The Leader Academy
The PLS Leader Academy is a leadership program designed for strong advocates for both pharmacy leadership and the profession of pharmacy. The program utilizes GiANT’s self-awareness process of understanding your personality to the highest degree, while implementing tools to help strengthen your EQ and become more effective in areas such as communication, time management, influence and executive.
Each selected participant will be placed into one of two different Academies consisting of 12-15 highly motivated collegiate and professional members from around the nation. These Academies are the foundational components of personal development and growth. Inside these groups are where participants face a high level of support and challenge as they begin growing and expanding their leadership capacity.
Each Academy meets with a trained PLS Leader Academy facilitator every other week for 50 minutes minutes via Zoom for approximately five (5) months. Each session involves a guided learning experience utilizing various tangible leadership tools. These simple, yet powerful, tools help each participant increase his or her influence both professionally and personally. These sessions give participants the opportunity to learn the tools and practice implementing them on a daily basis in any circles of influence. The more you use the tools for communicating, the more you will be able to understand, explain and teach the tools to help yourself and others become liberating leaders by communicating more effectively. Individuals will also meet 1-on-1 with the facilitator throughout the Academy duration.
The Leader Academy is designed to help good leaders become great leaders by helping individuals become fully aware of what it is like to be on the other side of themselves and adjust accordingly.
As Phi Lambda Sigma aims to train leaders from around the nation in order to further our mission and support our members, Phi Lambda Sigma will provide all costs associated for participants through participation in this program. Participants will have no financial obligation and are not responsible for any fees associated. Participants are expected to actively participate in at least 80% of the biweekly meetings during the program.
For questions regarding the Collegiate Leader Academy, please contact brandon@philambdasigma.org
Additional Information:
How To Apply:
Eligibility: Must be an active PLS member (collegiate or professional), in good academic standing (collegiate members) with a demonstrated record of leadership.
Dates: The Academy starts with a joint 5 Voices Kick-off on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 8:00 pm ET. Then the individual Academies will begin the week of October 7, 2024 and continue every 2 weeks until the week of February 17, 2025. All cohort sessions will start at 8:00 pm ET. Each participant will be assigned to one cohort that will either meet on Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. The Professional Academy will have the same timeframe but time and day of the week will be determined by the cohort. There we be a joint closing session on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 8:00 pm ET for all cohorts.
Structure: All Academy sessions are held virtually for 50-minute core group sessions every other week
Application: The Academy is an application-based selection process. For collegiate members, there are two components required to apply: one filled out by the student applicant and one filled out by the Chapter Advisor. For faculty and alumni members, only the application is required.
Component 1: Fill out the Phi Lambda Sigma 2024-2025 Leader Academy Application using the buttons below. Please note there are two different applications. Select the appropriate application based on your PLS membership status (collegiate or professional. You are required to fill out the application in its entirety and upload your curriculum vitae (CV).
Component 2 – Collegiate Members Only: Please send the required Declaration of Chapter Advisor Support Form to your Chapter Advisor. This form must be filled out prior to the application deadline by the Chapter Advisor to confirm each collegiate applicant meets the eligibility requirements.
To be considered for the 2024-2025 PLS Leader Academy, both components are due by 9/6/2024 at 11:59 pm PT.
For questions regarding the application process, please contact brandon@philambdasigma.org.
