with exemplary leaders.

The program explores leadership development, assesses leadership strengths and weaknesses, provides opportunities to learn from local leaders who contribute to the vitality of our community, and offers visits to local organizations at the heart of our regional business community.

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Become Leadership Institute Session Sponsor!

Now seeking sponsors for lunch sessions and scholarships

The Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound is now seeking businesses interested in sponsoring a lunch session or supporting one of the emerging leaders participating in this year's program with a scholarship. To further discuss sponsorship opportunities, email [email protected].

Why Invest in Leadership

IMPROVE YOUR BOTTOM LINE.

Developing leaders in your organization reduce costs, drives new lines of revenue, and improves customer satisfaction. Companies that invest in leadership development deliver stock market returns five times higher than the returns of companies that place less emphasis on human capital, according to studies by Harvard Business Review and McBassi & Co.

ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT.

Leadership development increases employee engagement and reduces costs associated with turnover.

When you give employees a role in your company’s future, they respond with loyalty. Developing your own people also is less expensive than bringing on new recruits, as it doesn’t require you to spend money on advertising, headhunter fees, HR costs, travel and moving expenses, signing bonuses, etc. In terms of turnover, the most common reason for employee exodus is a bad manager, that is, poor leadership.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Leadership development is a sound investment.

According to a Global Coaching Client Study by ICF, 86% of the companies able to provide figures to calculate ROI indicated they had at least made their investment back: 19% showed an ROI of at least 50 times (5000%) the initial investment, while a further 28% saw an ROI of 10 to 49 times the investment. “The median company return was 700%, indicating that typically a company can expect a return of seven times the initial investment,” ICF reported.

IMPROVE CULTURE

You invest in them, and they invest in you.

Investing in leadership development sends a message to your people that you care about them and inspires them to meet and exceed performance expectations.

INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY

Leadership development helps companies navigate challenging times by increasing people’s ability to respond rapidly in unpredictable business environments.

ONE MORE REASON

Good leadership is great. Great leadership is inspiring!