Lutheran Leaders Gather in High Octane Learning Environments
December 17, 2007 – Baltimore, MD – CEOs and senior executives from Lutheran health and human services organizations from across the country will be meeting in January for several days of intensive learning to improve their leadership skills.
From January 8-11, 2008 in Oviedo, Florida, CEOs will learn from the Daring to Lead national survey of nonprofit executives and hone their negotiating skills.
From January 20-24, 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona, senior executives at Lutheran organizations will explore leadership, vision and vocation; learn strengths-based approaches to leadership; and articulate possibilities for the future.
The leadership sessions are organized by Lutheran Services in America (LSA) and open to executives in their member organizations. More than 300 Lutheran health and human services organizations from across the United States are members of LSA.
Our purpose is to offer a high-powered learning opportunity in the company of peers, says the Rev. Douglas Johnson, president and CEO of Lutheran Services Iowa, who coordinated the CEO Academy. This years academy provides not only top-notch presenters, but also time for CEOs to learn from each other in a stimulating environment.
Bob York, Director of Consulting Services for LSA, planned the new LSA Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy is designed to help high level staff gain knowledge and improve their leadership skills. The dynamic presentations at this first academy should give these executives a boost of creativity and help them uncover their passion for service and articulate how their faith gives meaning to their work.
Lutheran Services in America creates opportunities with people in thousands of communities throughout the United States and the Caribbean as an alliance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and their nearly 300 health and human service organizations. Working neighbor to neighbor through services in health care, aging and disability supports, community development, housing, and child and family strengthening, these organizations together touch the lives of one in 50 Americans each year.