Introducing the AASHTO Leadership Development Series
Discover. Engage. Connect. Refresh. Lead.
AASHTO has a long and rich history of providing leadership and management training to its members. While honoring this successful legacy, it is prudent to reflect, refresh, and adapt to a changing world.
We’ve taken our popular management and leadership training programs and placed them under one umbrella: the AASHTO Leadership Development Series. The series is meant to build sequentially as building blocks for lifelong learning, but each institute can also stand on its own.
When you see the AASHTO Leadership Development Series logo, you will know that the course meets AASHTO’s standards for quality, professionalism, and content-relevant training for those working in the field of transportation, regardless of where they are in their career.
Participants at all three Institutes will engage in active learning; connect with colleagues from across the country; discover more about themselves; and leave rejuvenated and ready to lead. To learn more about the series, visit: https://cvent.me/NxNXBy.
All three Institutes are built on four pillars that form the foundation for the curriculum:
AASHTO Management Institute (AMI)
The AASHTO Management Institute takes place on average five times a year at various locations around the United States. This training offers content geared to providing supervisors, managers, and leaders with the crucial competencies and resources needed to simplify and perform their critically important roles. To Register and Learn More, visit: https://cvent.me/AweNMB.
Throughout the four-day training, participants are introduced to the tools, techniques, and best practices required to manage people and projects effectively. For more experienced managers, the training updates and refines existing skills, challenges current thinking, introduces new concepts, and explores changing employee and customer relationships. The training also allows participants to share experiences – difficulties, and successes that impact transportation managers – as they learn from one another in the interactive exercises throughout the week.
Registration is now open for AMI 2023. Nominations should be received no later than 30 days prior to the start date of each event. Late nominations will be considered only if space is still available.
Questions about AMI? Contact Karen Crawford, kcrawford@cmc-associates.com, 850-224-7775
AASHTO Leadership Institute (ALI)
The AASHTO Leadership Institute is a nine-day immersive professional development experience held in Lawrence, Kansas. ALI provides research-driven, professional instruction and the opportunity to engage and learn from other transportation professionals.
Participants will focus on self-discovery and learn practical management techniques. Over the course of the nine-day Institute, participants will also build their leadership skills and knowledge, learning to motivate and enable employees so their organizations can excel, and develop a greater understanding of transportation issues and resources, through engagement with national transportation leaders.
The content will be provided in a rich, experiential way. Participants can expect hands-on instruction, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to learn by doing.
ALI is designed to meet the needs of mid-to-high-level managers considered high-potential employees by their organizations. Candidates who attend ALI should be in a management position or hold a position with an organization-wide impact. Participants should be motivated to develop their managerial and leadership skills, be interested in self-exploration, and be prepared to engage in learning activities and group discussions. Institute participants are selected from among those nominated by AASHTO member departments and affiliates. Enrollment in the 2023 AASHTO Leadership Institute is limited.
ALI will take place June 19 through June 27, 2023, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Registration is now open for ALI 2023. Nominations should be submitted no later than May 12, 2023. Nominations received after that date will be considered only if space is still available. To register and learn more, visit: https://cvent.me/VXdV28. Please allow a minimum of three weeks for acceptance once a nomination is submitted.
Questions about ALI? Contact Liz Foreman, CMC & Associates, lforeman@cmc-associates.com.
AASHTO Executive Institute (AEI)
The AASHTO Executive Institute offers a unique senior executive management experience from March 20-23, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The course content will focus on issues that match the needs of senior leadership and executive responsibilities and will provide participants with the space to discuss their own challenges with peers. Participants will be exposed to emerging transportation policies and will discuss critical transportation issues with seasoned transportation leaders. The emphasis at AEI will be growing the participants’ knowledge and awareness of national transportation issues and trends, building and developing relationships with peers, and contacts at the Administration, Congressional, and industry level. Successful transportation leadership and management skills will be reinforced for these top-level executives.
Eligible participants should be senior transportation leaders or executives interested in expanding their leadership skills and becoming more effective transportation advocates. Institute participants are selected from among those nominated by AASHTO member departments and affiliates. Enrollment in the 2023 AASHTO Executive Institute is limited.
Registration is now open for AEI 2023. To register and learn more, visit: https://cvent.me/8d1aGA. Nominations should be submitted no later than February 17, 2023. Nominations received after that date will be considered only if space is still available. Please allow a minimum of three weeks for acceptance once a nomination is submitted.
Questions about AEI? Contact Liz Foreman, CMC & Associates, lforeman@cmc-associates.com.
