Planned Events & Activities - Leadership APTA Class of 2013

Key events and activities:

Several men and women wearing orange safety vests are in a large warehouse, listening to a man speak and gesture to something nearby.

Members of the Class of 2010 and committee members during a July 2010 site visit to the Vancouver Transit Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. During the program, participants have the opportunity to visit various transit agencies across the country.

September online meeting prior to 2012 APTA Annual Meeting. (highly recommended)
APTA 2012 Annual Meeting: Customized workshop sessions, orientation programs for Leadership APTA Class of 2013 including sessions with graduating class; participation in committee meetings, conference sessions; introduction of Leadership APTA Class of 2013 during Class of 2012 graduation program, full participation in the 2012 APTA Annual Meeting. (highly recommended)
Four-day December 2012 workshop session. (required)
Full participation in APTA’s March 2013 Legislative Conference. (required)
Leadership APTA workshops held in conjunction with APTA’s March 2013 Legislative Conference. (required)
Five-day July 2013 workshop session. (required)
Full participation in team assignments, related work, and completion of team-based leadership projects on industry topics selected by class members. (required)
Online meetings and teleconference calls scheduled during the year. (required)
Delivery of class leadership project presentations and reports given in conjunction with APTA committee meetings, conference sessions, and class graduation program at the 2013 APTA Annual Meeting. (required)

Throughout the year-long program and events, participants will have numerous opportunities to talk with APTA’s executives; private sector and transit agency leaders; national, state, and local officials; international and local labor leaders; and communications, media, workforce development, negotiations, diversity, and leadership experts.

Workshop discussion topics will include areas such as federal and local legislation, funding sources, labor/management relations, strategic planning, sustainable practices, building and developing local, national and international relationships and networks, workforce development, and leadership development and its related challenges.

Over the course of the program year, APTA and industry leaders will direct workshops on the evolving role of today’s leaders. Participants will benefit from highly customized and robust workshop sessions on presentation and communication skills, community building, media relations, labor relations, business ethics, negotiations, decision making, workplace diversity, career development, and much more.

Project teams will begin working on their leadership project assignments, one of the aspects of the program, at the March 2013 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. They subsequently will conduct industry interviews, related research, and deliver their presentations at the July 2013 session and at the October 2013 APTA Annual Meeting in Chicago.