This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Maurice Thomas, president of Forward 48.
This growing leadership development program recently announced it’s taking applications for its spring cohort, which includes 120 spots reserved for emerging leaders in Wisconsin. Thomas discusses the program’s history, goals and outlook for the next few years.
Participants get connected with established executive leaders in the community through a series of group meetings over a six-week period. The program is active in Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Kenosha, the Fox Valley and parts of northeastern Wisconsin.
“Those new leaders don’t have to learn the hard lessons over and over again, and we can make true progress within our community,” Thomas said.
With the help of an in-house facilitator, these discussions focus on aspects of their leadership journeys that aren’t often shared with the general public, he explained.
“Some of those hidden and more personal stories,” he said. “When we’re able to do that, and we’re able to have those senior leaders be vulnerable, we’re then able to translate that within our participants’ ranks as well.”
Listen to the podcast below, sponsored by UW-Madison:
See more on the program here: https://forward48.com/
