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Leadership Award salutes top leadership practitioners and highlights their roles in the industry

�鶹ӰԺ has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Leadership 500 Excellence Award by HR.com at the Global Leadership Excellence Forum held in Vail, Colorado, last month.

This award comes in recognition of �鶹ӰԺ State’s Division of Human Resources commitment to leadership development, in particular, the division’s Institute for Excellence (IE). The mission of the Institute for Excellence at �鶹ӰԺ State is to develop and promote a culture of excellence. Through its unique 10-month development opportunity for administrators and individual contributors, the institute is designed to improve the performance of �鶹ӰԺ State’s current and next-generation faculty and staff leaders.    

“The Division for Human Resources’ Institute for Excellence has proven to be a valuable resource for our current and emerging leaders,” said �鶹ӰԺ State President Lester A. Lefton. “The institute continues to develop and promote a culture of excellence for faculty and staff at our university by building competency in collaboration, agility, foresight and strategic thinking.”

For the past 30 years, Leadership Excellence has identified and recognized the Top 500 leadership organizations and their strategies and solutions. �鶹ӰԺ State ranked in the top 15 in the nation, a ranking higher than many of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. This year’s Top 500 award winners were published in the April issue of Leadership Excellence Essentials and are now available online at .

“Leadership is an art that requires constant practice and focus to master,” said Debbie McGrath, CEO of HR.com. “The organizations recognized in the Leadership 500 Excellence Awards program significantly help their organizations grow and develop their leaders through some of the most impactful programs we have ever seen.”

The Institute for Excellence at �鶹ӰԺ State is now in its fourth year. With an alumni base of more than 90 members to date, the institute started as a vision of Lefton and his cabinet. It has proven to be an invaluable tool to help high performers become better leaders and create a culture of excellence at �鶹ӰԺ State. 

Since its founding as a teacher-training school in 1910, �鶹ӰԺ State has become an engine for economic, cultural and workforce development in the region and beyond as one of the premier Ohio colleges. This Ohio university also has earned acclaim for applying new knowledge to address the needs of the communities it serves and society as a whole through a vast array of continuing education courses and much more. To learn more about �鶹ӰԺ State, visit .

For more information about �鶹ӰԺ State’s Division of Human Resources, visit www.kent.edu/hr.
 

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Media Contacts:
Kim Hauge, khauge@kent.edu, 330-672-7505
Bob Burford, rburford@kent.edu, 330-672-8516