2025 Transformational Leadership Cohort

In 2025, our Leadership Transformation Grant will support a cohort to learn about the KLC leadership principles and competencies and then apply them directly to an adaptive challenge relating to housing for vulnerable populations in Reno County. This effort is in support of and complementary to the 2024 Reno County Housing Needs Assessment and the work of the Downtown Unhoused Coalition.

Fifteen individuals will be selected to form the nine-month cohort, with most sessions held locally in Hutchinson and two multi-day sessions held at KLC in Wichita. No previous KLC experience is necessary.

Anticipated Timeline:

• February 24 – Deadline to complete interest form
• February 27 – Selected participants notified
• April 7, 5:30-8pm – Cohort Launch in Hutchinson
• April 8, 9am-3pm – When Everyone Leads program in Hutchinson
• May 6, 11am-2pm – Progress Session & Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• June 3, 11am-2pm – Progress Session & Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• July 16-17 – Your Leadership Edge at KLC in Wichita
• Aug 19, 11am-2pm – Progress Session & Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• Sept 23-25 – Lead for Change at KLC in Wichita (Option 1*) or Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• Oct 14, 11am-2pm – Progress Session & Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• Nov 18-20 – Lead for Change at KLC in Wichita (Option 2*) or Peer Groups in Hutchinson
• Dec 9, 5:30-8pm – Cohort Debrief & Celebration in Hutchinson

*The participant will select either the September or November session of Lead for Change to attend, not both. In the month they do not attend, they will participate in a one-hour peer group session in Hutchinson.

As a member of the Transformational Leadership Cohort, participants will agree to the following:

• To be an engaged part of the process
• To keep an open mind
• To be fully present at times of interactions with my cohort
• To be authentic about my confusion, hesitations, and misgivings, as well as my learnings and discoveries
• To keep confidences among my cohort peers
• To schedule and hold at least one conversation with one other cohort member
• To make attendance at progress sessions and programs a priority
• To register promptly, as instructed, for select KLC programs and complete the preparation steps in advance of each program

Expected time commitments from April through December 2025:

• Approximately 25 hours in local (Hutchinson) sessions
• A total of 5 days (2 for Your Leadership Edge and 3 for Lead for Change) in Wichita from 9am-5pm each day
• Various conversations and preparation, as desired or needed, outside of cohort sessions or programs

Provided by Hutchinson Community Foundation:

• required books: When Everyone Leads, Your Leadership Edge, and 2025 Guidebook
• KLC registration fees (covered by Transformation Grant)
• Mileage reimbursement to and from Wichita

The KLC Leadership Transformation Grant leadership team includes Donna Davis (retired nonprofit executive), Denice Gilliland (Hutch Rec), Kari Mailloux (Hutchinson Community Foundation), Dave Sotelo (City of Hutchinson), Valerie Taylor (United Way of Reno County), and Gregg Wamsley (Hutchinson Public Library).

Please contact Kari Mailloux with any questions.

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