Enhanced Leadership Program (ELP)

New class registration will start in late spring 2026!

2026-2027 Enhanched Leadership Program Information Coming Soon

The ACEC Virginia Enhanced Leadership Program is designed to develop exceptional leaders who can drive company growth and create thriving, profitable businesses. By taking a proactive approach that emphasizes emotional intelligence and facilitates behavioral change, this program equips participants to master five key leadership skills through comprehensive teaching, coaching, and development.

What is the Enhanced Leadership Program?
An extended program over nine months with eight formal training sessions to change mindset and behavior in the following areas:

• Applying leadership principles
• Understanding yourself and others as a leader
• Communicating to motivate
• Leading difficult/strong-willed people and leading in conflict situations
• Leading change – motivating individual change; leading organizational change
• Empowering and growing others – delegating, coaching, mentoring, empowering
• Taking and controlling personal/career risk
• Inspiring leadership in others and creating a leadership culture
• Creating a well-defined personal vision
• Defining a personal leadership style
• Creating a personal longer-term plan to continue growing leadership skills
• An individual, one-on-one counseling/mentoring session with each participant

Program Dates:

• September 30, 2026 - Leadership Principles
• October 28, 2026 - Understanding Yourself and Others Better
• November 17-18, 2026 - One on One (Virtual or In-Person)
• November 9, 2026 - Communicating to Motivate
• January 13, 2027 - Leading Strong-Willed/Difficult People and Leading in Conflict Situations
• February 17, 2027 - Leading Change; Taking and Controlling Risk
• March 17, 2027 - Empowering and Growing Others
• April 14, 2027 - Team-Building; Defining Your Own Personal Leadership Style
• May 12, 2027 - Inspiring Leadership in Others; Creating A Leadership Culture

** If a class needs to be cancelled due to inclement weather, a make-up date of June 2 is scheduled into this program.

Cost:

• ACEC Virginia Member - $4,500
• Prospective Member - $8,000

Email Marchelle Albertson, malbertson@acecva.org, for more information

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Enhanced Leadership Program Graduates!