Posted by Heather Walker on Sun, Jan 06, 2008 @ 09:24 PM
The SLO Chamber has a wonderful program called Leadership SLO. Clever Ducks is proud to send a team member each year. Jessica is off to a great start as seen here in the retreat to Wonder Valley that kicked off the class's year. (Stephen's class last year froze on the wall, but this year it was t-shirt weather.)
Why would we as a small company give a key person the equivalent of two extra weeks off to participate in this program? First, we think that the hard skills, connections and understanding of our community that they will learn from the class help them make better bottomline business decisions for our company. Secondly, we think the soft skills they will gain just can't be found anywhere else. Plus, it is part of our company mission to give back to the community and this program teaches and does just that.
Additionally, I am so honored to be the Class Chair for Leadership this year. I look forward to getting to know all 36 members well and can say that, except for Class XV, this is the best class ever. Just look at this textbook wall climb. That's my class!
And here's kudos to Lindsey Miller, who is new executive director of Leadership and put together a fabulous weekend. Mike Kokinos, our facilitator, also did a wonderful job. We are going to have a great year!