CLX Executive Leadership Program

CLX + Paragon Executive Leadership Program:

We are excited to announce the application to our inaugural Executive Leadership Program, offered fall 2024 in partnership with Paragon Performance Evolution. This program gives OST youth-development leaders the opportunity to develop skills to enhance their leadership in service of staff and community.

This 3 month program will engage a cohort of 2 leadership-level staff from up to 8 Chicago OST organizations, using a research-backed method to build tools and capacity for enhancing self-reliance, stress management, and emotional self-regulation. Our vision is for participants to incorporate program learnings into their practices both as individuals/leaders, and to be equipped to scale the learning back into their organizations.

We're grateful to the coalition of organizations whose Collective Impact convenings over the past 12 months have informed the development of this program. We also are excited to build on a model program that Chicago Youth Centers has implemented with Paragon over the past 2 years, to address challenges of high stress and turnover in staff.

Take a look at the program description which outlines the format, duration and details of the program commitment. It also links to the application (due 9/13/24) and a registration link to a short info session we're hosting with Paragon on 9/6 at 10am on zoom. Please register for the info session or feel free to reach out to Hillary Cook (hcook@chicagolx.org) to get more information.