Leader to Leader Institute Collaborations

American Management Association

American Management Association is a world leader in professional development and performance-based learning solutions. AMA offers a range of unique seminars, workshops, conferences, customized corporate programs, online learning, newsletters, journals, and AMA books. Recognizing the leadership needs of nonprofits today, AMA and the Institute have launched a Fellows Program to develop the leaders for tomorrow. Up to 75 nonprofit employees will be able to take advantage of the fellowship, which includes a free seminar, a membership with the Leader to Leader Institute, and member benefits of the American Management Association. [Read More] [www.amanet.org]

The American Society for Quality

With more than 100,000 members, The American Society for Quality is the world's leading authority on quality. ASQ helps people - from everyday consumers to seasoned professionals - learn more about quality and use what they learn to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. ASQ offers training, publications, hands-on quality tools and an active, responsive network of quality practitioners second to none, customized for five different areas of focus: manufacturing, education, government, healthcare and service industries. [Resources]

ASAE & The Center of Association Leadership

ASAE is the membership organization and voice of the association profession. ASAE has more than 22,000 association CEOs, staff professionals, and industry partner members. The Center for Association Leadership is the premier provider of learning and knowledge for the association community and is our partner in bringing many webinars to the social sector audience. [www.asaecenter.org]

Asian Institute of Management

RVR Center is a research and program center within the Asian Institute of Management. Its main task is the management of corporate citizenship relative to the competitiveness of firms and its impact on society. The Center is engaged in case writing and research, program development and executive education and training. A lecture series and an annual conference on Corporate Responsibility are programmed every year. We are exploring ways to incorporate the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool and the Meeting the Collaboration Challenge workshop into RVR Center program. [Read More] [www.aim.edu]

The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University is a think tank and action tank whose purpose is to stimulate effective management and ethical leadership across all sectors of society. It does this, in large part, by advancing the ideas and ideals of Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management. The Institute acts as a hub for a worldwide network of Drucker Societies, volunteer-driven organizations that are using Drucker's teachings to affect positive change in their local communities. In addition, the Institute maintains a digital archive of Drucker's papers; undertakes research that builds on Drucker's writings; offers a major prize for nonprofit innovation; produces curricular material that distills Drucker's decades of leading-edge thinking; applies Drucker's work to current events; presents a slide show exploring the "Responsibility Gap"; and hosts visiting fellows with Drucker-like insights and values.[www.druckerinstitute.com]

Gates Millennium Scholars

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding minority students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, library science, or public health. We are co-hosting the Millennium Leadership Summit, a roundtable discussion to be held at the 7th Annual Gates Millennium Scholars Leadership Conference. [www.gmsp.org]

Linkage, Inc.

Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. Linkage has established an annual award named after Frances Hesselbein to be presented at The Women in Leadership Summit. [www.linkageinc.com]

Military Child Education Coalition

MCEC promotes partnerships and provides for networking of military installations and their supporting school districts. MCEC established the Frances Hesselbein Student Leadership Program, a new initiative offering a one-week program that will deliver intensive training, interaction with positive role models, and practical applications which benefit participants in their studies and throughout their lifetimes. [www.militarychild.org]

National Assembly

The National Human Services Assembly is an association of the nation's leading national non-profits in the fields of health, human and community development, and human services. Many of the member organizations are national offices of large networks of local health & human service organizations. Others are national research or resource organizations or national programs. [www.nassembly.org]

The University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh launched an initiative called the Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement. The academy is housed at the University of Pittsburgh but open to students throughout the world. The Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement aims to produce a cadre of experienced, ethical leaders equipped to address critical issues throughout the world. Through dynamic global mentorship, training, and service opportunities, student leaders of today will become the business, community, and government leaders of tomorrow.[Read More] [www.hesselbein.pitt.edu]

West Point, The U.S. Military Academy

West Point, The U.S. Military Academy, is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering. Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army. Leader to Leader President and CEO Frances Hesselbein has been appointed as the Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Chair is in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. [www.westpoint.edu]