Institute for Civic Leadership

Learn to lead in today’s fast-paced environment.

The Institute for Civic Leadership is an experiential, eight-month, inward journey during which leaders hone their understanding of themselves, their teams, their organizations and communities while developing and practicing the necessary skills to lead effectively in today’s fast-paced environment.

The application deadline is Friday, April 28, 2023. If you have any questions, please email Jan Kearce. 

View members of the current ICL class here.

Through the program, leaders:

• Delve into their capacity to lead in a collaborative, facilitative and adaptive way, and how to develop these skills where necessary
• Learn firsthand how to manage decisions and agreements for interdependent work
• Learn how to lead difficult conversations, provide peer coaching and consultation to support others’ work
• Explore systems thinking and network theory for context, perspective and intervention
• Explore facilitative methods to ensure processes and team relationships have the broadest possible impact

The Institute for Civic Leadership curriculum is designed for leaders from all sectors. 2023-24 is the 30^th year of ICL, which has graduated over 800 leaders who are passionate about having a lasting, deep impact on Maine communities.

Thank you to our ICL sponsors:

“Training and development is one of the most important methods of impacting employee engagement and retention. The Institute for Civic Leadership is a wonderful way to invest in your up-and-coming people at all levels, or to round out senior level skills.”

Elizabeth Ross-Holmstrom, Founder of BreakTogether