National Conservation Leadership Institute - training extraordinary conservation leaders

Saturday, 05 July 2008

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NCLI Purpose

The Purpose

One of the most far-reaching development initiatives ever undertaken within the natural resource conservation community, the Institute is an intensive, world-class leadership development experience. Offered each year to a select group of individuals identified by their nominating organizations as “high potentials”, the Institute is referred to by many as natural resource conservation’s “war college”, filling the empty seats left by retiring baby boomers. The Institute is by no measure only a training program; it is a unique comprehensive learning experience designed to challenge assumptions, teach skills, facilitate networking, and strengthen confidence, preparing extraordinary leadership for the future.

The Need

We are facing a crisis in conservation! The significant loss of baby boomers who provide leadership in the organizations which manage the conservation of our nation’s natural resources requires immediate and careful attention.

Research studies confirm this reality:

Between 2004 and 2015, more than 77% of state fish and wildlife senior leadership will retire!
More than one-half of Senior Executive Service employees of federal natural resource agencies will retire by 2007!
And this alarming trend mirrors that of NGOs and corporate sectors.

The Solution

A breakthrough strategy of leadership development, the National Conservation Leadership Institute is natural resource conservation’s groundbreaking solution, equipping our “high potential,” future senior leaders who will build a conservation legacy for the next generation.

The Distinctions

The nation's top leadership thinkers combine with top natural resources leaders for a one-of-a-kind experience –World renowned leadership experts from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the best teachers of Adaptive Leadership™ on the planet, together with nationally recognized natural resource conservation leaders, dynamically ground all learning with real case stories and examples from the “trenches” of natural resource conservation.