Leadership Tennessee NEXT is the state’s only statewide leadership program focusing on Tennessee’s existing and emerging leaders and spanning geographic and industry boundaries. LT NEXT offers early-to-mid career professionals in-depth personal and professional development while fostering a better understanding of our state. Each session features engagement with Signature Program members, highlights issues and opportunities specific to Tennessee, and promotes personal skill development. Leadership Tennessee NEXT is committed to bringing together diverse participants who are educated, engaged, and inspired to make Tennessee a better place while participating in a program that expands their personal, professional, and community networks.

NEXT is:

• An opportunity for early and mid-career leaders to create cross-state, cross-sector networks, learn about Tennessee’s strengths and challenges, and prepare to serve their local and professional communities.

• A cross-sector, cross-generational networking and learning opportunity linking Tennessee’s growing leaders with the Signature Program network.

NEXT is not:

• A prerequisite for selection into to the Signature Program

• A guarantee that a participant will be accepted into the Signature Program in the futureLeadership Tennessee, the state’s preeminent leadership education organization, today announced the first class of Leadership Tennessee NEXT, its program offering early-to-mid career professionals in-depth personal and career development while fostering a better understanding of Tennessee.