Voices of the Future: Emerging Leaders

Voices of the Future: Emerging Leaders

The Center for Collaborative Leadership asked our ELP alumni to write essays about their experiences and their thoughts on leadership. It is clear that the voices of these emerging leaders offer valuable insights to those of us who work in leadership and to organizations that strive to promote leaders. The essays, grouped thematically, offer a unique look at the thoughts of young professionals. They consistently articulate the need for collaboration and the benefits that collaboration brings to organizations and individuals. These young leaders want to hear a variety of voices and believe that inclusion makes for better decisions and for better leaders. Their personal stories are powerful and their insights offer much to help us all face the future with confidence.

Authors are from the Center’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) and represent the major business, non-profit and governmental organizations in the Greater Boston region. They are: Sandra Bailly, Ron Bell, David Dance, Lisa DeAngelis, Hugh Drummond, Paul Francisco, Armindo Goncalves, David Halbert, Chi Huang, Andrea Hurwitz, Anne Marie Boursiquot King, Georgianna Melendez, Nate Pusey, Michael Rawan, Pauliina Swartz, Mary Tolikas, Amanda Trojan, Deanna Yameen, Christie Getto Young and one who wishes to remain anonymous.

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Now Accepting Nominations for the 2010 Cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program

2009 Fellows at an ELP January Forum listening to the Chair of the NYSE, Marsh Carter

Leadership of a business or a community need not be left to chance. That’s what underlies the UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program. Through the ELP, Fellows enhance their individual leadership skills in entrepreneurship, communication, conflict resolution, the political process, media relations, networking, and teamwork. They gain valuable experience working in teams on a real project that has a real impact in the Greater Boston area.

This ten-month program consists of a weeklong seminar, followed by monthly meetings and team projects. Fellows must be nominated by their organizations. To nominate an emerging leader, please fill out the form at http://www.leaders.umb.edu/index.php/article/apply/. We will contact your candidate to apply.

ELP Corporate Social Responsibility Team works with MA Business Roundtable to Issue a Report

Bridget Hindle, 2008 cohort member presenting team findings on CSR

The Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR), in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Boston Emerging Leaders Program, released a report that documents a significant shift in corporate philanthropy. The Spring 2009 Report, Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Recruitment and Retention: A Primer, concludes that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a critical strategy for employers looking to recruit and retain talent. Members of the 2008 team who worked on the primer include: Bridget L. Hindle, Sovereign Bank; Cuong P. Hoang, Mott Philanthropic; Chris Lavoie, AT&T; Raj Menon, NSTAR; Quintina Palmer-Woods, Brown Brothers and Harriman; and Shaké Sulikyan, Pine Manor College. To learn out more about the findings, please see Boston Globe Op Ed: A core value that helps the bottom line, and the Boston Business Journal: Study: More CEOs say good works boost recruiting.