The Stars Have Aligned

Just as we began running promotions for the upcoming Leaders Circle season, we received this fabulous e-mail from Harriet Boorhem at Promise House, gushing about her experiences.

Talk about perfect timing!

Paige McDaniel has also given Leaders Circles a shout-out in her blog. Click here to read it.

I just love it when fantastic community leaders like Harriet and Paige do my job for me J

For more information on Leaders Circles, click here.

Katy Spicer
Associate Director of Marketing

From: Harriet Boorhem
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:14 PM

Subject: Friday Email
 

I want to say thank you today to my Leaders Circle. Sponsored through the Center for Nonprofit Management, it is a support program for executive directors and/or upper management of nonprofit agencies. You are placed in a group of executives who run agencies similar to yours, but who are non-competing. 

I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when I joined.  But I was also pretty desperate to get some support and to meet other EDs who were dealing with same the challenges, successes, and issues as I. 

I think it may be the best professional decision I have ever made. 

Not only are the women in my group fabulous, funny, highly skilled, supportive, and tell-it-like-it-is, they have saved my you-know-what many times! 

Although clichéd, the saying “It’s lonely at the top” is really true… certainly not all the time, but sometimes. And it is those ‘sometimes’ that can really pull you under if you don’t have the support of colleagues who will be honest, comforting, supportive, confidential, and/or who will kick you in the butt if you need it. 

So, thank you Center for Nonprofit Management for the program, but more importantly, thank you, Leaders Circle ladies for being so incredibly helpful and perfect for me!

Dr. Harriet Boorhem
Executive Director

Promise House, Inc.