Jun 17, 2025
The Emerging Leaders Digital Program is designed for key staff in your bank who are emerging as potential leaders. It is designed to deliver essential management skills from accomplished leaders that will enable the emerging leader to more rapidly develop. Participants will engage in 1½ hour video conference calls covering specific management topics once a month for 6 months. If you are unable to attend the scheduled video conference in a given month, a recording of the session will be made available to you. All sessions will start at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
Homework assignments taking approximately 1 hour to complete will be assigned following each session. Participants will share a 1-2 minute report at the beginning of each meeting detailing how they have applied the takeaways from the prior meeting to their day-to-day activities in the bank Participants will gain experience with management/leadership competencies without ever being out-of-office. At the conclusion of the program, participants will have leadership plans in place preparing them to take the next leadership steps at their banks.
Homework assignments taking approximately 1 hour to complete will be assigned following each session. Participants will share a 1-2 minute report at the beginning of each meeting detailing how they have applied the takeaways from the prior meeting to their day-to-day activities in the bank
June 17, 2025
MANAGING & PERFORMANCE
Recognize the critical competencies that drive high performance, and develop the ability to take ownership over your own leadership development journey.
•• Identify foundational competencies for success
•• Understand how to build and establish strong team visions and goals to drive performance
•• Develop a personal leadership development plan
July 15, 2025
INFLUENCE & RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Realize your influence ‘currency’ and develop strategies to cultivate relationships that drive positive performance outcomes from direct reports, peers and teams.
•• Identify and optimize key relationship development opportunities
•• Understand the connection between relationships and influence
•• Build a personal influence plan aimed at improving your career and your bank
August 12, 2025
COMMUNICATION & CONFLICT
Learn to inspire and lead better interpersonal and departmental communication so that conflict transforms into a culture of feedback, innovation and productivity.
•• Recognize key differences in interpersonal communication styles
•• Understand how to communicate through conflict with an objective-oriented perspective
•• Know how to build teams and departments with positive, performance-driven communication cultures
September 16, 2025
TIME MANAGEMENT
Understand the fundamental causes of time management constraints and learn tools to solve task saturation, including delegation and empowerment of those you work with.
October 7, 2025
COACHING 101: PERFORMANCE & GROWTH
November 25, 2025
COACHING, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS & LEADERSHIP PLAN
Please reference the linked brochure for additional details on the remaining two days.
Juli Lynch, Ph.D. embraces a passion for working with organizations to develop leaders, teams and cultures that are dynamic, risk-taking and fully engaged in strategic initiatives. Juli has a doctorate in human and organizational development, which has given her the disciplined foundation of understanding organizations and the humans that they are made of. Her master’s degree in motivational psychology further enhances her ability to work with the issues and challenges that keep leaders, managers and staff from reaching their potential.
Jackson Hataway, Ph. D., is the SVP of Marketing, Communications and Member Services at the Missouri Banking Association. Jackson holds a doctorate in organizational communication from the University of Alabama. He specializes in internal and external communication, organizational development and strategic planning. He has a unique ability to couple real-world practicality with new theories of corporate growth and change.
It is designed for future bank leaders who are motivated and eager to reach full potential. An ambition to excel is a requisite for this series, as is the desire to face and learn from challenges.
The ideal candidate for this program should have:
PROGRAM TUITION - 2025 CLASS
Member Program Tuition: $1,950 per attendee.
Only 20 attendees are admitted to the program. Admissions are first-come, first-served.
Participation in IBA programs is limited to members, associate members, and nonmembers from an eligible membership category at
Virtual Training
Connection links and handouts will be provided 2-3 days in advance to allow for printing of the materials before class.
LAURIE REES
VP of Education & Training, IBA
Phone: 317-387-9380
Email: lrees@indiana.bank
Due to the IBA’s commitments, the price is inclusive of all six sessions. A full refund for the six sessions of the Emerging Leaders Program will be given for cancellations received no later than June 3, 2025. Any registrant who does not cancel before this date will be billed the full registration fee. Substitutions are welcome prior to the beginning of the first session at no additional charge.