Kent State University’s Institute for Excellence (I4E) placed eighth in HR.com's 2017 LEAD (Leadership Excellence and Development) Award’s category for a University Certificate Program with Emphasis on Leadership and Organizational Development.
Recognizing excellence in leadership development programs, the LEAD Awards celebrate the best applications and internally designed leadership development programs from organizations around the world, including colleges and universities, that provide exceptional leadership or human resources development programs at all levels.
Past winners have included Fortune 500 companies, small startups and everything in between. The value of a LEAD Award comes from the exposure to more than one million HR professionals and the ability to highlight all the hard work dedicated to transforming employees into tomorrow’s leaders.
Kent State’s Institute for Excellence program strives to develop and promote a culture of excellence for faculty and staff through self-awareness, learning agility and emotional intelligence.