
Lead the Future
The St. Thomas Executive Program
- Prepare to lead in 2020 and beyond. From the ability to solve complex problems to leading others, emotional intelligence to critical thinking, you’ll leave this program with practical leadership tactics.
- Develop your coaching ability. You’ll practice coaching techniques with your cohort of peers, so you’re more prepared to use them in your organization.
- Complete a leadership assessment. Gain a better understanding of where your current skillsets lie. This gives you insight into your strengths and growth opportunities.
STEP uses a cohort learning model, which means you’ll complete classes with a small group of fellow professionals. The cohort’s wealth of experience enriches class discussions and exercises as different perspectives emerge. In your STEP cohort, you’ll also gain a professional network that you can turn to long after the program ends.
Sessions are held on the downtown Minneapolis campus, and parking is available within one block. There are no prerequisites for this program.
After the first module, you’ll have the option to register for individual coaching sessions.
Have Questions?
Contact Devin Smith, program manager. He can help you determine if this program is the right fit for you, and answer any questions you have.
Contact
Devin Smith

Is This Program Right for You?
STEP is designed for high-potential, mid-career leaders in business with broad level business responsibilities. It is for leaders who want the cutting-edge skills that will prepare them for their next level or challenge of leadership responsibility. The ideal STEP candidate:
- Participates in developing individuals as part of their team or a cross functional team.
- Is responsible for setting and measuring business objectives that link to a larger strategy in the company
- Identifies as high-performing, and as having high potential
- May have the title of Director or Manager
- Has experience in overseeing company initiatives or key products or services
Application Process
Contact Program Manager Devin Smith for information on how to start your application for the Fall 2021 cohort.
Program Highlights
ExperienceChange™ Simulation
Peer-to-Peer Coaching

Executive Education: St. Thomas Executive Education Program
Curriculum
Develop 2020 Leadership Skills: people management, coordinating with others, and emotional intelligence.
Collective Ambition is a model summarizing how leaders and employees think about their organization’s purpose, vision, targets and milestones, strategic and operational priorities, brand promise, core values and leader behaviors. By clearly outlining these areas, leaders can help their teams to shape a collective ambition, rather than each individual pursuing their own ambition.
Module I covers how collective ambition can help you in:
- Leading yourself
- Developing and coaching others
- Organizational development and change
Use the ExperienceChange™ simulation to:
- Quickly turn powerful ideas and solutions into reality
- Speak and act with a common language
- Align stakeholders around new ways of doing things
- Build a highly engaged culture of execution
Focus on 2020 Leadership Skills: complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity and cognitive flexibility.
What happens in your organization when chaos hits? To be an effective leader in an ever-changing, complex environment, it’s critical to be able to troubleshoot while considering the enterprise as a whole. Module II gives you tools to solve problems with creativity, critical thinking and business acumen. When an issue arises, you will be better able to:
- Use human-centered design as a process to guide and strengthen your creative thinking and problem-solving ability
- Determine if a solution is good for your business
Focus on 2020 Leadership Skills: negotiation & influence, judgment and decision-making, service orientation.
By this point, you’ve explored the ins and outs of strategic thinking and creativity. You’ve become a stronger leader. Now, learn how to approach making a decision and executing it. There are always multiple angles to a solution depending on the viewpoint of each stakeholder. In Module III you will:
- Identify the different perspectives of a problem
- Learn to lead strategic conversations
- Practice making better, faster decisions, and involving the right people at the right time
- Learn to prioritize what really matters, and how to focus more of your time on these key issues
Pricing and Schedule
We encourage organizations to build this program into their talent development strategy and welcome the opportunity for conversation with your organization leaders about the advantage of doing so. The individual price for this program is $9,995. There are group discounts available based on your organizational needs.
Our next cohort begins Fall 2021.

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