Our next Leadership Institute class will be February 16-20, 2025
about the institute
Each year, 25 emerging leaders will be selected from a nominated pool of candidates for a challenging seminar of peer learning based on the practice of successful home furnishings leadership. Fashioned after the prestigious Harvard Business School Seminar for the Young President’s Organization and Chief Executives Organization – attended by many leaders in our industry – the Institute is founded on the power and impact of peer learning gained through focused tutorial seminars. The Institute is for serious emerging leaders across the industry who aspire to greater achievement and who want to be exposed to new ways of thinking and problem solving. There is no other program like this offered in our industry.
Course Description
Under development: What we can tell you is that it will be ALL NEW, but still based on peer learning with greater interaction with Inductees and competition among the Pillar groups. Of course, creating relationships and networking are key.
Tuition: $6,000, which includes room, board and materials. Attendance is required for the opening session through the closing session – no exceptions.
Opening Session begins Sunday, 6 pm; Closing Session ends Wednesday, 10 pm, with departures on Thursday morning
Classes and discussion groups will utilize the new state of the art Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center on the High Point University campus. Room and board at the adjoining Jana and Ken Kahn Hotel are included with tuition.
Background
A critical element of the mission of the Hall of Fame is to inspire a new class of leaders. The Leadership Institute begins the process of training emerging leaders and builds on industry recognition as a Paul Broyhill Future Leader, an endowed award given by the Broyhill Family Foundation. High Point University was selected by the Hall of Fame because of its reputation as the premier life skills university for providing students with hands-on experience through multiple disciplines and opportunities, and because it resides in the Home Furnishings Capital of the World™.