Business Leaders Program – Effective Supervision

NIB’s award-winning Business Leaders Program (BLP) was launched in 2003 to prepare individuals who are blind for careers in business by providing educational and employment opportunities through professional development.

NSITE has re-imagined the Business Leaders Program and its components for 2023 and beyond. It is designed to meet the needs of leaders at all levels in today’s rapidly changing workplace environments.
Currently offering: Effective Supervision and the Executive Leadership Pilot (Coming soon)

Effective Supervision: Making an Impact

Effective Supervision is designed for high-potential employees who have career goals aligned with supervision and management. Participants will be applying enhanced leadership, teamwork and decision-making skills back on the job, while earning a Certificate of Achievement (digital badge) from NSITE.
No need to travel or be away from your office for extended periods of time – we bring the learning to you!
Program Start Date: April 2025
Tuition: $2,250.00
What is included in the tuition?

• 12 weeks of virtual learning and instruction
• Three self-paced online courses on Effective Staff Supervision
• Six 2-hour-long highly participatory bi-weekly virtual instructor-led meetings
• Continuous engagement via NSITE-U that brings learning from workshop to work
• Blanchard’s SLII® Self-Assessment and Concepts workshop for situational leaders
• The digital credential NSITE Effective Supervision Certificate after successful program completion

Tuition Assistance

• If you are a blind or visually impaired employee of an NIB associated Nonprofit Agency, you may qualify for an NIB Training and Professional Development grant. NSITE will be able to provide additional guidance to qualified applicants.

Who Should Enroll

NSITE’s new Effective Supervision is the essential professional development opportunity for experienced and aspiring managers.

What Topics are Covered?

This fully virtual 12-week program addresses key supervisory responsibilities while participants explore and co-create solutions for managerial challenges, including the following:

• Adapting to the changed role of the supervisor during disruptive times
• Viewing and applying Effective Supervision in the larger organizational context
• Distinguishing between Supervision, Management, and Leadership and applying each appropriately to emerging situations
• Building awareness of preferred supervisory styles and expanding style registers for optimal management outcomes
• Conducting crucial conversations with confidence for positive impact
• Sustaining both yourselves and your teams during difficult times

What are the learning and leadership outcomes?

Effective Supervision develops participants’ abilities to perform supervisory jobs with greater productivity, effectiveness and responsibility, keep business operations running smoothly, and increase team morale and productivity.

All NSITE programs are adapted for the learning styles of blind and low-vision learners.
All may apply. However, qualified applicants who are blind or have low vision receive enrollment preference.

For questions or to discuss any of the Business Leaders Program tracks, please contact Marianne Haegeli at mhaegeli@nsite.org.

NSITE’s Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP)

Building on NIB’s legacy Business Management Training (BMT), NSITE has restructured the program into NSITE’s Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), a blended executive training program designed for busy executives and aspiring leaders facing today’s business challenges.

Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) Purpose:

This program will enable you to build your leadership bench strength and ensure your current and future leaders are equipped to deal with emerging business challenges in today’s dynamic environment.

Program Structure:

The newly configured NSITE Executive Leadership Development Program expands on NIB’s legacy Business Management Training (BMT) and provides targeted in-depth training on key leadership topics and structured curricula developed to meet the needs of aspiring, experienced, and executive leaders.

Learning Cohorts:

NSITE plans to run separate learning cohorts for a) aspiring executive leaders and b) CEOs who are interested in continuing their professional development to meet their strategic organizational business objectives.

Program Components:

The ELDP consists of nine months of highly engaging blended learning that is directly linked to real-life situations at your organization and covers:

1. A Leader’s Mindset (Blanchard) – February & March (blended: self-paced & virtual instructor-led, vILT)
   1. A Leaders’ Mindset: Leadership Point of View
   1. The Skills of a Situational Leader
   1. Being the Best Leader You Can Be – VSA Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ – April (in person & virtual)
      1. VSA Keynote: What’s holding you back from being the best leader you can be?
      1. Group Session (in person and virtual)
   1. Strategic Decision-making for Executives – May through July (blended: self-paced & vILT)
      1. Self-paced online Learning: Improving Decision-making, Foundations of Budget and Finance
      1. Business Essentials for Executives: Business Simulation to Improve Strategic Decision-making
   1. Change Management: Success in Turbulent Times – August & September (blended: self-paced & vILT)
      1. Leading People Through Change (Blanchard)
      1. Managing Change to Achieve Organizational Success (Dr. Jonathan Lucus)
   1. Capstone Event at NIB TCE 2025 – October (in person & virtual)
      1. Closing Session, ELDP 2025 (in person & virtual)
      1. Executive Leadership Session with Presentations (in person & virtual)
      1. Acknowledgement Event for 2025 Graduates (in person & virtual)
      1. Introduction of the ELDP 2026 Cohort (in person)

Program Participation:

This program is right for you if you are an aspiring, experienced, or executive leader who is ready to learn with and from others how to tackle tough challenges to achieve organizational goals.

Program Application: Click HERE to complete your application.

Program Tuition: $3,850

Tuition includes nine months of engaging self-paced and virtual instructor-led learning, two in-person events (attendance not mandatory), the Blanchard Leader Behavior Assessment, LBAII®, and the NSITE Executive Leader Skills badge issued through Credly by Pearson.

This program qualifies for NIB PTC Grants of up to 50% of the tuition amount for qualifying participants.