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Meet Your 2020 9NEWS Leader of the Year Finalists
At the Leadership Foundation, we educate and inspire people who want to make a difference as leaders in our community.
30 Things You Didn’t Know About LEX
The first LEX trip was to Seattle in 1990 – and we returned there in 2003. In Seattle we learned about metropolitan cooperation – the spark for the regionalism that metro Denver is known for today. A lot has changed since 1990: the downtown area has seen revitalization, most recently with Denver Union Station. Denver International Airport opened and was [...]
Celebrating One Year with B:CIVIC
Last week we celebrated one year with B:CIVIC. It’s been a fantastic year and we’re thrilled that we can harness not only the power of individuals through the Leadership Foundation but also businesses through B:CIVIC to do more good in the community. Here’s what we’ve been up to: We challenged over 250 leaders – from 148 companies and 28 industries [...]
Leaders Are Never Done Learning
In life we’re never done learning. And, at the Leadership Foundation we’re challenging leaders in our community to sharpen their skills – that’s why we offer programs year-round to help you keep asking, what’s next? From just a few days to digging deep over several months with a group of your peers, our goal is to help you take the [...]
Meet Your Board of Directors
We have an exciting year ahead of us, and I cannot be more thrilled to have 50 outstanding leaders in our community shaping our mission and work to give people the tools they need to get engaged – and lead – for the common good as our 2019-20 Leadership Foundation board of directors. Our board of directors approved the following [...]
Meet the Networker of the Quarter
What would you do if you had access to 5,000 leaders in your community? Doug Miller, senior director of wisdom for DaVita and a Leadership Foundation board member, has found his community online and offline through The Network, an online community just for Leadership Foundation alumni. Miller is The Networker of the Quarter for showcasing his expertise as a 2019 Colorado’s Civic DNA [...]
Leaders in Our Community Supporting Our Scholarship Fund
At our Leading Colorado luncheon in March, Southwest Airlines did something incredible to support people who want to grow as leaders: they pledged $20,000 to support our Emerging Leaders Scholarship Fund. But, they also challenged alumni to match them so that we can work together to pay it forward and ensure we have more effective, collaborative leaders ready to take [...]
ACCESS Housing Receives $3,000 Contribution
Each year, the Leadership Foundation connects teams of Impact Denver participants to community organizations who need those engaged leaders to take on a project that will help the organization make a greater impact. For the first time, ID participants selected one project to receive a $3,000 contribution from the Leadership Foundation based off the outcomes of the projects. ACCESS Housing, [...]