CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan. 8, 2015 – Grinnell Leadership, a consulting firm specializing in leadership and organizational development services, has announced the dates for 11 Leadership JumpStart® program sessions in 2015, all will be held at Wrightsville Beach in Wilmington, North Carolina. At each session, a maximum of 12 businessmen and women from around the world participate in four intense days of highly effective leadership coaching equivalent to six months of similar training. These participants represent a wide range of experience levels and industries, which contributes to many well-rounded, engaging discussions and exercises.

This program is ideal for those who would like to maximize their effectiveness in communicating with colleagues, employees and clients. Designed to change the way leaders view their roles, Leadership JumpStart® helps participants learn how to awaken potential and hidden strengths, gain insight into human motivation for “reading people” in order to create conditions to better influence others, build “conscious curiosity” to broaden self-awareness for identifying leadership blind spots, and learn a powerful technique to find the courage to communicate and lead through difficult situations when others will not.

In addition, participants will develop a precisely targeted, behaviorally specific and accountable action plan to change key outcomes of their leadership capabilities upon returning to the workplace.

The success of these time-tested methods is clear – out of more than 1,500 past attendees, 99 percent rated Leadership JumpStart® as the most effective leadership course they have ever taken.

The 2015 dates for the program this year are as follows (all start on Tuesday and end on Friday):

- Tuesday, Jan. 13 through Friday, Jan. 16

- Tuesday, Feb. 10 through Friday, Feb. 13

- Tuesday, March 10 through Friday, March 13

- Tuesday, April 7 through Friday, April 10

- Tuesday, May 12 through Friday, May 15

- Tuesday, June 9 through Friday, June 12

- Tuesday, Aug. 11 through Friday, Aug. 14

- Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Friday, Sept. 11

- Tuesday, Oct. 13 through Friday, Oct. 16

- Tuesday, Nov. 10 through Friday, Nov. 13

- Tuesday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 11

For more information about the Leadership JumpStart® program, visit http://bit.ly/1b3lChY.

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“We are proud to offer yet another full year of Leadership JumpStart® sessions. By packing six months of intense leadership training into just four days, we arm participants with the tools they need to awaken previously hidden leadership potential and make real changes in both their professional and personal lives,” said John Grinnell, president and CEO of Grinnell Leadership. “It is a wonderful experience to witness the progress each individual participant makes in their leadership journey during such a short period of time, and I truly look forward to engaging with and coaching so many others throughout 2015.”

“There are moments in your life that you can pinpoint because they changed something. You left an experience and realized that your eyes were closed and now they are open. You realized the world you were living in was not the world you thought it was,” said Greg Vetter, founder, CEO & Oldest Brother of Tessemae’s All Natural, who was named Inc. magazine’s 2014 35 Under 35 Readers’ Choice winner. “I left Jumpstart with one of those moments. I am different, my company is different, my family is different, and it’s all for the better. Every executive at my company is scheduled to go. End of story."

“Through our use of programs like Leadership JumpStart and Leadership Decathlon, our division is recognized throughout the company for depth of talent and an extensive leadership pipeline. Grinnell has been an important ingredient in this success,” said John Tarpey, national president and COO of Balfour Beatty US. “Grinnell’s unique value comes into play at a practical and personal level – when you want to help a colleague or employee become aware and help him change."

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Based in Chapel Hill, N.C., Grinnell Leadership is a consulting firm specializing in leadership and organizational development service. With more than 25 years of experience in the behavioral sciences, human relations and business, Dr. John Grinnell and his expert staff’s unique approach to management and leadership uses key business challenges to forge better leadership, employee alignment and business results. Grinnell Leadership’s Leadership Snapshot™, OrgScan™, Team Coaching™, Leadership JumpStart® and Leadership Decathlon® are examples of Grinnell Leadership’s customized processes that help address significant leadership and organizational challenges. Because the firm recognizes that leadership development is a long-term journey, each participant joins an ongoing support system in the Grinnell Leadership community that helps reinforce goals and practices. For additional background on Beyond Belief: Awaken Potential Focus Leadership, visit http://beyondbeliefthebook.com. For more information about Grinnell Leadership, visit http://grinnellleadership.com.

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