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New Report Reveals Impact of Your Leadership Edge
New Report Reveals Impact of Your Leadership EdgeThe Your Leadership Edge (YLE) leadership development program hosted by the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) aims to develop individuals’ leadership capacity on adaptive challenges, regardless of their formal leadership...

New Research Findings on Latino Leadership in Kansas
New Research on Latino Leadership in Kansas Lea esta información en español. The Latino population in Kansas grew by 25% from 2010-2020, accounting for 13% of the population or 375,000 people. The Kansas Leadership Center’s aspiration is to serve all Kansans through...

Nuevo estudio sobre el Liderazgo Latino en Kansas
Nuevo estudio sobre el Liderazgo Latino en Kansas Read this information in English. La población latina en Kansas creció un 25% del 2010 al 2020, lo que representa el 13% de la población o 375,000 personas. La aspiración del Kansas Leadership Center es servir a todos...

Executive coaching and building a culture of leadership
Executive coaching instills the foundationfor building a culture of leadership Coaching executives and supervisors to develop their capacity to lead is a common practice. At the Kansas Leadership Center, we have been experimenting with ways to leverage executives to...

Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improved public health outcomes and civic capacity
April 20, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  New research finds KLC's Kansas Beats the Virus campaign improvedpublic health outcomes and civic capacity across Kansas communities Wichita, Kan. – The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) unveiled today new research that shows...

2021 Annual Report
Annual Report of the Kansas Leadership Center See where we've been, where we are and where we're headed in KLC's 2021 Annual Report. In KLC's first-ever Annual Report, we’ve outlined a few of the key takeaways from the work our team and partners like you have been...

Third Floor Research: Call for Proposals
Third Floor Research to invest $75,000 in new research projects Call for research partners Join us! Third Floor Research is seeking partners to conduct research on leadership and/or civic engagement activities. Â Organizations with a leadership or civic engagement...

News Release: Kansas Beats the Virus Evaluation Report
September 29, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research on grassroots pandemic activism finds personal connections, shared purpose empowered Kansans to take action Wichita, Kan. – Third Floor Research—the research partnership between the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC)...

Organizational Impact and Leadership Development Capacity
Impact on Organizations of Partnering with Kansas Leadership Center to Develop Leadership Capacity GAP Most leadership development programs focus on a select few, typically those at the top of an organization or being groomed for executive management.In today’s...

Leadership Lessons from a Global Financial Crisis
November 18, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New research finds retrenchment and investment strategieshelp businesses survive and thrive during a crisis Report from Kansas Leadership Center’s Third Floor Research Wichita, Kan. – Third Floor Research—the research...
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