Leadership Development Program - Flagstaff

Many employees are promoted into supervisor positions or startup companies have owners that do not have the knowledge of the soft skills needed to succeed. This often results in the loss of valuable employees due to dissatisfaction, or in the case of business owners, the failure of the company. This Leadership Development Program has a proven track record of helping people enhance their supervisory skills to be better equipped to manage a team or run a small business.

This program is funded by the Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP). SBOP programs will serve businesses in a wide range of industries, including agriculture, construction, cybersecurity, health care, mining, technology, transportation, and manufacturing, including biomanufacturing, EV manufacturing, and semiconductor manufacturing.

The program will consist of 7 essential classes for leaders and will be delivered in 4-hour increments, every Wednesday for 7 weeks from August 13th - October 2nd, 2025 (skipping one week between Sept 17th and Oct 2nd) . The topics are listed below along with class dates.

• Session 1: New Supervisor Essentials (August 13th)
• Session 2: Effective Communication (August 20th)
• Session 3: Conflict Resolution (August 27th)
• Session 4: Overview of Lean with Simulation (September 3rd)
• Session 5: Time Management (September 10th)
• Session 6: Team Dynamics (September 17th)
• Session 7: Change Management (October 2nd / skipped 1 week)

Who Should Attend:

The workshop is designed for new business owners or recently promoted employees who are leading others or aspiring future leaders.

T ime: 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm(all sessions)

Cost: No Charge

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Please view the Demographic notice and answer the acknowledgement at the end of registration.

SSBCI Form for Demographics-Related Data

The business has received technical assistance under the State Small Business Credit Initiative Technical Assistance Grant Program (SSBCI TA Grant Program), which is a federal program that provides grants to eligible recipients to carry out a technical assistance plan to provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory services to small businesses that are applying, have previously applied to, or plan to apply to an SSBCI Capital Program or other government program that supports small businesses.

Filling out this form and providing the demographic information requested therein is optional; the business not required to provide the requested information but is encouraged to do so. The entity collecting this information cannot discriminate on the basis of whether an applicant provides the information requested in this form or based on any information provided on this form. If you decline to provide the information requested in this form, it will not adversely affect your ability to receive technical assistance.

The demographics-related information collected can only be used for purposes of the SSBCI TA Grant Program and must not be used for any other purposes (e.g., marketing, sale to third parties). The information collected must also not be used in a manner that violates any applicable anti-discrimination laws, including, but not limited to, the following authorities:

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-1 et seq., and Treasury’s implementing regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 22;
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), 29 U.S.C. § 794;
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., and Treasury’s implementing regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 28;
• the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 42 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq., and Treasury’s implementing regulations at 31 C.F.R. part 23. If you believe you were discriminated against in connection with the provision of the information provided on this form, con tact: Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington, DC 20220, or by email at [email protected]

This information is being collected to help ensure that communities’ small business technical assistance and access to credit needs are being fulfilled and allow SSBCI to analyze the populations that SSBCI TA Grant Program funding is benefiting.”

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