The Mike Molino RV Learning Center is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Duane Spader Leadership Development Scholarship.
The scholarship honors Spader Business Management founder Duane Spader, a past chairman of RVDA and a champion of life-long learning. Through the Mike Molino RV Learning Center and Spader Business Management leadership development partnership, a scholarship is awarded annually to give one current or future leader the opportunity to participate in the program tuition-free.
To be eligible for this unique opportunity, an applicant must be an employee of an RVDA dealer member. The application deadline is Sept. 8, 2023. The recipient receives full tuition, valued at $13,850, to attend the 12- to 18-month Leadership Development Program (LDP). The recipient will only be responsible for travel expenses.
The Spader LDP involves five three-day sessions. In between sessions, participants are tasked with putting what they learned to work in their dealership and tracking the results of those efforts through assignments and one-on-one sessions with a Spader coach.
The recipient will be selected shortly after the application deadline in ample time to prepare for the first session.
Upon graduating from the program, participants will know how to:
- Lead their organization’s culture and strategy
- Improve their leadership and management effectiveness
- Coach their team to higher performance
- Effectively understand and manage each area of Total Business Success
- Hire the best candidates for each position
- Deliver world-class customer service
- Assess and improve their dealership’s organizational and financial health
