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The Future Leaders eXperience addresses one of the food industry's most challenging emerging issues—the workforce. Here are some fast facts that offer a sneak peek into who’s attending and what the program entails.

<div> <p paraid="235065161" paraeid="{bcae6f1a-b802-41cb-8881-661237af6cd5}{57}">By: Angelyn Pinter, Senior Manager, Education, FMI&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <div class="mg-image--circular" style="float: right; margin: 10px;"> <p paraid="350797983" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{194}"><img src="https://www.fmi.org/images/default-source/future-leaders-/future-leaders-2017/future_leaders_2017_-_14.tmb-large-350-.jpg?sfvrsn=3ef5796e_2" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="Future Leaders 2017- 14" title="Future Leaders 2017 - 14" /><br /> <br /> <br /> </p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1937024827" paraeid="{dcec5731-cefa-4d56-8924-78ad53ddd6fc}{50}">The Future Leaders&nbsp;eXperience&nbsp;addresses one of the food industry's most challenging emerging issues&mdash;the workforce. Organizations across the entire food retail value chain need emerging leaders to bring new strategies to life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<br /> This year's event offers rising stars a street-smart approach to leadership that will change the way they see themselves, lead their teams, and impact business results&nbsp;without even leaving&nbsp;their&nbsp;homes.&nbsp;The program&nbsp;features&nbsp;four full group sessions&nbsp;scheduled for: September 17, October 8, October 29 and November 12. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> The September 17 leadership development session&rsquo;s focus was&nbsp;on managing teams and&nbsp;making people an organizational priority.&nbsp;</p> <h5>Here are some fast facts that offer a sneak peek into who&rsquo;s attending and what the program entails:&nbsp;&nbsp;</h5> </div> <div> <p paraid="1179900595" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{208}"><strong>260</strong>&nbsp;total participants.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="679923092" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{214}"><strong>16</strong> retailer and wholesaler organizations.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="2000310426" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{220}"><strong>4</strong>&nbsp;product&nbsp;supplier&nbsp;companies.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1064042918" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{226}"><strong>2</strong>&nbsp;co-chairs&nbsp;from The&nbsp;Coca-Cola&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;Chief Retail Sales and Bottler Operations Officer&nbsp;at The Coca-Cola Company, Dagmar Boggs,&nbsp;and Festival Foods, CEO, Mark Skogen.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="2046112827" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{232}"><strong>7</strong> countries represented.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1390210100" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{238}"><strong>35</strong> states represented.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="785253278" paraeid="{c32ee2dd-79ab-41dd-b17a-cab9e3041873}{244}"><strong>8</strong>&nbsp;two-hour&nbsp;interactive sessions&nbsp;with 6-7 breakout groups&nbsp;for a deepened learning experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1504312829" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{9}"><strong>30</strong>&nbsp;skilled program facilitators. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="900527422" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{15}"><strong>4</strong>&nbsp;career skill&nbsp;challenges.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1487616215" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{21}"><strong>4</strong> key components of the Root Compass program.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="301570837" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{27}"><strong>9</strong>&nbsp;leadership development modules.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1604602305" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{33}"><strong>7</strong> videos inspired by&nbsp;The Office.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="2022018067" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{37}"><strong>465</strong> discussion&nbsp;posts&nbsp; . . .and counting.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1461390608" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{45}"><strong>150 </strong>selfies!&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="185621394" paraeid="{55a4db0f-a3ca-493e-a5c5-dda99eb8f50a}{62}"><strong>260</strong> leaders on the&nbsp;path to earning&nbsp;the Food Retail Leader Certificate.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p paraid="1471932784" paraeid="{55a4db0f-a3ca-493e-a5c5-dda99eb8f50a}{56}"><strong>Unlimited</strong> powerful insights:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <div> <ul role="list"> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" role="listitem" data-aria-level="1"> <p paraid="2039330802" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{117}">&ldquo;I got to hear that others are mostly encountering the same daily challenges as me.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" role="listitem" data-aria-level="1"> <p paraid="935396808" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{132}">&ldquo;Great leaders make their people number one,&nbsp;create loyalty, motivate teams, improve execution, trust and&nbsp;[yield]&nbsp;better results.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" role="listitem" data-aria-level="1"> <p paraid="1711438912" paraeid="{64f7eb2e-bc1b-448a-813b-e6fa9f42471d}{139}">&ldquo;This session feels as though it is the start of a journey&nbsp;to&nbsp;step back and see the big picture to potentially have a bigger impact on&nbsp;my team.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <p paraid="1211524015" paraeid="{7e773dbc-69f2-4f90-9993-6bec3d371b3b}{38}">Participants will complete a skills challenge at their own organization and&nbsp;learn about emerging trends in the food industry to prepare for the next session on October 8.&nbsp;</p> </div> <a href="https://www.fmi.org/future-leaders" class="button-secondary">Learn More about our &nbsp;Future Leaders eXperience</a></div>

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