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Shelton Leadership Center
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Find direction. Achieve success.

We're empowering the next generation of values-based leaders.

Leaders can be made. It takes a solid foundation of essential values for a leader to realize potential – and influence others to achieve their best. This is values-based leadership, and it underpins every program within the Shelton Leadership Center.

We work with emerging values-based leaders across the state of North Carolina and beyond who positively impact their communities through their leadership.

Our Programs & Services

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Student Programs

We offer programming for pre-college and college students to develop their emerging leadership journey.

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Annual Shelton Forum

The event welcomes participants from all over North Carolina and around the world for a day focused on practical lessons in values-based leadership.

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Academics

Leadership begins with learning. Our curriculum meets the learner where they are to best help them develop as values-based leaders.

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20+ Years of Leadership Development

A vision realized.

With a lifelong commitment to military and civil service that culminated in his becoming our nation’s 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General H. Hugh Shelton knows what it means to lead with integrity. Following his retirement, General Shelton wanted to help nurture tomorrow’s leaders through a values-based leadership development program in association with his alma mater, North Carolina State University. So, in 2002, the Shelton Leadership Center was established.

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Latest Stories

Featured Story

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Leveraging Virtual Reality for Leadership & Negotiation

To better understand organizational power dynamics and interpersonal relationships, the Shelton Leadership Center (SLC) is incorporating the use of VR for more immersive learning experiences.

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Annual Shelton Leadership Forum

The Forum is a virtual half-day conference.

Meet the Team

Our team brings leadership expertise.

Contact Us

Have questions? Reach out to us!

Read our 2024 Annual Impact report

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We’re making an impact.

Our annual impact report features student outcomes and assessment data from throughout the year.

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Upcoming Events

All Events
Jun 21

Saturday8:00 AM

Week 2: Shelton Challenge
Jul 13

Sunday8:00 AM

Week 3: Shelton Challenge
Oct 23

Thursday9:00 AM

2025 Shelton Leadership Forum

Support the next generation of values-based leaders.

Giving at the Shelton Leadership Center directly propels our mission and allows us to enhance experiential learning and leadership development opportunities.

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