The Emergent Leadership Series prepares and develops volunteers employed across a diverse section of industries that are ready for senior leadership roles within their respective careers through a proven comprehensive content curriculum facilitated by subject matter experts.

Scouting employees: please use the Staff ELS Registration Page to register.
Non-Scouting Employees please use the registration at the bottom of this page to register for the course. 

OBJECTIVES:

This series provides a leadership development program for participants by creating meaningful experiences in which future leaders can:

• Acquire targeted, concentrated knowledge and experiences within leadership, business and skill areas of focus.
• Build relationships across the community.
• Enhance systems thinking and cross-functional awareness and interactions.
• Interact with and be exposed to senior industry and corporate leadership and senior Executive Board officers.
• Realize personal growth.

SCHEDULE:

• Three 3-day retreats (September, January, May)
• Eight in-person ~3hr evening course classes (monthly, in Eagle, MI)
• Ten virtual ~2hr evening course classes
• Commences in August, concludes at May retreat

Course Fee:  $2800

Payment Schedule:
$700 at time of registration
$700 by Sept 11, 2025
$700 by Jan 22, 2026
$700 by May 14, 2026

Fee covers all of the course sessions, materials, live and digital content, lodging, food, facilitator and speaker fees, and assessments.

* Excludes books and travel expenses

For more information contact:
Denver Laabs
Chief Development Officer
(248) 231-6524
denver.laabs@scouting.org