The Staley School of Leadership recently wrapped up the 2023 City of Manhattan Leadership Academy. This three-month intensive experience brings together employees from across various City departments to sharpen their leadership skills, expand their understanding of leadership, and forge connections across City departments.
Facilitated by faculty from the Staley School, this work empowers employees to better exercise leadership from wherever they are in the organization. Over the course of six sessions, participants engaged in leadership development activities and conversations. Topics covered included leadership theory, utilizing your strengths, adaptive leadership, leadership coaching, and ethical dimensions of leadership.
“It has been an honor to connect leadership learning and scholarship to our local Manhattan community through the City of Manhattan Leadership Academy,” said Chance Lee, director of the nonprofit leadership program at Kansas State University. “Through this partnership, the models and ideas we teach in the classroom are applied in real-world scenarios through all of the great work of the participants.”
Faculty who facilitated sessions include: Innocent Assoman, graduate teaching assistant; Tamara Bauer, instructor and program director; Mike Finnegan, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of K-State Strengths; Chance Lee, Ph.D., CNP, assistant professor and director of nonprofit leadership; Mary Kay Siefers, Ph.D., teaching professor and director of global food systems leadership; and Murry Streetman, D.E.L., assistant professor. Learn more about these members of the Staley School faculty on our website.
One participant said, “The Leadership Academy is an eye-opening, positive and beneficial series of sessions that has increased my understanding of leadership and given me tools to practice on a daily basis in my work and home life.”
The Staley School offers a hearty congratulations to this year’s participants. Staley School faculty are confident that the leadership learning will result in a changed future to create a Manhattan where everyone can thrive.
Participants this year included:
- Sydni Baker
- Gus Boos
- Tyler Budke
- Ben Chmiel
- Jeremy Crist
- Matt Crubel
- Janelle Fritzson
- Ann Gaziano
- Tim Grecu
- Tim Manges
- Eric Matthews
- Jonathan Mertz
- Mitch Morgan
- Beniah Naylor
- Wendy Nichols
- Lauren Page
- Kathy Sterling
- Drew Taylor
- Deann Tiede
- Sarah Torrance
- Lindsey Vogt
- Nicole Wade
- Megan Wesson
- Dave Western
For questions about this program or future dates, email Chance Lee, chance@ksu.edu
