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Finding my Passion and Making a Difference!

By Stefanie Lerner, Class 23 Director of Sales & Marketing at Encore Creative I began the Scottsdale Leadership program with what I thought was an open mind.  I knew I wanted to get deeper involved in my community and thought … Continue reading

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Are you ready to save my life?

By Rachel Brockway, Class 23 Scottsdale Leadership Marketing and Resource Development Manager As leaders in our community, we continually attend events and activities where many people are in attendance. Would you know how to respond if one of these people … Continue reading

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Looking for a Muddy Place to Volunteer?

By RACHEL BROCKWAY, Class 23 Scottsdale Leadership Marketing and Resource Development Manager We all spend time volunteering and recognize the importance of doing it. But how many of us have a chance to get really dirty when we volunteer? Are … Continue reading

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Effective Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (EI) Part 4

By TERRI RABICOFF Scottsdale Leadership Class XIX This is the fourth of a multi-article series discussing the relationship of leadership and emotional intelligence. Organizations continually face the challenge of finding their next generation of leaders. According to an article published … Continue reading

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Leadership Experiences should be shared

By RACHEL BROCKWAY, Class 23 Scottsdale Leadership Marketing and Resource Development Manager In today’s Scottsdale Republic an article by Russell Helwig titled “Share Leadership Experiences” was very engaging. From time to time you may read articles by John Hersey or … Continue reading

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Interfaith Movement – Peace and Harmony as Everyday Thought

By PAIGE PERRY,Class 24 Major Gifts Officer, Mayo Clinic While Arizona is known for our sunshine and golf, we are sadly not known as one of the first states to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. As a longtime … Continue reading

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Teamwork, great projects make us want to dance

By ROBERT LEGER, Class 21 Opinions editor of the Scottsdale Republic and Phoenix Republic The tune was current, one all the elementary school children recognized as they ate lunch. They started dancing. A few minutes later, the youngsters were joined … Continue reading

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Keeping Our Community Safe

By SUZANNE PAETZER 2009 Scottsdale Leadership Class Reporter The Scottsdale Leadership Experience This is the 12th of a 17 article series recapping Scottsdale Leadership’s nine-month Core Program. The program educates, connects and empowers citizens who are interested in community leadership. … Continue reading

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Effective Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (EI) Part 3

By TERRI RABICOFF Scottsdale Leadership Class XIX This is the third of a multi-article series discussing the relationship of leadership and emotional intelligence. It is important to understand that emotional intelligence (EI) is not a contradiction of cognitive (IQ intelligence), … Continue reading

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Community Service Decisions

By MICHAEL SEIDEN Scottsdale Leadership Class 24 We all have our own reasons for getting involved in community service. Some have a passion for a particular cause, such as battered women. Others may have specific expertise that they want to … Continue reading

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