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Northwood University preparing for Tire Leadership 21 program

Northwood University announces dates for the next Tire Leadership 21 education program have been announced by the school’s Center for Tire & Service Education (CTSE).

The next two-week seminars will be held March 22-27 and Sept 13-18, 2015. Participants must attend both sessions.

According to Northwood University, Tire Leadership 21 was specifically designed to develop the next generation of tire dealer managers and owners. It covers a wide range of business, management and leadership topics that are critical to the success of future independent tire-dealer managers and owners. The program was created through a unique collaboration between a group of leading tire dealers (CTSE) and Northwood University, a fully accredited, private, non-profit business university that specializes in managerial and entrepreneurial education.

“Our first Tire Leadership 21 program, which concluded in April, was a great success,” says Kim Sigman, owner of Community Tire Pros of Phoenix and a member of the CTSE board. “The program is the perfect venue for developing future leaders in any tire dealer business.”

“This isn’t a program to learn about tires or tire technology – that kind of program exists in lots of places. This is a unique program about working on your business, rather than in it. It forces you to think about the big picture and how your leadership fits into it,” adds 2014 attendee Bart Proper of Rice Tire in Washington D.C.

The program’s structure features a pair of one-week, on-campus sessions. Session I will be held at Northwood’s campus in Midland, Mich. Participants will reconvene mid-September at Northwood’s campus in West Palm Beach, Fla.

At the conclusion of the program, Northwood says participants will be required to complete an individual project that must deliver $25,000 in annual additional revenue or savings to their employers.

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