The Leadership Houston Podcast
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In 1982 a group of business and community leaders set a goal to increase dialogue and foster collaboration on projects to improve the quality of life for all Houstonians. Their vision was to identify and reach more leaders and those with leadership potential and inspire them to expand their involvement within the community. That vision became leadership. Houston Hello and welcome to the leadership Houston podcast. I'm Renee Griffin. From Business and education to Healthcare Government and the Arts. There are hundreds of professional people who are alumni, members of leadership. Houston this podcast is going to introduce you to many of them. I'll talk with them one on one about what they're doing now is engaged leaders tackling challenges, creating new opportunities, helping people, contributing to the community, sharing knowledge and using their expertise to make a difference. So be sure to subscribe to the leadership Houston podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts so you can listen to each great one on one conversational journey For this first episode, it's just me here to introduce the podcast. Let me start by telling you some more about leadership. Houston Well, leadership Houston is a tax exempt 501 C three that's eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes. Okay, there's that now for the more interesting, fun stuff you really want to hear about leadership. Houston Signature Program is a 10 month journey for a new class of fellows. Every year the journey for each class begins in August. When you attend the kickoff orientation and meet your classmates in September, you go on an overnight class retreat from October through May. You have one full day learning session every month that introduces you to people and immerses you and experiences to understand what makes Houston tick, you and your other class members spend each monthly learning day visiting a venue. That's a key element in a specific sector of the city. Corporate business, educational and health care institutions, local government, political offices and law enforcement nonprofits. The cultural and performing arts. You get deep insights into Houston's major community issues and unique opportunities to discover and develop ways that you can be a leader where you work and in the larger community. Those insights help your class develop Pacific project that you collaborate to complete as an enduring legacy contribution from your class to the community. And then the program culminates with a closing overnight retreat in June. Just how do you qualified to participate in this journey? If you're sincerely committed and motivated, you could be an ideal candidate. If you're a professional with 10 or more years of experience, you have proven leadership skills and you're currently involved in the community but not running for an elected office at the time you put in your application leadership. Houston accepts applications year round from candidates who want to join the class of the following year. Visit the website leadership Houston dot org. Toe. Learn more about the application process and a review the class schedule. That's important because attendance at the retreats and at the monthly learning sessions is mandatory. So you want to avoid any potential schedule complex before you submit a candidate application. Since you're going to be hearing me host each episode of the Leadership Houston podcast, Here's a little bit about me. I'm Renee Griffin, and I'm a corporate communications and public relations professional. At the time of this podcast episode, I'm in transition, actively job hunting in the midst of a Global Cove in 19 Corona virus pandemic and economic downturn. It is a challenging time for me and 30 million other Americans who are out of work. Please feel free to check out my profile and credentials on linked in as far as my involvement with leadership. Houston. I'm one of the 54 members of Class 29 which graduated in 2011. We like to call ourselves the best class ever. All the leadership Houston classes call themselves that to where all the best classes ever. My Class 29 was a diverse mix representing all kinds of racial ethnic socioeconomic backgrounds. A mix of extroverts, introverts, folks who take care of business but love and I do mean love to have a good time socially. The highlight of our journey was planning, designing, building and opening the Palmetto Multi Sensory Hiking Walking Trail at the Houston Arboretum in Nature Center near Memorial Park. The purpose of the trail was to enable blind and visually impaired people in our community to independently enjoy the experience of nature for themselves. Class 29 set a leadership Houston record by raising nearly $70,000 for the project, and we gained loads of media attention for it. Houston Chronicle, Fox 26 News National Travel Blog's and this feature story reported by Gail DeLaughter at Houston Public Media Radio station. Kuhl's or got hit by Ropes connected the polls alongside the trail. Information stations have text, and Braille and large print audio recordings will also be available. Visitors can do things like Touch the roots of a large tree that fell during Hurricane Ike. Every member of Class 29 put their hearts, souls and hundreds of hours of sweat equity volunteer hours into the Palmetto Multi Sensory Trail. Currently, it's not open. In fact, it's been reverted back to a natural habitat, not sure what happened or why The Nature center is in the middle of a master plan restoration. So hopefully there may be an opportunity to reestablish our trail in the future. Home. The Palmetto Trail and the Nature Center could be interesting topics for a future episode of this podcast. The executive director of the Nature Center is a member of Leadership Houston class 30. Thanks for listening form or information about leadership. Houston Visit leadership Houston dot org. The writer, producer, audio engineer, The music composer and piano player for the leadership. Houston podcast is yours truly subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Talk to you again soon.