The Poynter Leadership Academy (June 2025)

$1,350.00

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The Poynter Leadership Academy (June 2025)

This five-day in-person course empowers experienced managers and leaders with the skills, strategies and confidence to lead teams, set organizational direction and overcome evolving management challenges.

June 2, 2025– June 6, 2025

Overview

  • This in-person-only program takes place June 2-6, in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the Poynter Institute.
  • Space is limited, so apply soon. The deadline is March 24, 2025.
  • Connect with a cohort of other media leaders for a transformational week of training and insights.
  • Receive and learn how to harness, a 360-degree feedback assessment from your team and peers.
  • Learn how to utilize your own, and your team’s, talents with a Gallup CliftonStrengths report.
  • Learn how to manage people who were once your peers, friends or bosses.
  • Strategize around difficult conversations, negotiations and culture change.

$1,350.00

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Learning Outcomes

In this course, you will:

  • Build strategic and productive relationships throughout your organization.
  • Learn how to harness your team’s talents with Gallup Clifton StrengthsFinder.
  • Get specialized feedback from your team and peers.
  • Learn retention, onboarding and communication strategies.
  • Lead your leaders by challenging and managing up.

$1,350.00

Apply Now

Overview

  • This in-person-only program takes place June 2-6, in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the Poynter Institute.
  • Space is limited, so apply soon. The deadline is March 24, 2025.
  • Connect with a cohort of other media leaders for a transformational week of training and insights.
  • Receive and learn how to harness, a 360-degree feedback assessment from your team and peers.
  • Learn how to utilize your own, and your team’s, talents with a Gallup CliftonStrengths report.
  • Learn how to manage people who were once your peers, friends or bosses.
  • Strategize around difficult conversations, negotiations and culture change.

Training five or more people?
Check out our custom training.

The Poynter Leadership Academy is our flagship workshop for experienced managers and leaders. During a week often described as overflowing with “Poynter magic,” each participant learns how to engage with their teams more effectively, hone and communicate their strategic vision and steer their organizations toward success. But perhaps more importantly, they form a new community of shared experiences with their cohort and program alumni.

This camaraderie is established through open, candid and often vulnerable conversations, hands-on activities, unstructured time to socialize and providing space and time to form deep connections. Previous attendees have become each other’s personal board of directors and build a network of support, mentorship and guidance.

“Every newsroom, no matter its size, age or mission, is facing many of the same issues, and that there is an extraordinary community to be had by finding your peers and talking a beat to figure out how to move forward.” – 2024 Essential Skills attendee

Each workshop is designed by our faculty to address the industry needs of the moment — and help you develop life-long human-centered skills that will serve you in every stage of your career. 

Interactivity and participation are the cornerstones of our teaching style and our faculty members will serve as facilitators for this engaging and transformational week. 

Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org

Instructors

  • Tony Elkins
    Faculty
    Tony Elkins, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, is a faculty member at Poynter. His portfolio includes Poynter's early and mid-career leadership workshops Essential Skills...
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  • Kate Cox
    Kate Cox has consulted, trained and coached news organizations across the globe to cultivate strong practices of leadership, strengthen ethics and craft, and build digital-first...
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