The premier institute

Leadership Kitsap’s Premier Institute (LKPI) develops and inspires informed leaders.

 

A one-stop shop for supervisory, management, and executive-level leadership training and educational resources available to public, private and nonprofit organizations. Leadership Kitsap hosts partnership courses including workshops, seminars, peer coaching groups, and more engaging highly vetted companies and facilitators that focus on the unique characteristics and needs of Kitsap County and the surrounding region.

 

The Premier Institute endorses local facilitators and organizations through a thoughtful consideration process to take the guess work out of hiring outside leadership development professionals.

UPCOMING LKPI EVENTS

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WHY THE PREMIER INSTITUTE?

Public, Private, Government and nonprofits alike depend on people to perform for the advancement of the mission.  Enroll people as partners in the mission and give them the tools to succeed for the mission to thrive.

“People don’t leave jobs, they leave their supervisors.”  

Proven time and again, effective lead roles provide a safe and comfortable work environment for people to thrive. Enhance the skills, enhance the results.

Greater Kitsap is teaming with a disproportionate amount of talented, globally-recognized leadership coaches and trainers who want to share their knowledge with the people they call neighbors.

Selecting leadership training for an organization can be daunting and will make or break the company. The Premier Institute is a trusted resource that takes the guesswork out of getting it right.

“This peer coaching group changed my life. I am in full support of future group and am looking to send my staff as soon as they’re available.”
Chief Jay Christian

Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue

“I highly recommend this Peer Coaching program. As a CEO, I found an instant sense of team and collaborative friendship. During the experience, my insights deepended as I learned from the shared challenges of my colleagues, my own leadership strengths and blind spots, and reframing my challenges into a more positive light.”
Monica Bernhard
CEO
Kitsap Mental Health Services
“The transformation I’ve witnessed in my supervisor because of Peer Coaching is eye-opening. He has completely shifted his focus in a matter of months. Watching him reprioritize has lifted a weight off his shoulders and we can feel that, too.”
Anonymous

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BECOME A facilitator

The Premier Institute course offerings taught by local, world-class instructors who understand the needs of our Greater Kitsap Community and provide these courses for the benefit of our fellow Kitsap businesses, non-profits, and government agencies.  We will do the work to vet and organize a wide range of trainings and resources to help maximize the return on training budgets of all types of organizations by providing a list of these local trainings and resources on our website each year with the goal of keeping them affordable and accessible, regardless of training budgets. 
When you win, we win.