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We are excited to announce that Jackie will be working with us full time as of April, 2017!! Thank you Jackie for the expertise and talents that you bring to our PL team!!
Our next Influence Leaders Series starts on April 4th and we still have a couple of seats to fill – please check out our online information if you’d like to sign up!!
We postponed our Women’s Leadership Series to start on March 16th due to bad weather and we are anxious to get started. We have 20 fantastic women signed up and we are ready to go. We are grateful to have Stacy, Amy, and Deb facilitating this series with us!! The next series will start on Friday, September 8th and please feel free to sign up online!!
We will be starting a new Manufacturing Leadership Series (in partnership with the MEP/AVCOG organizations) and we will set up the dates within a week’s time!! Stay tuned!!
Thank you for reading and think Spring!!!
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“If you don’t choose to do it in leadership time up front, you will do it in crisis management time down the road.” -Stephen Covey
What would you do with 10,000 extra hours? That is 1250 eight-hour days (the equivalent of 250 work weeks, just under 5 years), or 416 twenty-four hour days (the equivalent of just over fourteen months). As you think about precious time, shouldn’t it be spent on something that you are truly passionate about and want to do really well? It might be related to your work, like improving your leadership, or something recreational, like lowering your golf handicap, or possibly some combination thereof. After all, one person’s recreation is often another person’s chore.
We all know people who spend every spare moment of their time golfing, traveling, or gardening. Others might pursue fitness, or poker, or the cello. I would be more likely to spend it reading, researching, and writing. The opportunities are endless.
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“No offense, but I don’t need you anymore.”
Those words were music to Lillian Scenna’s ears.
Scenna exclaimed, “That’s the best thing you can say to me!”
After just a few days, Kim had settled into her new job as Assistant Swim Instructor at the YMCA and was ready to go it alone.
Lillian Scenna, LSW, ACRE, is the manager of Pine Tree Society’s Career Development Department.
“I coached her at the beginning to be sure she knew where to go to sign in, how to put things in her locker and get to the pool,” said Scenna. “Together, we created a way for her to have the cues she needed so that she could quickly do it alone.”
When she first met Kim, she could see right away that she had a higher skill set than she was able to use in the types of jobs she’d done before.
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“If you don’t choose to do it in leadership time up front, you will do it in crisis management time down the road.” -Stephen Covey
Discovering Skills for a Meaningful Career
Pine Tree Society helps people in Maine with disabilities lead richer, more socially connected lives. Too often, people with disabilities feel left out, even isolated.
Kelly Walker recalls how nervous she was when she drove down the hill to Pine Tree Camp to drop off her son, Chase, for the first time. Chase had never been away from home before so she was worried about leaving him for six days.
Leadership development is very important to focus on in an organization. These days, there are different trends, innovations, and focuses to grasp on to. Of the four choices, which most resonates with you?
