Environmental Leadership Program

Goals of retreat:

• Learn about creating partnerships and collaborations building

• Learn about strength based leadership

• Fellows explore potential collaborations within the region

• Learn about ELP’s Senior Fellowship Community

• Graduation

The focus of the third retreat is on the creation of partnership and collaborations as well as a day long training on strength based leadership. Fellows will explore the development of new partnerships and collaborations as a means for scaling up our work and its potential to create new ideas. Additionally, Fellows learn about a new brand of leadership which allows individuals to lead from a position of strength and possibility rather than from deficiencies and problems. Finally, Fellows will graduate from the fellowship program into ELP’s Senior Fellowship Community.

 Outcomes:

• Learn how partnerships and collaborations can increase the scale of our work

• Learn how partnerships and collaborations can lead to innovative ideas and programs

• Identify collaborative activities that they would like to work on in the region and as part of the national ELP community.

• Learn to approach leadership from a position of strength and opportunity.

• Develop an understanding that positive performance and attitudes come from engagement of passion and strength that make weaknesses irrelevant

• Gain opportunity to acknowledge their growth and appreciation for the fellowship of their classmates.

• Given an opportunity to understand and anticipate future engagement in the ELP community.  This eases their transition and helps solidify their identity as an ELP Senior Fellow.