Leadership Development

Welcome! The Maine Community Foundation will be working with leadership development programs over the course of the next year to help them build capacity for their work. We will examine curriculum and delivery, alumni engagement, assessing the impact of leadership development programs, and networking and coordination across programs and organizations in the leadership development field.

This survey is designed to inform our work by helping us better understand your leadership development needs, as an employer making decisions about your employees' leadership development programming. We want to understand your experience with leadership programs in Maine, and hear more about what you hope leadership programs will provide for your employees. We are also interested in learning about the compelling leadership characteristics of your current and future leaders.

Please note that your responses will be kept confidential and will not be used in any funding decisions. They will be used only for the purposes of informing and helping to shape our capacity building work with the leadership programs.

We thank you in advance for your help with this important work!

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* 1. What is the name of your company/organization?

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* 2. What is your title?

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* 3. Please tell us how many employees you have:

1-10 employees

11-25 employees

26-50 employees

51-100 employees

101-250 employees

251-500 employees

More than 500

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are you for-profit or non-profit organization?

For profit

Non profit

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Have any of your employees completed any of the following leadership programs? Check all that apply.

Androscoggin Leadership Development Institute

Bangor Regional Leadership Institute

Board Connect (ICL/Lift 360)

Education Leaders Experience (MDF/EducateMaine)

Emerging Leaders (ICL/Lift 360)

Encore Leadership Corps (UMaine)

Health Leadership Development Program (Hanley)

Island Sustainability through Leadership & Entrepreneurship (Island Inst)

Kennebec Leadership Institute

Leadership Hancock County

Leadership Intensive (ICL/Lift 360)

Leadership Maine (MDF)

Maine Network Fellows

Maine NEW Leadership (Margaret Chase Smith)

Midcoast Leadership Academy

Non Profit Leadership Inst for New Executives (ME Assoc Non Profits)

Physicians Executive Leadership Inst

Physicians Executive Leadership Inst- Advanced (Hanley)

Sustainable Food Systems Leadership Inst (ME Assoc Non Profits)

Washington County Leadership Inst

Ambassador Club (Women Work & Community/New Ventures Maine)

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Do you have a formal in-house leadership development program? Or a program you access through a national affiliate?

Yes- local in-house program

Yes- national affiliate program

We have an in-house program AND a national affiliate program

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Do you formally recommend that employees participate in leadership programs, or do they generally decide independently whether to participate in a program?

We recommend specific options for leadership development

They decide independently whether to pursue leadership development

Both: some decide independently and we make specific recommendations to some.

Neither

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Do you have financial assistance available for leadership development for employees? (check all that apply)

We don't have financial assistance available.

We pay 100% of approved costs for leadership development.

We pay a portion of approved costs for leadership development.

Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What are the most important skills you hope your employees will gain from a leadership development program? Choose up to five.

Public speaking

Facilitation

Inspiring and mobilizing others

Strategic planning

Management of others

Organizational management

Networking skills

Ability to work within a team

Ability to lead a team

Self awareness/self assessment

Conflict resolution/mediation

Financial or other technical skills

Working with boards/volunteers

Civic engagement skills

Business planning

Problem solving

Relationship building/partnership building

Developing public policy

Recruitment

Development/fundraising skills

Any other skills we missed:

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* 10. Please list the top leadership characteristics of your organization's strongest leaders. Share up to three.

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* 11. What are the top leadership characteristics your organization is seeking in your next generation of leaders? List up to three.

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* 12. How important are the following aspects of leadership programs for you, in making decisions about what to promote/provide to your employees?

	Most important	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not at all important
Time commitment	Time commitment Most important	Time commitment Very important	Time commitment Important	Time commitment Somewhat important	Time commitment Not at all important
Relevance to current job	Relevance to current job Most important	Relevance to current job Very important	Relevance to current job Important	Relevance to current job Somewhat important	Relevance to current job Not at all important
Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization	Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization Most important	Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization Very important	Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization Important	Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization Somewhat important	Relevance to future job opportunities within the company/organization Not at all important
Whether program is inspirational	Whether program is inspirational Most important	Whether program is inspirational Very important	Whether program is inspirational Important	Whether program is inspirational Somewhat important	Whether program is inspirational Not at all important
Networking opportunities	Networking opportunities Most important	Networking opportunities Very important	Networking opportunities Important	Networking opportunities Somewhat important	Networking opportunities Not at all important
Opportunities to work on a team	Opportunities to work on a team Most important	Opportunities to work on a team Very important	Opportunities to work on a team Important	Opportunities to work on a team Somewhat important	Opportunities to work on a team Not at all important
Self-assessment activities	Self-assessment activities Most important	Self-assessment activities Very important	Self-assessment activities Important	Self-assessment activities Somewhat important	Self-assessment activities Not at all important
Problem solving activities	Problem solving activities Most important	Problem solving activities Very important	Problem solving activities Important	Problem solving activities Somewhat important	Problem solving activities Not at all important
Conflict resolution exercises	Conflict resolution exercises Most important	Conflict resolution exercises Very important	Conflict resolution exercises Important	Conflict resolution exercises Somewhat important	Conflict resolution exercises Not at all important
Development of personal or professional plans for improvement	Development of personal or professional plans for improvement Most important	Development of personal or professional plans for improvement Very important	Development of personal or professional plans for improvement Important	Development of personal or professional plans for improvement Somewhat important	Development of personal or professional plans for improvement Not at all important
General development of leadership skills	General development of leadership skills Most important	General development of leadership skills Very important	General development of leadership skills Important	General development of leadership skills Somewhat important	General development of leadership skills Not at all important
Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit	Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit Most important	Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit Very important	Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit Important	Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit Somewhat important	Employee retention boosted by professional development benefit Not at all important

List any other aspects you consider very important:

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* 13. Do you think your employees could benefit from a 'graduate level' leadership development program? By graduate level we mean a 'leadership 2.0' style program that builds on programs they have participated in.

Yes

Maybe

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Have staff or directors of leadership programs in Maine reached out to you as an employer in any of the following ways?

in-person meeting with me and/or others

by phone

by email

mailing: brochure or other informational piece

group meeting or informational briefing

I/We have not been contacted by any leadership programs in Maine.

Other (please specify)