UK’s Leadership Week ’25 brings inspiring growth opportunities
LEXINGTON, Ky (Aug. 20, 2025) — University of Kentucky Human Resources Training and Development and Enterprise Learning have combined efforts to offer Leadership Week 2025, Sept. 8-12.
This year’s theme is “Empower. Engage. Elevate.”
Leadership Week 2025 is a weeklong celebration of growth, connection and leadership development. The UK HR Training and Development and Enterprise Learning departments have built a mix of in-person and virtual sessions.
“We are offering more than 30 sessions designed to empower every level of leadership — from aspiring leaders to accomplished executives,” said Becky Dysart, director of UK HR Training and Development. “Whether you’re part of our campus or UK HealthCare community, there’s something for you.”
Sample sessions include:
- AI Now and Later: What Leaders Need to Know
- Emotional Intelligence
- Leading with Your CliftonStrengths
Book recommendations are also available. The sessions are open to team leads, supervisors, aspiring leaders — anyone committed to professional growth.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.