Leading from the Middle New York 2009 will run from January to June 2009. There will be six six-hour sessions one Saturday a month between January and June. Fellows who complete at least five sessions receive one-to-one performance coaching from April to June. Leading from the Middle Fellows who complete at least five sessions and work successfully with their coach will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Sessions will be held in Manhattan, either in the Union Square area or Lower Manhattan.
The program will begin with a dinner on January 23 for Leading from the Middle Fellows and instructors. (Date and location TBA).
..Session Focus: Power and Influence
Discover your hidden powers to influence at any level. Learn better ways to leverage your strengths efficiently, ethically, and effectively. Learn how to mobilize assets within communities and organizations for change.
Class meets: Saturday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
..Session Focus: Strategic Communications
Discover new and better ways to convince and persuade various and diverse audiences. Learn to promote issues and agendas in organizations, communities and the public.
Class meets: Saturday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
..Session Focus: Values-Based Planning and Cost-Effective Evaluation
Learn to achieve success through values-based planning and cost-
effective evaluation. Discover how to leverage small successes for large-
scale change.
Class meets: Saturday, March 21, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
..Session Focus: Building and Leading Groups and Partnerships
Three of the keys to the success of group efforts are: picking the right partners, having clear roles for each member, and making meetings productive. Learn to do all three in this session.
Class meets: Saturday, April 25, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
..Session Focus: Managing Resistance
Conflict is a natural part of group work, growth and change. Learn how to manage conflict and resistance to create more effective solutions and build better relationships.
Class meets: Saturday, May 16, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Session Focus: Cultural Competency
Learn to lead in diverse organizations and communities, and how to manage the challenges of diversity to find more creative solutions to problems.
Class meets: Saturday, June 20, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
 
..Performance Coaching
Each fellow will be matched with a coach. Coaches are current or retired executives and senior-level professionals in community development
or planning.
April through June. Fellows and coaches will arrange their own, mutually convenient, appointments. For more on coaching, please click here.
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A graduation ceremony will be held in the summer.