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Rollins College is launching the Rick Goings Institute for Management and Executive Leadership (Website) in Winter Park, a new executive education program aimed at senior leaders across business, nonprofit, and government sectors. Programming begins this year, with the institute expected to be fully operational by 2027.
The institute is named for Rick Goings, former CEO of Tupperware Brands and current chair of the Rollins College Board of Trustees, who co-founded it. Anil Menon, dean of the Crummer Graduate School of Business, serves as CEO of the institute. Grant Cornwell, Rollins College president emeritus, chairs its Board of Advisors.
The program targets executives who already have foundational leadership experience and are looking to develop what the institute frames as three core capabilities: Strategic Foresight, the ability to anticipate long-range consequences rather than just near-term outcomes; System Vitality, treating organizations as living systems shaped by culture and human energy rather than just structure; and Civic Stewardship, the idea that companies depend on and are responsible to the communities that sustain them. Initial programming will focus on strategy development and execution, organizational transformation, and leading through complexity. YPO is an inaugural partner, with additional partnerships to be announced.
The institute’s launch completes what Rollins calls its Innovation Triangle, a decade-plus strategic initiative totaling more than $200 million in investment in Winter Park’s downtown core. The triangle links the Rick Goings Institute with the Rollins Museum of Art and the Alfond Inn, which the college describes as an integrated ecosystem for leadership education, cultural immersion, and “residential convening,” which is the buzziest buzzword I’ve heard in a long time.
