“The Leadership Fellows provided me with an opportunity for great self-reflection and growth. It truly demonstrated our community’s commitment to developing the whole person and giving me the ability to take time for such a meaningful experience. The lessons I have learned and connections I have made throughout the Kendal Affiliation will only go to greater service of myself and Kendal on Hudson for years to come. It was such a wonderful experience I can only hope that many others are able to experience and learn from the Fellows.”

“Do it! I am thankful for this opportunity. My self-confidence just soared. Everyone from my organization will benefit from me being here. This [program] can be life changing; this helped me to find a place. It’s the one time each month that you can be self-reflective and experience self-discovery. This has been a journey of finding your strengths, giving yourself grace, and finding ways to continue these lessons in becoming a stronger leader and person.”

“I have greatly appreciated the fellowship I received from this experience. Each and every one of you has such a brilliant light to share with the world and I thank you for sharing a bit of it with me.”

• Heightened self-awareness that improves interactions with staff, colleagues, residents, and others and enhances decision-making.
• Improved capacity to offer useful feedback and to make good use of feedback from others.
• Ability to consider any situation from multiple perspectives and engage others in decision-making with better long-term results.
• Skills for handling difficult conversations using Quaker-based techniques and organizational learning processes.
• Ability to sustain a learning organization, fostering the Quaker process of “continuous revelation”—realizing that if we want to improve, we must always be learning.
• Strategies for building reflection into action-packed workdays.
• A network of relationships across departments and among Kendal Affiliates that increases trust, strengthens teamwork and allows for System-wide innovation.
• Greater alignment of Kendal values with our day-to-day business practices and ways of working together, increasing System capacity and enhancing Kendal’s competitive advantage.

Commitment to Show Up: 
Fellows must attend all eight virtual, four-hour sessions beginning in October, and a culminating in-person session at The Kendal Corporation’s headquarters in June.

Desired Skill Sets:
Those who will flourish in this program are the people who others regularly seek out; those to whom others naturally turn during times of conflict, pressure or celebration.  These are people who are curious, who like to learn, are growth-oriented and are collaborative.  Unlike many leadership programs, this program encourages candidates who are not in current leadership roles.  Fellows can be front-line staff or managers; administrative staff or grounds persons.

Cost per Kendal Leadership Fellow:

• $2,000 per person