This new adult leadership program is different than any other in existence. It is a transformational leadership experience, utilizing blended learning strategies to enhance the transfer of learning into real life. Participants will spend time at an initial retreat, developing a learning community, exploring their own unique leadership gifts and styles, and enhancing their awareness of essential leadership competencies. Participants will share in the leadership of the learning community and begin to create a relationship at the initial retreat, which promises to carry forward as the difficult assimilation of learning happens back in the world from which they have come, and continues into the second and concluding retreat experience.
Navigating Complex Reality
This competency addresses the ability to respond effectively to the challenging realities of our time, including such things as change, geography, diversity, work-life balance, and socioeconomic issues. It also focuses on the need for leaders to have a crystal clear vision of what they stand for and the principles they will live by, in order to remain grounded in the midst of the complex challenges presented by our world.
Communicating Effectively
This competency focuses on the ability of participants to consistently have the desired impact they wish to make in their interpersonal communication. This includes building effective relationships through: listening to understand, clarifying one's intent, designing and sustaining powerful alliances, and understanding and serving the needs of one's audience.
Discovering & Mastering Self
This competency is critical to the success of all of the other competencies. It includes being able to articulate one's strengths and having a plan for building upon them, as well as recognizing areas of non-talent and knowing how to mitigate their influence on one's effectiveness. Discovering and Mastering Self is about knowing oneself well enough to recognize how to fully step into action as a leader, laying claim to one's own authentic leadership style and power.
Developing People
This competency is essential for creating and sustaining effective work environments and communities and for bringing about sustained change in the world. It focuses on the ability to understand others' talents/strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as bringing out the best in others. Building effective community is the desired result of this competency.
Tuition
The fees for attending are $2,500 for someone outside the 12-county service area; a person within the region will receive a $1,500 scholarship and be charged $1,000. Additional hardship scholarships will be available for some situations. A non-refundable application fee of $100 is required with a completed application. Application fee counts towards the tuition amount. Call Jane McKelvy at the NMF office or email janem@nwmf.org for application or more information.
You should attend NMF LeaderImpact if you:
have a desire for greater impact in the world
are not satisfied with the way things are in your life and work and seek a sense of fulfillment
seek to integrate values and life purpose with personal and professional life
are currently not going through major life transitions
have a strong desire to create a culture of possibilities and life-long learning
are fully committed to pre and post program assignments and activities
are ready to undergo a rigorous application and selection process
Key Program Benefits:
Two experiential, competency-based and transformational leadership retreat experiences separated by twelve weeks of integrated Action Learning Lab
Belonging to a learning community of leaders from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, sharing responsibility and accountable to each other
Well designed competency focused, adult learning framework
1:1 professional coaching for deepening and integration of learning
Excellent accommodations with scenic and world-class learning environment
Materials, manuals and supplies for a wide range of activities
2 personal assessments StrengthsFinder 2.0 and DiSC Indra
Online technology platform for communication and integration
For more registration information, call Jane McKelvy at the NMF office or email janem@nwmf.org
LeaderImpact will be held in the Lodge at the beautiful Hiawatha Beach Resort, near Walker, Minnesota, on the quiet north shore of Leech Lake's Steamboat Bay. The location is private, yet easily accessed off Highway 371, eight miles north of Walker.
Each person has their own bedroom in one of eight units in the Lodge. The units, with up to four bedrooms, include a living room, fully equipped kitchen and balcony or fireplace. Most overlook the lake.
The Lodge was recently constructed and is situated on an expansive sand beach. There is a heated indoor swimming pool with a hot tub and a large stone fireplace in a comfortable lounging area. For more information, go to www.hiawathabeach.com.
This competency addresses the ability to respond effectively to the challenging realities of our time, including such things as change, geography, diversity, work-life balance, and socioeconomic issues. It also focuses on the need for leaders to have a crystal clear vision of what they stand for and the principles they will live by, in order to remain grounded in the midst of the complex challenges presented by our world.
This competency focuses on the ability of participants to consistently have the desired impact they wish to make in their interpersonal communication. This includes building effective relationships through: listening to understand, clarifying one's intent, designing and sustaining powerful alliances, and understanding and serving the needs of one's audience.
This competency is critical to the success of all of the other competencies. It includes being able to articulate one's strengths and having a plan for building upon them, as well as recognizing areas of non-talent and knowing how to mitigate their influence on one's effectiveness. Discovering and Mastering Self is about knowing oneself well enough to recognize how to fully step into action as a leader, laying claim to one's own authentic leadership style and power.
This competency is essential for creating and sustaining effective work environments and communities and for bringing about sustained change in the world. It focuses on the ability to understand others' talents/strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as bringing out the best in others. Building effective community is the desired result of this competency.
