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ICL: Connecting Leaders to Action since 1993
ICL builds Maine’s civic capacity by training, supporting, engaging, and convening a growing network of skilled leaders. We bring innovative and inclusive models of leadership to Maine communities and organizations. We open doors and build new relationships. We inspire leaders. We move Maine forward. More »
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ICL Leadership Intensive
This 8-month, 14-day experience-based, skill development curriculum is for individuals, as well as senior and mid-management professionals of Maine’s public, private and nonprofit organizations. The Intensive teaches collaborative leadership and problem solving techniques. Now in its 20th year, the Intensive has graduated over 650 leaders and is widely touted by alumni as the best leadership training in Maine. More »
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ICL Consulting Services
We help organizations move forward using inclusive and thoughtful processes. Our highly-skilled, neutral facilitators and consultants are experienced solving complex communication and leadership challenges of Maine municipalities, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. More »
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ICL Emerging Leaders Program
ICL is working to reverse national statistics that suggest only 6 percent of board members nationwide are under 40 with an innovative program that prepares and launches Maine’s young emerging leaders to successful nonprofit leadership roles through leadership training, mentoring, matching and transitioning. More »
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[View all updates]Leadership Intensive Application Extended...
posted on May 22nd, 2013
There’s still time to apply for September’s Leadership Intensive Class! FMI contact Jan Kearce, ICL Executive Director, 207-773-3254, jkearce@civicleadership.org, or click this link. If you’ve been thinking
More »Coming Soon — Maine Leadership Stories!...
posted on May 21st, 2013
ICL will soon feature ”Maine Leadership Stories.” Learn how ICL alumni apply their leadership to strengthen our communities.
More »Leaders Gathered for ICL 20th Anniversary...
posted on May 14th, 2013
A capacity audience of over 250 Maine leaders celebrated 20 years of ICL in our communities at Portland’s Ocean Gateway on May 2nd, 2013. The
More »Moving Maine Forward
[View all Maine Leadership Stories]LANA...
Southern Maine’s growing ethnic diversity represents an important economic opportunity in our aging state. But many barriers prevent new Mainers from becoming full contributing participants in our communities. Five ICL Leadership Intensive Alumni –Tae Chong, Dolly Hersom, Margie MacDonald, John Shoos and Grace Valenzuela– got together to consider how they could make a positive response to our region’s changing demographics.
More »Scott Simons Architects...
Portland-based architecture firm Scott Simons Architects doesn’t get the easy projects, and that’s just the way the firm’s founder and an ICL alum, Scott Simons, likes it. Sometimes, his is the second or even third architect to be hired for a project, and thanks in large part to their ICL training, the firm that finally designs something the gets built. That was the case with the Portland Public Library. From the start, the firm had to overcome the obstacle of an eight-year gap since the design by the architect originally hired for the project’s design floundered from funding challenges.
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