Leadership Development Programs

Increasing Your Potential with UCON's Professional Educational Series

UCON’s ongoing professional development courses support member skill development, leadership capacity, and problem-solving.

Participants are more effective in the workplace, make meaningful contributions to teams, and advance in their careers. They lead, manage, influence, coach, and elevate others.

Advancing Women in Leadership

  • March 10, 2022 2:30pm  -  5:00pm
Advancing Women in Leadership

According to the Center for American Progress - The Women's Leadership Gap (2018), women make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population and earn almost 57 percent of the undergraduate degrees and 59 percent of all master's degrees. They account for 47 percent of the U.S. labor force and 52.5 percent of the college-educated workforce. And yet, women make up just 26.5 percent of executive and senior officials and managers, 11 percent of top earners, and 4.8 percent of CEOs in S&P 500 companies.

Inclusive Leader Workshop for People Leaders

  • March 24, 2022 2:30pm  -  4:30pm
Inclusive Leader Workshop

This workshop will offer cultural intelligence insights across multiple levels of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) acumen and provide a framework for reinforcing the connection between diversity, leadership, and business results to their constituents. Your leadership teams will better understand the role effective and ineffective D&I methodologies play during manager/employee/customer engagement as well as their crucial role in the ability for individuals, teams, and your organizations to achieve goals.

127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Your Team will Leave Inspired after hearing from Aron, the Subject of the Heart-Stopping Biographical Drama, 127 Hours.

  • November 02, 2022 2:30pm  -  3:30pm
Aron-Ralston

An extraordinary example of the human spirit pushed to the extreme, Aron’s legendary tale of survival and post-traumatic growth personifies resilience, perseverance, and the power of our minds.  Using evocative detail and bright humor, Ralston captivates and transports audiences into the intense darkness of his entrapment through to the euphoric release of his amputation. In his adept storytelling, the boulder that crushed his arm becomes a metaphor for the adversity we all experience in our personal and professional lives.