About the Leadership Blueprint Series
(Scroll down for schedule and nomination forms)
Associated General Contractors of Minnesota has created a professional development series for the emerging leaders in construction management.
Created in 2014, The Leadership Blueprint is anchored by Ken Bradford, author of Fearless and Persuasive Speaking and founder of The Leaders Course. Ken leads students through the principles of human relations and effective speaking. Participants complete a leadership assessment, set goals, report on activities to their peers and receive personalized feedback.
The class exercises, tied to real life experiences, stretch and equip students with added confidence and lifelong skills. With Ken’s leadership, the Blueprint will help students learn to:
- Address groups comfortably and convincingly
- Remember names
- Organize thoughts
- Increase listening skills
- Apply leadership principles for working with others
- Reduce conflicts and lower stress
- Discover keys to building teamwork and morale
- Lead better meetings
- Improve customer service
- Develop more confidence
Rounding out the individualized and group learning will be sessions on construction industry topics presented by local experts. The topics will cover construction safety, labor, finances, legal issues and current legislative topics and trends as well as hot topics determined each year.
Nuts and Bolts:
The series begins in November of each year and ends in April the following year. The first five sessions are held Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, once per month with four of the five sessions held outside the Twin Cities area. The sixth session is the graduation reception.
Each series is limited to 20 students, and all students must be employed by an AGC member firm.
An advisory group will recommend candidates for acceptance into the program based on: (1) a notable passion for the construction industry; (2) keen interest in professional development and (3) responsibility for team leadership within the nominating firm.
Leadership Blueprint Leaders are:
- Great communicators, who get more done with more people on their side.
- Good with customers because they can think on their feet, gain rapport and build long-term relationships.
- Able to attract people to their ideas and build a sense of teamwork.
- Efficient with time, especially in meetings.
- Great coaches who know how to bring out the best in others.
Participants must be nominated for the course and tuition covers the consulting fee and incidentals. Only AGC of Minnesota member firms may participate in the Leadership Blueprint.
CONTACT
Merry Beckmann, Director of Member Services
Email
651.796.2187
click to view the 2022-2023 Series Schedule
Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC) and the Leadership Blueprint Council are accepting applications for the 2022/23 Leadership Blueprint series. Both nomination forms below must be completed in order for a candidate to be considered for participation.
Nominations will be rated by the Leadership Blueprint Council, and forwarded to AGC CEO Tim Worke for final selection. The class will be limited to 21 participants, and depending on the number of nominations, participants will be limited to one per AGC member company per year. Successful candidates and their supervisors will be asked to sign a conduct agreement prior to the start of the series.
Sessions:
- November 10-11, 2022 (St. Paul)
- December 15-16, 2022 (Rochester)
- January 12-13, 2023 (Mankato)
- February 9-10, 2023 (Brainerd)
- March 9-10, 2023 (Duluth)
- April 12, 2023 (St. Paul)
Successful applicants should be available to attend all sessions.
Tuition for 2022-2023 is $2,500 and covers all expenses except travel, hotel, and personal incidentals. Invoices will be issued following candidate selection.
Nomination for the 2022-2023 Program is now closed.
Contact Merry Beckmann with questions about future classes.