Why Legacy Leaders?
Legacy Leaders connects retirees and those nearing retirement with meaningful ways to leverage their talents and strengths to serve our community. Legacy Leaders leverage their decades of collective leadership experience to identify community challenges and develop. Legacy Leaders build partnerships that amplify community impact and address the needs of those who benefit most.
There are several ways to get involved as a Legacy Leader, including:
- Become a Cleveland Champion.
- Take part in Think Tank Conversations.
- Join one or more Alumni Resource Circles.
- Serve as guest on (and subscribe to) the For Your Encore podcast.
- Enjoy nature and stay active using the Age-Friendly Guide to Outdoor Recreational Trails.
- Subscribe to the Legacy Leaders quarterly newsletter.
- Cleveland Champions
Cleveland Champions strengthens Cleveland’s leadership pipeline and champions rising Leaders of Color. The program pairs emerging leaders with established leaders across four sessions and community events, building their networks and increasing their visibility. By partnering with a Champion who can offer experience and insights in a structured approach, emerging leaders will be better positioned to identify goals and work towards them more effectively, overcome obstacles along the way, and develop diverse networks that advance their leadership trajectories.
- Think Tank Conversations
Think Tank Conversations connect Legacy Leaders with organizations seeking solutions to strategic challenges. Through structured discussions, Legacy Leaders leverage their wealth of expertise and knowledge to formulate projects, policies, and goals while providing insights that address specific organizational problems and advance strategic objectives.
Why participate as a Legacy Leader?
- Channel your expertise and skills into meaningful initiatives.
- Engineer practical solutions that help local organizations achieve specific goals and overcome challenges.
- Engage with a diverse group of accomplished leaders whose varied experiences and background enhance problem-solving approaches.
Think Tanks provide the opportunity for community organizations/initiatives to:
- Benefit from the deep expertise and diverse perspectives of established community leaders.
- Develop actionable strategies to tackle initiatives or challenges through structured collaborative sessions.
- Generate creative solutions by examining problems and objectives through a new lens.
Collaborate with leaders who have successfully navigated complex community initiatives.
Contact Claudia Owens (216) 650-3312 if you are interested in participating.
- Legacy Leaders Alumni Resource Circle
Create and strengthen relationships among Legacy Leader through an Alumni Resource Circle (ARC). ARCs are voluntary, small groups of CLC alumni (from any program) who come together and connect through a shared interest at regular casual meet ups.
ARCs
- Range in size but are intended to be small (8-10 participants each).
- Are self-led. Each ARC establishes its own meeting schedule and meeting location.
- Ideally, meet monthly.
Contact Claudia Owens (216) 650-3312 if you are interested in participating in an ARC or if you have another idea for an ARC group.
- Legacy Leaders' "Your Encore" podcast
“Your Encore” is where Legacy Leaders share their second act stories. Guests discuss moving from work to retirement, life after retirement, career changes to pursue a second act, advice for others considering a second act, and more.
Available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Subscribe to get alerted when new episodes are released.
- Age-Friendly Guide to Outdoor Recreational Trails
A guide to age-friendly trails in Northeast and Southwest Ohio which includes the services and amenities available, maps, accessibility information, and directions to walking and biking trail in Northeast and Southwest Ohio.
Created in partnership with The Dayton Foundation’s Del Mar Encore Fellows and Encore Cleveland.
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Legacy Leaders is made possible in part through the support of the Cleveland Foundation Encore Cleveland program.