Pathways to Leadership

Our Mission is to unleash the verybest in People, Teams and Organizations.

Field Reports

..................from Pathways to Leadership® Participants

We firmly believe that sharing what's working with others is the best way to spread the Pathways to Leadership work culture. On these pages you are invited to read how others are applying these concepts and how that is improving performance, motivation, quality, and the bottom line of the companies involved.

Scholarship Application for Pathways to Leadership Training

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If your organization is interested in significant increases in morale, improvement in communication, greater ownership of your organization's mission, higher efficiency and teamwork, and reductions in absenteeism and turnover, please fill out and return the attached Application form. This opportunity is available to nonprofit groups only.

PLI provides the facilitator and direct training materials at no cost. Your responsibility is coordinating the training logistics, travel, the cost of the training room, set up with the required equipment and meals for attendees.

For more information, please call Amanda Ross (1-800-569-1877) or email amandar@pathwaystoleadership.com

APPLICATION FORM

Recommended by our client, Heska Corporation, Larimer Humane Society in Fort Collins, Colorado typifies how nonprofit organizations benefit from the Pathways To Leadership program, and how other nonprofits can become qualified applicants to receive this training with no fee or materials cost.

Productivity, costs, communication, and customer service represent a modest list of common issues shared by nonprofit organizations and for-profit corporations. For this reason Pathways to Leadership® training is a solid fit for both types of businesses. To fulfill our mission at Pathways to Leadership, Inc. -- "to unleash the very best in people, teams and organizations and create healthy work cultures" -- we have chosen to give back to the community by making available the full 24-week Pathways to Leadership program to approved nonprofit organizations around the country.

"What I am most pleased with since our team experienced the Pathways to Leadership training is more cooperation" cites Joseph Olsen, CEO/President of Larimer Humane Society. This cooperative spirit has been instrumental in both the completion of a painting project and in the progress made in a visitation room project.

The only consistency is change

Both Corporate America and the nonprofit sector are challenged by turnover and constant change. Cary Rentola, Marketing and Community Events Manager for Larimer Humane Society reports, "In the last twenty-four months I have worked for three different Executive Directors and two Directors of Operations." Rentola further explains that thanks to the Pathways to Leadership training, she now has the tools that assist her specifically with both adapting to change and driving change.

I have done so much
with so little for so long
that now I can do
anything with nothing.

Smaller staffs are asked to do more with less, which creates demand for flexible and diverse personnel. Thanks to the Pathways Ongoing Integration and Sustainability (POIS) process, which enables participants to integrate, share and practice the Pathways' leadership skills, Rentola is seeing results that stick far beyond the initial 4-day training. "POIS provides opportunities for both team and one-on-one relationships that break down old cliques and generate sincere conversations and results at the operations level." Think of the time and resources any company may save when there is full free two-way information flow.

One unique component of nonprofit organizations is that every relationship is essential to the financial wellness and mission success of the organization. The most direct financial resource comes from both corporate and private sponsorships. Media relationships impact revenue because it provides vital promotional advertising for fundraising events. Even customers of nonprofit services are vital word-of-mouth advocates and often become sponsors. Given these many valuable relationships, the communication tools and concepts from a Pathways to Leadership program are priceless for growth.

Like most organizations, nonprofits' staffs are a variety of ages, longevity, and skill sets. The great common denominator in nonprofit organizations' personnel is the passion to serve. This pure passion can work against the overall mission of a nonprofit because it can generate a single mindedness that limits options and creates a defensive mindset. Rentola notes that a few short weeks since the training, she has already seen divisiveness take a back seat to cooperation. For example, instead of telling the team how to involve community veterinarians, one Larimer Humane staffer asked the team for their ideas to reward participating veterinarians in a more public way. The result was an innovative solution and more importantly, the group succeeded with their idea.

Regardless of the profit status of an organization, its success relies heavily on people. Given the simple premise that work culture has a powerful impact on home culture and visa/versa - that it is in fact one life - it makes sense to provide opportunities for everyone to grow all relationships and culture both at home and at work. Pathways to Leadership, Inc. provides just that with timeless effective strategies.

Pathways to Leadership, Inc. offers scholarships up to 100% for qualifying Non-Profit Organizations. If you know a nonprofit organization that would benefit from our leadership training program, or to apply contact Amanda Ross at amandar@pathwaystoleadership.com or (303) 577-0075 x102.

If you would like more information on the Pathways to Leadership® program, please see our FAQ page, or call our Strategic Partnership Department at 1-800-569-1877.

Archive of Public Field Reports (Pathways Graduates have a separate archive)