Courses To Enhance Your Leadership Skills and
Improve Your Masonic Organization
Problem Solving Through Effective Leadership
Leverage proven techniques used by successful corporations, augmented by our Masonic teachings and heritage, to effectively lead volunteers.
Established both in Masonry and Professionally, our Facilitators intentionally leverage the shared experience in training brought by all participants to provide alternative perspectives and examples relevant to the topics within each course.
Every organization benefits when they have great leaders. You have the opportunity to create positive improvements in our gentle fraternity. Learn these skills. Use them. Teach others.
This program is more than a decade of creating and refining an effective system. We have a philosophy of continuous improvement so continue to check back for new information.
All course material is grounded in time-tested and well-vetted practices. These classes are comparable to ones that global companies pay for their executives to attend. You can expect a high-quality experience with a ‘masonic spin’.
Each class, be it online or in-person, will give you actionable skills. It is up to you to decide to put those skills into action and to lead your organization to achieve its objectives.
Frequently Asked Questions
The York Rite Leadership organization is a Center of Excellence that delivers executive-class leadership training and coaching to all masonic leaders wherever dispersed. The current York Rite Leadership Training Program consists of three well-developed courses that are designed to give you the skills to be a better leader of yourself and others.
The three courses are:
100 – Personal Effectiveness
200 – Group Dynamics
400 – Influential Communication
These courses may be attended online (the x01 class) or in-person (the x02 class).
The Leadership Award Coin is a prestigious symbol of your commitment to learning and practicing masonic leadership principles.
The coin is given out for completion of the in-person classes. These classes are held at various events and are designated as the x02 classes.
When you attend the 102 you will receive the Personal Effectiveness coin segment. Attending the 202 class will earn you the Group Dynamics coin segment and attending the 402 class will earn you the Influential Communication coin segment.
Online class completion does not earn a coin segment. You must attend an in-person class.
Any member of the Masonic family may participate. We do ask that the youth be mature. For guidance, a young gentleman or lady who is between 14 and 18 and has a mature outlook may be admitted. Admission is always at the discretion of the instructor.
The program consists of three (3) courses, which are titled Personal Effectiveness (100), Group Dynamics (200), and Influential Communication (400). Each course is offered in an online (x01) and an in-person (x02) experience. The in-person classes are held at the Grand Encampment Department Conferences and other events by demand.
Graduation from the program means you have completed at least one class each course, either online or in-person for each course. Keep in mind that there is always more to learn and you are welcome to repeat any of the classes when they are offered.
You can print a completion certificate for yourself anytime upon completion of each class.
There is no cost for the class itself. If you are attending an in-person class at a conference, there may be a fee required for the conference. You will be responsible for registering for the conference and paying their fee, paying for any meals you wish to have, and your hotel and travel expenses.
The first step is to apply for admission. After you have been approved for admission, you will begin to receive notifications of classes as registration opens.
Step 1. Create an account on this website by applying for admission. When your registration is approved, you will receive an email and will automatically be enrolled in an introductory course to help you get acquainted with the site and how to enroll.
Step 2. Register for the appropriate course under My Profile > My Learning Center, which is the 101 (online) class or 102 (in-person) class if you have not taken any classes before.
Step 3. If you plan on taking the course in person, register for the Grand Encampment Department Conference where the course you signed up for is being held.
The link to attend online training is sent the day before the training, after enrollments have closed.
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