Wendy McManus is re-vamping her training and leadership development program for produce industry professionals.
McManus’s flagship group leadership development program, currently known as Lean into Leadership, is in progress for the third time. Based on what she has learned during these first three iterations, McManus is set to rebrand the program and make significant changes for 2020.
Early next year, the first cohort of the new Thriving Leaders Project will enact these changes in a program that will keep the best of what has worked well, while making bold changes to enhance the program’s effectiveness, she said.
The biggest change is that the Thriving Leaders Project will be a co-ed leadership development program. Men and women from all sectors of the produce industry will both be able to participation in the Thriving Leaders Project.
“Having offered Lean into Leadership several times for women only, I’ve heard the calls to make it a co-ed program,” said McManus. “Both men and women in the industry have encouraged me to embrace this new model for supporting leadership development amongst produce professionals.” Formal applications for the Thriving Leaders Project will be accepted soon on.
In other news, McManus has completed an 18-month coach training certification program with The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She said the program included more than 200 hours of training and resulted in McManus earning her CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) designation.
In addition to this training, McManus shared that she has delivered more than 300 hours of one-on-one coaching. Based on these milestones, she now holds an ACC (Associate Certified Coach) credential from the International Coach Federation, an organization dedicated to upholding high standards for training, ethics and delivery in the coaching profession.
McManus said, “As a life-long learner, I’m always looking to the next opportunity to immerse myself in additional training. I’m on a journey toward coaching mastery and for me that path includes learning and coaching as much as I possibly can.” She continued, “The best way to get really good at coaching is to coach and coach and coach some more, so that’s what I’m doing.”
During the PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim, CA, McManus said she looks forward to meeting with industry members interested in learning more about one-on-one coaching or the Thriving Leaders Project. McManus can be reached via the “contact” link on her website.
For more information:
Wendy McManus
Connect 2 Potential
Ph: +1 (321) 695-3706
wendy@connect2potential.com
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