Imagine!’s Leadership Development program identifies important processes, skills, and opportunities to develop and promote leadership skills. The purpose of Imagine!’s Leadership Development program is to provide a coordinated platform that strategically develops talent within Imagine! to address the company’s leadership needs for the future. The program is designed to educate employees (participants) about the complexities of the organization and to assist management in learning about people with talent that may be good matches for leadership roles.
This most recent class consisted of members (pictured here, from the left): Molly Beyer, Claire Findlay, Nicole Bernard, Kim Holman, John Ripley, and Lindsay Hourigan. This intrepid sextet spent the last year meeting with members of Imagine!’s administrative team, attending conferences and leadership courses, and reading books on leadership styles and approaches.
Most significant, the members separated into two groups of three to present case studies on some difficult challenges facing Imagine!. Nicole, John, and Lindsey did a study on what it would take to build a more robust “learning culture” at Imagine! – how we could shift our culture to be focused on the outcomes of what individuals we serve learn instead of focusing on how much time a caregiver spends with a client. Molly, Claire, and Kim did a case study on “encouraging a cultural technological evolution at Imagine!.”
Both teams worked diligently at their projects and presented their findings, along with some ideas and proposed solutions, to Imagine!’s administrative in late spring. The fresh ideas and approaches presented by the teams served as great jumping off points for all of us at Imagine! as we continue to look for innovative ways to master seemingly intractable challenges.
The participants benefitted from the program greatly as well. Claire told us, “Between the one on one coaching sessions with my mentor, leadership trainings, and internal Imagine! meetings, my understanding of the company and what it takes to be a leader in the 21st century greatly expanded. Thanks to this experience, I come to work now feeling better equipped and more confident.” John added that the program “. . . made me a much better communicator with team members and increased the quality of care of the individuals I serve.”
Imagine! is already in the process of selecting the next LDG class, and I am looking forward to seeing what new and innovative ideas they can bring to our organization. In the meantime, congratulations and many thanks to Molly, Claire, Kim, John, Lindsey, and Nicole.
Great work!
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