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        • Furman Innovation Lab for Organizations
        • Leadership
          • Catalyst
          • Spark
          • Momentum
          • Executive Experiences
          • Custom Builds
        • Innovation
          • Certificate in Corporate Entrepreneurship
          • AI Ready
        • Engage with Students
          • Mentoring
          • Internships
          • Career Placement
        • Conferences and Events
          • Conference and Event Services
  • For Individuals
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          At the Furman Innovation Lab, learning isn’t passive. It’s something you live. Our courses, professional certificates, and learning pathways are designed to be bold, relevant, and connected to the world around you. Here, you’ll blend Furman’s reputation for academic excellence with hands-on application to spark new ideas and develop the skills and confidence to lead change wherever you go.

          For Individuals
        • Graduate Studies
          • Master’s Programs
            • Advocacy and Social Policy
            • Community Engaged Medicine
            • Innovation and Leadership
            • Education
            • Strategic Design
          • Graduate Certificates
          • Professional Certificates
        • Leadership
          • Foundations of Leadership
          • Innovative Leadership Certificate
          • Leadership Initiatives
          • Women’s Leadership Initiative
          • Sustainability Leadership Initiative
          • Diversity Leaders Initiative
        • Pathways to Graduate Degrees
        • Strategic Learning Partners
        • Technology
          • Furman//Flatiron
          • ZSchool Executive Education
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          Through a unique blend of academic insight and hands-on experience, Furman Innovation Lab is addressing today’s most pressing social and business challenges, driving innovation and creating measurable impact for individuals, organizations, and communities.

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        • Our Institutes
          • Hill Institute for Innovation
& Entrepreneurship
          • Institute for the Advancement of Community Health
          • Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities
          • The Riley Institute
        • Key Issues
          • Sustainability
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Foundations of Leadership

Foundations of Leadership is an immersive course designed to develop key skills and competencies that will enable new leaders to succeed. In this one-day interactive course participants will develop an understanding of key leadership principles and outcomes, identify the core values that define their personal leadership brand, and develop skills for giving and receiving developmental feedback. 

Empowers New Leaders To:

  • Craft a Leadership Brand
  • Give and Receive Developmental Feedback
  • Drive Leadership Outcomes
Register for Fall 2026 Register for Spring 2027

Upcoming Session Dates

Fall 2026: October 23

Spring 2027: March 19

Time: 8:30 am–4:30 pm EST

Location: Furman Innovation Lab @ Flywheel Coworking (25 Goldsmith Street, Greenville, SC 29609)

Program Overview

Key Leadership Principles

  • Explore themes of Direction, Alignment and Commitment—essential pillars that inspire purpose, foster collaboration and ignite lasting change in leadership. Learn more about being a leader and how to make positive changes in groups and communities by participating in interactive exercises.

Personal Leadership Brand

  • Understand the difference between Brand and Reputation. By crafting your personal leadership brand, you will gain clarity on strengths, values and aspirations as a leader. Learn to align your actions and behaviors with your desired leadership image to enhance authenticity and credibility in any interaction.

Developmental Feedback

  • The importance of learning how to receive and provide constructive feedback cannot be understated for anyone in a leadership role. By mastering this concept, learn how to provide constructive feedback that fosters improvement and development in others to enhance team dynamics and performance.

Listen to Understand

  • Learn to listen to others attentively to foster deeper connections and empathy. You will enhance the capacity to understand diverse perspectives, resolve conflicts constructively and inspire trust and collaboration among team members. Through this, you can cultivate a culture of respect, inclusivity and innovation.

Learn more about Foundations of Leadership’s development

Upcoming Cohorts

Fall 2026

October 23

  • Time: 8:30 am–4:30 pm
  • Location: Furman Innovation Lab @ Flywheel Coworking (25 Goldsmith Street, Greenville, SC 29609)
Register for Fall 2026

Spring 2027

March 19

  • Time: 8:30 am–4:30 pm
  • Location: Furman Innovation Lab @ Flywheel Coworking (25 Goldsmith Street, Greenville, SC 29609)
Register for Spring 2027

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