{"id":221,"date":"2026-05-06T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:29:49","slug":"nga-executive-leadership-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/fimp\/programs\/nga-executive-leadership-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NGA Executive Leadership Development Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sessions and presentations are augmented with guest speakers, case studies, working groups, and discussion. Key topics covered are: today&rsquo;s food retailing climate, team dynamics, management leadership, decision making, negotiation, and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This industry-specific executive development program provides a high-impact learning opportunity through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three days of interactive, intensive instruction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A faculty mix of respected academic and industry leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An in-depth personalized assessment (360-degree feedback) of your personal leadership style and 1-on-1 coaching to develop an action plan to improve it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-attend\">Who should attend?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Current executives in the food industry with large spans of control and responsibilities that must be largely accomplished through others. They must be rising executives who are candidates for increased &ldquo;people&rdquo; and general management responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lead-instructors\">Lead instructors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dan Hooker<\/strong><br>Director of Executive Education<br>Cornell University, Food Industry Management Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steve Sauer<\/strong><br>Lecturer of Management and Organizations<br>Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Hostetler<\/strong><br>Professor<br>Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generous support from PepsiCo sponsors industry scholarships and curriculum enrichment necessary to conduct our renowned executive program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong>Contact NGA for registration information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chelsea Matzen<\/strong><br><strong>National Grocers Association<\/strong><br>Foundation Director<br>Phone: 202-938-2570<br>Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:nga-foundation@nationalgrocers.org\">nga-foundation@nationalgrocers.org<\/a><br>Web:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrocers.org\/foundation\/eldp\/\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/www.nationalgrocers.org\/foundation\/eldp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW<br>STE 375N<br>Washington, DC 20004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><section class=\"sock-cta global-padding--10x bg--tone\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"sock-cta__text text-margin-reset\">\n      \n      <h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n\n              <div class=\"global-spacing--1x intro-text\">\n          <p>Food Industry Management Program<br>\n475 Warren Hall<br>\nIthaca, NY 14853-7801<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"global-spacing--3x\">\n          <ul class=\"btn-row\">\n                          <li><a href=\"mailto:fimp@cornell.edu\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn\">Email FIMP<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Sessions and presentations are augmented with guest speakers, case studies, working groups, and discussion. 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