Rising Leaders Program

Exclusive Professional Development for Mid-Level Leaders

Great leaders don’t just manage, they inspire, coach, and elevate those around them. Leadership effectiveness is the single biggest driver of employee engagement, retention, and performance. Now, LSU managers have an exclusive opportunity to strengthen their leadership impact through the FranklinCovey All-Access Pass, a world-class development platform trusted by top organizations worldwide.

For only $225 per participant, the Rising Leaders program provides LSU leaders with the tools, insights, and support to take their leadership to the next level.

Why Choose the Rising Leaders Program?

• Personalized 360° Leadership Assessments - Gain a clear understanding of your strengths and opportunities with pre- and post-assessments that recommend targeted micro-courses tailored to your growth areas.

• Signature In-Person Workshops (four workshops, each delivered in flexible 2-hour sessions):
  • The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team – Build skills to support, coach, and empower your team in today’s fast-changing workplace.
  • Navigating Difficult Conversations - Balance courage and consideration to distress challenging interactions and get better results.
  • Leading at the Speed of Trust – Accelerate collaboration and results by building credibility and practicing the 13 Behaviors of High Trust.
  • Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Ignite Everyone’s Intelligence – Access the untapped talent on your team, rekindle your people's energy & enthusiasm, foster innovation, and increase results by amplifying people's intelligence.
• On-Demand Access to FranklinCovey’s Full Library - If chosen for the program, the FranklinCovey All-Access Pass will be accessible until June 2026 for you to continue your development with this tool. Explore the renowned courses listed below.
  • 4 Essential Roles of Leadership - Guides learners through the four roles: Inspire Trust, Create Vision, Execute Strategy,
    and Coach Potential.
  • 5 Choices of Extraordinary Productivity Essentials - Participants understand how to make more selective, high-impact choices about where to invest their valuable attention, energy, and time.
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Renowned as the world’s premier personal leadership development solution, the
    content helps learners sustain lasting success by effectively leading themselves, influencing, engaging and collaborating with others, and continually improving and renewing their capabilities.
  • Change: How to Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity - Helps individuals and leaders learn how to successfully navigate any workplace change to improve results.
  • Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager - Brings together timeless best practices and modern agile elements to give participants the mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets they need to achieve consistent project success today.
  • Fundamental Beliefs of Trust & Inspire Leaders - Explores five beliefs that transform how leaders think and behave.
  • Writing for Results 2.0 - By prioritizing clarity and connection in every message, learners focus on their reader, structure their ideas, and write in an authentic tone that inspires action.
• Practical Tools & Reinforcement - Apply what you learn immediately with team toolkits, email follow-ups, and micro courses that reinforce learning long after the sessions.
  • 50 Available Micro Courses - Skill-based 3-week learning paths to help learners improve in specific areas such as accountability, resilience & well-being, managing energy, and more!
• Cohort-Based Learning - Connect with fellow LSU leaders, exchange ideas, and grow your professional network.

What You'll Gain

• Stronger team engagement and performance
• Skills to lead through trust, change, and challenges
• Confidence in coaching and empowering employees
• Strategies to manage priorities and drive results
• A renewed sense of purpose and energy in your leadership

Ready to Lead with Greater Impact?

Apply for the 2025-26 Cohort

Invest in yourself and in your team’s future success. For just $225 per participant, the Rising Leaders Program: FranklinCovey All-Access Pass equips LSU managers with proven leadership practices that drive results, engagement, and growth.

Space is limited. Spots will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To support your request, we’ve created a sample letter that you can customize and send to your supervisor.

2025-2026 Sessions

Participants may select from two available session times: 9:00–11:00 a.m. or 1:30–3:30 p.m. Upon acceptance into the program, you will be required to commit to one session time for the duration of the program. Should an unavoidable scheduling conflict arise on a particular day, please notify us in advance, and you may be permitted to attend the alternate session for that day only.

The session dates for the 2025-2026 selected cohort are listed below.