NECA Future Leaders Program
Generational differences are a fact of life. They affect our culture, our families, our organizations, and our businesses. It is incumbent upon any successful business or organization, if it wishes to survive and prosper, to reach out to the next generation to cultivate its new leaders and generate new ideas. This is particularly true with NECA. NECA's structure tends to reward longevity and age. National leaders come from its chapter governors. Chapter governors are often elected from among members who have served on various chapter committees and in elected offices over many years. In recent years, NECA has made a conscious effort to encourage new and younger member contractors in chapter governance and national committees, largely through the NECA Future Leaders Program.
History
In 1990, NECA developed and presented its first Future Leaders Conference for new and emerging leaders of NECA's electrical contractor members. NECA's Executive Committee recognized that in order for the association to continue its leadership role in the electrical construction industry, it would have to prepare a cadre of young mid-career executives to assume the future leadership positions in their companies as well as in their local and national association.
2012 NECA Future Leaders Conference
The 2012 Future Leaders Conference was held April 18-20 in Irving, Texas. Learn more and download meeting materials here
Download meeting materials here
Objectives
- Encourage networking among peers by providing social functions during the Conference where Future Leaders can interact in an informal setting;
- Benefit from education programs selected by peers on subjects ranging from Succession Planning to Generational Issues and their Impacts on the Workplace to How to Receive Better Financial Advice to How to Partner with Contractors Outside Your Market to Grow Your Business;
- Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas by organizing roundtable discussions where Future Leaders will share ideas with small groups of peers about how to inspire their company's performance;
- Generate ideas and feedback for NECA policies and programs by sharing ideas between Future Leaders and NECA's leadership; and
- Cultivate Future Leaders of NECA by explaining how Future Leaders can become more involved in NECA activities.
If you would like to be placed on the Future Leaders' mailing list to be notified of upcoming events, please contact Greg Mankevich, Executive Director of NECA's Management Education Institute, by phone (301) 215-4550 or e-mail greg.mankevich@necanet.org.