ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine is leading the way to build leadership capacity across Maine. Through the Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business Build a Better Maine Program, the university is grooming emerging leaders for success by offering an accelerated leadership development program.
The accelerated program consists of four sessions running over four months and targets Maine business leaders across functional boundaries and industries.
Jason Harkins, PhD, is the executive dean of UMaine’s business school. Harkins said the program is designed to build leadership capacity in organizations and individuals across the state with the aim to prepare them to lead and develop a skilled labor force to compete in Maine’s future economy.
“I think that this is just the beginning of a way that the University of Maine and Maine Business School can go…