UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program Tops in Europe

Mon, Jun 25, 2007 - 1:00 pm

June 25, 2007
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Emerging on top
UMass program takes top honors


The UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program won top honors last week in an international competition featuring leadership development programs. The European Foundation for Management Development in Brussels voted the Emerging Leaders Program as its choice for the “Excellence in Practice” award. EFMD is a global organization devoted to the continuous improvement of management development and has over 600 member organizations from business, academia, and research centers in the United States, Europe and Asia.

The UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program won top honors last week in an international competition featuring leadership development programs. The European Foundation for Management Development in Brussels voted the Emerging Leaders Program as its choice for the “Excellence in Practice” award. EFMD is a global organization devoted to the continuous improvement of management development and has over 600 member organizations from business, academia, and research centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) initially was selected as a finalist based on “innovation and creativity in the learning approach, its effective partnering with the corporate sector, cultural diversity, sustainability and strategies for learning transfer.” The other finalists were Sociale Verzekerings Bank and Nyerode Business Universiteit (Netherlands) and Fujitsu Service and The Danish Leadership Institute (Denmark).  The Emerging Leaders Program, in its sixth year, was launched by a grant from State Street Corporation, which continues its vital role in the program. ELP invites senior executives in corporations and non-profits to nominate young professionals in the Greater Boston area.

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