Next Gen Leadership Training
Event Information
Date: October 15, 2025 - September 16, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Categories: Event
Phone: 952-564-3041
Email Address: cindy@mpma.com
Event Location:
The location will change every 4 months.
Oct-Nov-Dec-Jan
Sunbelt Business Advisors.
1300 Godward St NE #6000
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Feb-March-Apr-May
Productivity Inc.
15150 25th Ave. N
Plymouth, MN 55447
June-July-Aug-Sept
TBD - local centralized location
Additional Information:
The video from the information session can be found to the left or below this blue box.
Registration Deadline October 1, 2025.

MPMA is partnering with MPMA member Conext to offer leadership development training for future leaders in your business. The Next Gen Leadership Training is to help get your talent and team align to grow with your company. It is a vital part of business planning. This will be in-person training with a smaller cohort of individuals (max 15). The training will include personality assessment, a deeper dive into emotional intelligence, and much more.
Who should attend?
Members of your team or employees your management want to develop into the next leaders in your company.
What will the training cover?
If you missed our information webinar you can view it here. It is a little over 25 minutes long.
At the end of this year long training, participants will become more effective leaders by developing more proficient skills and understanding of the following:
- Communicating effectively with your team.
- Building and maintaining trust within your organization.
- How company values impact culture.
- How to improve financial performance by developing Emotional Intelligence.
- The Six Styles of Leadership that inspire teams.
- The importance of strategic planning and how plans are developed.
- Understanding financial reports, human resources, and business law.
- Growing your knowledge of industry topics.
- Other critical leadership skills and so much more.
Have questions about the training?
Contact Cindy at cindy@mpma.com
Training will run October 2025 thru September 2026
Wednesday October 15, 2025
Wednesday November 19, 2025
Wednesday December 17, 2025
Wednesday January 21, 2026
Wednesday February 18, 2026
Wednesday March 18, 2026
Wednesday April 15, 2026
Wednesday May 20, 2026
Wednesday June 17, 2026
Wednesday July 15, 2026
Wednesday August 19, 2026
Wednesday September 16, 2026
More details about the training:
Why emotional intelligence in training?
The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence found:
- Teams with higher EQ outperform others by up to 20%.
- Companies with higher EQ outperform their peers by 20% in key financial metrics.
- Companies with EQ leadership generate 34% more profit growth than those without.
Per Daniel Goleman, psychologist, and a leading expert in Emotional Intelligence:
- 90% of top performers have high emotional intelligence.
- Empathetic leaders perform more than 40% higher in employee engagement, coaching, and decision making.
- 95% of surveyed founders stated EQ in leadership is more important than IQ.
Have questions about the training?
Contact Cindy at cindy@mpma.com