Trailblazer Leadership Development Program

• Provide a collaborative, educational, reflective, and meaningful leadership course for Utah Tech staff and faculty.
• Arrange networking opportunities for participants to understand the breadth and nature of the Utah Tech mission, vision, goals, departments, services, and strategic plan.
• Offer leadership and management training to strengthen internal candidates interested in advancement at Utah Tech University.
• Create leaders, strengthen morale and relationships among Utah Tech employees, and increase understanding across departments.

• Understand and improve personal leadership profile and management skills.
• Establish goals to increase professional influence and impact.
• Design a career path that builds relevant skill sets, channels passions, and prepares for leadership advancement.
• Strengthen personal brand.
• Bridge differences and learn to collaborate and communicate more effectively.
• Gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Enlist colleagues’ help in achieving leadership milestones.
• Understand the depth and breadth of the overall institution.
• Receive an institutional badge in leadership.

• The Trailblazer Leadership Development Program is available to Utah Tech faculty or staff who have been a full-time employee at Utah Tech for a minimum of two years.
• Full attendance is mandatory for program participants; however, one absence is allowed for emergency situations. Additional absences will result in removal from the program.
• All program tasks that are not completed during the pre-established program times must be accomplished on the participant’s own time.
• Participants must apply or be nominated and be approved by the President’s Cabinet. Cohort size is limited.

• Trailblazer Leadership participants must first be nominated by or have participation approval from a supervisor. Supervisors are defined as any personnel at a director level or above in the nominee’s direct chain of command.
• Staff and faculty are encouraged to talk with their supervisor about their interest in the program.
• The Trailblazer Leadership Committee provides cohort applications and recommendations to the University’s senior leadership team, as determined by the president.
• The final decisions are made by the senior leadership team.

The cohort will meet one Friday a month from September to April.  Each meeting starts promptly at 8 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m.

For questions, please contact Jordon Sharp at jsharp@utahtech.edu.