About Advance Kansas

Successful leaders leverage talent and creativity people to optimize performance and outcomes.

Advance Kansas brings together people who are already leaders from across the community to create and strengthen relationships and acquire skills for addressing challenges and opportunities in businesses, organizations, and in the community.

A well-prepared body of leaders can make a difference

Advance Kansas and its alumni are dedicated to strengthening our communities, so they work well for everyone today and for generations to come. Leaders invited to participate in Advance Kansas represent a dynamic group of people who are engaged in the community and committed to progress. These decision-makers have the capacity to impact their organizations and the community as a whole.

Participants learn to understand their perceptions and how to suspend assumptions. They come away with focused decision-making skills and a deep knowledge of how to effectively manage and lead employees, clients, suppliers, and constituents.

Advance Kansas is five full days and typically meets one Friday per month for five months. Workshop days include class discussions and learning exercises designed to maximize interactions between participants and facilitate the development of productive relationships. Participants say they value the open, safe environment for discussing, exploring, and addressing complex issues.

Advance Kansas strives to break down barriers to progress by delving into real-time issues in our community and working to create initiatives to address those problems and challenges.

Advance Kansas is facilitated by Juan Johnson, president of Consulting and Facilitation. Juan has been in this role since 2006, after concluding a 21-year career with the Coca-Cola Company.  

To nominate someone for the next Advance Kansas class, please fill out our nomination form. If you are ready to apply for Advance Kansas, please fill out our application form.

 

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Advance Kansas is an initiative hosted by Butler Community College for existing and aspiring community leaders. Each year, approximately 40 individuals who are committed to pursuing solutions to challenges and opportunities in the community, are chosen to participate in Advance Kansas.

Advance Kansas Objectives

• Build leadership skills to support participants’ efforts to address complex issues within their own organizations and in the community.
• Facilitate the development and strengthening of productive relationships among program participants and graduates.
• Create a network of prepared leaders and influencers committed to advancing their communities and empowering future leaders across the state of Kansas.

Please complete this online application form if you are interested in participating in the next class session. Class sessions begin each year in January and participants will be notified, provided with additional information, and invoiced for the registration fee in late November or early December.

Please be aware that the application form automatically times out after 10 minutes of inactivity. We suggest you eliminate distractions while completing this form to avoid losing your data. The only questions of any length on the application are:

1. Briefly tell us about yourself. Include highlights of your work, professional and community involvement, and personal information you wish to share. 
2. Please explain what you personally hope to gain by participating in Advance Kansas and how you believe your participation will benefit your organization and/or the community.

You may want to take a moment and answer these questions in Word or a similar program and then copy and paste your answer into the form when you get to that point.