2012 TCG/American Express Leadership Boot Camp

2010 Personal Reflections

As someone who runs a mid-sized organization, it was a great treat to step away and dedicate a few days to work on improving leadership, communication and strategy thinking skills. My time with you included many "a-ha" moments that have already proven useful and effective back here. My partner is definitely on the right track, and I am excited to see him continue to grow and develop with us. I can already see what he took away from our boot camp that has been put into action!
—Established Leader

The Leadership Boot Camp has fundamentally changed how I interact with colleagues, how I perceive challenges and how I form strategies to solve problems. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have participated in the program and will carry the lessons I learned and the insights I gained for the rest of my life.
— Emerging Leader

Although I’ve been in the field a long time, I’m always open to learning more things that will help me be more effective. I especially valued the Campbell Leadership Descriptor (which gave me the opportunity to step back and look more rigorously at how I lead my organization) and the FIRO-B assessment tool which gave me insight into why I do some of the things I do. The concepts in the Change Style Indicator have also been very useful as I assess the behaviors of some of my colleagues; I used it recently to facilitate a conflict between two colleagues, and believe that it really helped. I felt that Rich was an especially powerful instructor, with strong presentation skills and a clear mastery of the content; he was thought-provoking and engaging. As a leader dealing with significant changes (organizationally and personally) it was particularly valuable to understand the difference between Change and Transition. This will help me shape my own transition to retirement over the next couple of years.
— Established Leader

It was fascinating to get some new tools to identify my leadership tendencies and preferences and to work with my mentor to talk as a team about how our styles fit together and how we can use the best of what we both have to offer to move our theatre forward.
— Emerging Leader

It has given me insight into how to lead my organization in effective and inspiring ways, and take better advantage of opportunities. I feel more prepared to anticipate leadership challenges within my organization and how to meet those head on and with great confidence. Perhaps even more importantly, it gave me some insight into why interpersonal dynamics in our office and ensemble members play out the way they do. I think I will be more patient and sensitive to other decision-making processes because of that, which will, I think, make me a more effective leader. I am very eager to bring the lessons I have learned back to my company, and even present a few of the activities at our annual staff retreat.
— Established Leader

The workshop allowed me to look in the mirror and see not only what my conditioned perception of myself is but the perception others have of me based on my behavioral patterns. The awakening was crucial in understanding my developmental needs in terms of becoming not only an effective leader for the sake of leadership, but a leader who possesses and exhibits morals, compassion, strength, vision, honesty, inclusiveness and wisdom.
— Emerging Leader