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Welcome to Paddling The Rapids |
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Permanent white water describes the world of today’s non-profit leaders -a continual disorderly procession of surprising, novel, ill-structured events demanding a leader’s learning and constant attention.1
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Like paddling the rapids, leaders are faced daily with a multitude of issues, decisions and tasks competing for a finite amount of their time, energy, and resources. Paddling the Rapids forums and consultations addresses all of these challenges, while building leadership and organizational capacity.
Our clients and group participants report increasing organizational knowledge, acquiring new skill sets, broadening peer networks, deepening self-knowledge, and renewing their commitment to a mission focus.
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 Hildie Lipson, Executive Director of MaineShare
This is professional development at its best. The format and style of Paddling the Rapids allows for delving deeply into an issue or challenge I face at my organization. The consistency of having the same group of people, month-to-month, meeting and thinking about non-profit leadership means that when it was my turn to present my focusing question, I trusted the group and their strategies and observations. The group process is supportive, constructive, and well thought-out. The energy of the group builds with every session and is central to building expertise, confidence and strategies for successful leadership.
I believe that my participation in Paddling the Rapids helped me to develop leadership skills, and in turn helped to strengthen my organization. I recommend other Executive Directors participate in these Leadership Forums as a low-cost, practical, and solution-oriented approach to leadership development.
Hildie J. Lipson
Executive Director
MaineShare
www.maineshare.org
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1. attributed to Peter Vaill, Managing As A Performing Art.
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