# Leadership Class **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Training & Licensing\ **Created:** [January 17, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748 "2016-01-17T22:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tugted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tugted](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugted)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/1 "2016-01-17T22:05:42Z")
Taking the Leadership class at MPT in February & wondering if anyone has taken it there & what to expect? ---
**Author:** ![Swampfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swampfox](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Swampfox)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/2 "2016-01-18T05:28:34Z")
It was a long 5 days. Death by PowerPoint. Some good videos, usually out by 1500. ---
**Author:** ![Tugted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tugted](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugted)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/3 "2016-01-18T14:20:08Z")
> [@"Swampfox"](#): > > It was a long 5 days. Death by PowerPoint. Some good videos, usually out by 1500. How bout Friday? Early out? ---
**Author:** ![skip\_jiblet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@skip\_jiblet](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/skip_jiblet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/4 "2016-01-18T16:18:07Z")
only if you don’t talk back to the teacher, and bring them an apple everyday 🙂 Yes, early out usually before 1500ish. ---
**Author:** ![Swampfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swampfox](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Swampfox)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/5 "2016-01-18T18:40:42Z")
> [@"Tugted"](#): > > How bout Friday? Early out? Yeah man. We had a review, skipped lunch, and finished up around 1330/1400. ---
**Author:** ![jdcavo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jdcavo/32/108_2.png) [@jdcavo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jdcavo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/6 "2016-01-19T08:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=Tugted;177370]How bout Friday? Early out?[/QUOTE] If getting out early on Friday is your most important criteria, the market doesn’t have much incentive to provide a engaging and informative course. ---
**Author:** ![Ctony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ctony/32/189_2.png) [@Ctony](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Ctony)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/7 "2016-01-19T09:22:38Z")
Did mine at TRL in san diego…to me it was like doing brm a couple years ago, but generalized a little because of the fact engineers are in the class as well. We had some time on a bridge simulator which was interesting, and there was plenty of sea stories to kill the monotony. ---
**Author:** ![ShipTrainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@ShipTrainer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ShipTrainer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/8 "2016-01-19T10:34:05Z")
There is another great training center in Fort Lauderdale offering Leadership Management and many other gap closing courses. International Crew Training at [ICTmaritime.com](http://ICTmaritime.com) is a USCG approved training center. ICT is offering gap closing courses every month and has a fantastic training facility. ---
**Author:** ![Tugted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tugted](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugted)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/9 "2016-01-19T11:38:38Z")
> [@"jdcavo"](#): > > If getting out early on Friday is your most important criteria, the market doesn’t have much incentive to provide a engaging and informative course. No just trying to figure out travel. I usually anticipate a full day, but some places you never know. ---
**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/10 "2016-01-19T15:13:39Z")
[QUOTE=ShipTrainer;177400]There is another great training center in Fort Lauderdale offering Leadership Management and many other gap closing courses. International Crew Training at [ICTmaritime.com](http://ICTmaritime.com) is a USCG approved training center. ICT is offering gap closing courses every month and has a fantastic training facility.[/QUOTE] I considered ICT (a friend in yachting swears by them), but they only offer the course once a month, whereas MPT offers it EVERY week. Much easier to schedule . ---
**Author:** ![Decker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Decker](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Decker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leadership-class/15748/11 "2016-01-22T08:15:58Z")
You might want to check out Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) in Norfolk, VA, as they show LOTS of leadership and managerial courses on the schedule. Very flexible. [http://www.mamatrains.com/](http://www.mamatrains.com/)