WorkBoat is partnering with Louisiana State University in offering the marine industry a Strategic Leadership Development Program aimed at managers who have progressed rapidly within a company or organization or managers who have been identified as having the capacity for greater responsibilities going forward. In addition, managers who are working in technical/functional areas of an organization where an organization-wide point of view will prove helpful in their development.

Dr. Michelle Boullion is the associate director, executive education, Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, E.J. Ourso College of Business at LSU. WorkBoat's senior editor Ken Hocke asks Dr. Boullion about what the program entails, who specifically can benefit from it, and how to apply.