ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Registration is underway for the NACS Leadership Executive Program ?" a program for emerging c-store leaders ?" that takes place on the campus of Ivy League Cornell University, July 28 to August 1.

This powerful program offers individuals taking on key leadership positions in your company the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, which can translate into high performance teams. Participants will learn from prestigious faculty members of the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (ranked number 3 in Bloomberg BusinessWeek??s 2012 rankings of undergraduate business programs), as well as from top leaders both outside and within the convenience and fuel retailing industry, including John MacDougall, president and CEO of Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes Inc.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Refine leadership skills.
  
• Prepare for the demands of key company roles.
  
• Learn from exceptional faculty, business leaders and a network of high-performance peers.
  
• Participate in 360 Degree Feedback Assessments and individual coaching sessions provided by faculty of Cornell's Johnson School of Management.
  
• Hear top industry and business leaders address today's biggest challenges in the workforce.
  
• Network outside of the classroom.

The five-day program is designed for high potential individuals preparing to take on key leadership roles in NACS retail member companies. The program provides opportunities to supplement experience with formalized development of skills that are need to drive sustainable organizational performance.

Past program participants currently hold positions such as: Presidents and CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, Vice Presidents and Directors of some of the industry??s most successful companies.

For more information, contact Carolyn Schnare. Enrollment is limited ?" register today.