Leadership Boot Camp Applications Due July 15

The YWCA of Greater Cleveland and Corporate College are accepting applications for the first structured leadership program designed especially for women. Leadership Boot Camp is a nine-month program designed to prepare women for executive-level leadership through position appropriate developmental education.

Fifty participants, who must be supported by their employers, will be chosen. Applications, available at http://www.ywca.org/cleveland or http://www.corporatecollege.com/, are due July 15 and selected participants will be announced in early August.

The Leadership Boot Camp is designed for women with 2-10 years of career experience who have been identified as potential leaders by their employers. Participants in the class will learn about leadership styles and skills and create strategic life and career plans. They will meet once a month for half- day sessions at the Corporate College East campus beginning Sept. 16. The course runs through May. Program topics include developing an individual strategic life and career plan, presenting with confidence, understanding the bottom-line, entrepreneurial skills and the importance of ethics and trust.

"The Leadership Boot Camp is a great way for executives to invest in their employees and company," Barbara Danforth, executive director of the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, said. "By training women for executive leadership positions, companies can develop balanced management teams capable of understanding the advantages of gender differences and leadership styles -- all skills necessary to run an efficient organization in today's business world."

YWCA of Greater Cleveland

The YWCA mission is to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA of Greater Cleveland offers domestic violence education and prevention programs, child care in three locations in Cleveland and East Cleveland, teen parenting programs, programs to help teens make positive life decisions and the Women's Leadership Initiative to help professional women advance their careers. For more information, call 216.881.6878 or visit http://www.ywca.org/cleveland.

Corporate College, a Division of Cuyahoga Community College

Corporate College is the model for providing new solutions and opportunities to individuals, businesses and industries to succeed in today's knowledge-based, high-tech economy.

Corporate College is the primary vehicle for delivering Cuyahoga Community College's non-credit training services to area employers and their workers. The concept includes a strategic initiative focused on professional development and training programs that are designed to meet employers' demands for a talented workforce. Corporate College also offers credit and non-credit training and skills enhancement courses for the individual. For information, call 1.866.806.2677 or visit http://www.corporatecollege.com/.

Source: Cuyahoga Community College

CONTACT: Sondra Miller of YWCA of Greater Cleveland, +1-216-881-6878, or
+1-440-552-2937, or smiller@ywcaofcleveland.org ; or Greg Krizman, Corporate
College(R), a Division of Cuyahoga Community College, +1-216-987-4820, or
+1-216-409-6683, or greg.krisman@tri-c.edu

Web site: http://www.tri-c.edu/
http://www.ywca.org/cleveland
http://www.corporatecollege.com/