When Leadership Memphis began its first season of FastTrack, a two-month program aimed at emerging leaders in 2008 — the same year the organization turned 30 — I wrote about it.
“It is targeted to a younger and more up-and-coming leadership group,” Leadership Memphis president David Williams said of FastTrack. “The executive program is targeted at proven leaders, those people already in senior leadership positions.”
“For the last four years, with our executive program, we’ve been talking about the importance of recruiting and retaining talent in Memphis,” Williams says. “We said let’s see what we can do, and voila.”
Earlier this year — full disclosure — I went through the program myself.
Now, I don’t see how Leadership Memphis could find a better group of talented, wonderful, socially conscious, community-oriented, and fun individuals than they had in the FastTrack program this past spring, but they seem bound and determined to do so.
From now until June 30th, Leadership Memphis is taking nominations for the FastTrack 2010 Fall program, which begins in August and ends in November.
During the program, participants will learn about leadership skills and about Memphis. There are even field trips! (Just like in grade school, but without the boxed lunch or the bus driver.)
For more information about the program, visit www.leadershipmemphis.org or call Leadership Memphis at 901.278.0016. To nominate someone (including yourself), send name and contact information to: admissions@leadershipmemphis.org.
