Leadership Pathways

Practical development for the next step in leadership

Leadership changes as responsibility grows. A new manager needs to lead through others. A rising leader needs to work across teams, influence stakeholders and guide change. UGA Executive Education’s Leadership Pathways offers focused programs for each of those transitions, with opportunities to apply what you learn to real work.

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Development built around real leadership transitions

The skills that help someone succeed in one role do not always prepare them for the next. Leadership Pathways meets leaders at two distinct points: taking responsibility for people and taking on broader responsibility across an organization.

Rather than waiting until a program ends to use what they learn, participants bring current challenges into the experience. They practice new approaches, test them at work and leave with a plan for continued growth.

Organizations can enroll individual leaders in open enrollment programs or discuss a program tailored to their teams and priorities.

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Leadership Essentials

For new and early career people managers

Make the shift from doing the work to leading a team. Build practical habits for setting expectations, delegating, giving feedback and creating a team environment grounded in trust and accountability.

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High-Potential Leadership

For high-potential managers and rising leaders

Extend your impact beyond your team. Strengthen your ability to influence across functions, connect decisions to business priorities, communicate with stakeholders and lead through change.

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Executive Readiness Accelerator

The Executive Readiness Accelerator helps senior leaders move from functional expertise to broader enterprise responsibility. Designed for senior directors, vice presidents, general managers and leaders preparing for C-suite roles, the program builds the strategic perspective, financial acumen and executive judgment needed to lead across an organization.

Available exclusively as a custom program, the experience combines immersive learning, individual assessment and executive coaching with application to a real business challenge. Participants strengthen their ability to weigh strategic tradeoffs, influence stakeholders and communicate recommendations, leaving with an actionable business brief and a 90-day plan for continued leadership development.

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Career Impact

Grow into the role you have and prepare for the one ahead.

Leadership Pathways helps participants build skills that match their current responsibilities and the challenges ahead. Each experience combines live learning, practice with peers and workplace application, so participants can put new approaches to work during and after the program.

Who Will Benefit

Professionals moving into their first people management role

Managers who want a stronger foundation in leading teams

High-potential managers preparing for broader responsibility

Rising leaders who must influence and coordinate work across functions

Organizations developing a stronger pipeline of leaders

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We’re here to answer any questions you may have about Leadership Pathways programs or other programs provided by the Terry College of Business Office of Executive Education.

Jordan King

jordanking@uga.edu (404) 467-5130

Director of Conferences & Open Enrollment Programs, Executive Education