ASTD Honors CCL & CHP Partnership

The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) has awarded Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) two Excellence in Practice Awards and a citation for our work on CHP's innovative Leadership Academy for executives and managers. The Leadership Academy received awards in both the Managing Change and Workplace Learning and Development categories, and a citation in the Organizational Learning category. See a summary of this work and it's outcomes at Story of Impact: Developing Next-Generation Leaders with an Action-Learning Approach.

CCL crafted fabric quilts as gifts to the graduating classes, using Visual Explorer images chosen by Leadership Academy participants to reflect their visions of leadership (special thanks to Susan Rice and quilt maker Mary Ellen Kranz). For more information contact Jon Abeles (CHP) and Patricia O'Connor (CCL). (See the 2003 class quilt at the top and bottom; click to enlarge.)