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The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) has selected 97 organizations across Kansas – two from Hays – as 2024 Leadership Transformation Grant partners. The grants will help the partner organizations create a culture that embraces change, tackles problems and seizes opportunities.
“KLC has been awarding grants to civically engaged organizations around the state for the past nine years and we look forward to helping them make lasting progress on their biggest challenges. We’re proud to see this program grow every year since we started offering these grants,” said Kaye Monk-Morgan, president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center.
The 2024 Leadership Transformation Grant partners from Hays are Fort Hays State University and The Chamber in Hays, Kansas.
Leadership Transformation Grants provide the opportunity for participants to learn, practice and engage with the KLC Framework. The program also utilizes KLC’s best-selling book, When Everyone Leads.
“Leadership isn’t about authority and position, it’s an activity where small actions are taken in moments of opportunity,” said Monk-Morgan. “When everyone leads, we make progress on our most important challenges. That’s what the Leadership Transformation Grants are all about – engaging people across the state to solve daunting challenges in their communities, organizations and professional lives.”
Organizations who receive a Leadership Transformation Grant will establish a core team of three to six individuals to take on the responsibilities of the grant. Organizations chosen will have one year to participate in KLC’s dynamic program experiences and utilize KLC resources and consultation.
“The Leadership Transformation Grants provide access to programs on the KLC Path, a three-step sequence which teaches that leadership is an activity—not a position—and that anyone within an organization can exercise leadership effectively. These programs offer a framework by which organizations can share a common language and skills to approach their challenges and empower employees to mobilize others to create progress in their organization and communities,” said Rebekah Starkey Keasling, KLC partner manager.
Applications for Leadership Transformation Grants are accepted in the fall each year. See the complete list of 2024 partners.