Fourteen St. Louis region employers are committing time and dollars to a new leadership development program for production line supervisors, believed to be among the first in the country for rank-and-file leaders.
Companies investing include Abengoa Bioenergy, CGB, Coyle Supply, Gateway Packaging, Gateway Regional Medical Center, icon Mechanical, Kraft Foods, Lewis and Clark Marine, Magnesium Elektron North America, Prairie Farms, Terminal Railroad, TheBANK of Edwardsville, Tri City Area Port District and U.S. Steel.
Training and exercises focus on personal communications, influencing and motivating others, visioning, team building, goal setting, problem solving, motivating others, conflict management and managerial courage.
The formal program was developed and managed by the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County, with Scott Frick of Kraft chairing the committee.
Committee members include Robert Schwartz of TheBank; Jeff Smith of icon Mechanical; Nile Somerville of Kraft Foods; Paul Wellhausen of Lewis and Clark Marine; Tom Wobbe of Tri City Port, and Rosemarie Brown of the Chamber.
The committee has recruited mentors from Ameren of Illinois, Lewis and Clark Marine, Magnesium Elektron, Madison County Employment & Training, Selsius Corporate & Career Training and Southwestern Illinois College. We’re pleased that one of our own team is involved as facilitator for the nine sessions.
