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Greetings!

Welcome to the first issue of our electronic newsletter - yes, we have gone green and entered the 21st Century! In addition to saving trees, going electronic will also allow us to stay in touch more frequently than we could before.

The CLI Class of 2008

We thought you might be interested in knowing who is participatring in this year's Leadership Cape Cod class. We think you'll agree, it's a very impressive group.

Eric Bancroft - Commercial Loan Officer

The Community Bank

John Basile - Managing Editor

Community Newspaper Company

Merrill Blum - Case Manager

Veteran's Outreach Center

Doré Butler - Psychologist

Carlyn Carey - Attorney

Karen Cummings -Fiscal Manager

Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce

Jean Dawson - CFO, COO

Hospice & Palliative Care of CC

David Faus -Headmaster, Falmouth Academy

Lisa Fedy - Associate Director of Admissions

Cape Cod Community College

William Fox - Management Consultant

Alisa Galazzi - Executive Director

Alzheimer's Services of CC & Islands

Elizabeth Hartsgrove - Executive Assistant Town of Wellfleet

Erin Healy - Editor, PrimeTime Cape Cod

Adam Hofmann - Vice-President

Reid-Hofmann Insurance Agency

Mary Jenkins-Assoc. Director/Financial Aid

Cape Cod Community College

Mary Lawrence - Program Coordinator

Barnstable County Americorps CC

L. Cathrine Macort - Educator/Administrator

Cape Cod Maritime Museum

Cheryl Kramer Manwaring -

Program Coordinator

Housing Assistance Corporation

Mary Patstone - Director of Development RHCI

Susan Perkins-Business Development Officer

Christiane Perry-Director Marketing/Membership Services

Lower Cape Cod CDC

David Robinson - AVP/Financial Advisor

Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency, Inc.

Will Rubenstein - Owner/Director

Camp Wingate Kirkland

Lisa Sherman - Physicians Relations Manager RHCI

Duane Shimpach

Brian Spano - Realtor, Today Real Estate

Kevin Wright-Advertising Services Manager

Cape Cod Times

Peter Wyman-Business Development Officer

Cape Cod Cooperative Bank

CLI's Newest Board Member:
Catherine King
Catherine King is a very active woman. In her everyday work life, she's the Cape Cod outreach coordinator for Mass Rides, a program of the state's Executive Office of Transportation that works with local employers to develop creative ways for people to get to work that minimize the all-too-common "one car, one person" approach.

Catherine King and Deval Patrick

Catherine graduated from CLI in 2004, and has been an avid supporter and advocate of the program ever since. She's always wanted to be a part of the board, and we're delighted to finally have her join us. Catherine says that CLI inspired her to serve her community in new ways, so she ran for the Dennis-Yarmouth School Committee, a post she's held for the past 3 years. From there, she chose to broaden her education, and is now at the half-way mark in a master's degree program in Public Administration at Suffolk University, which, thanks to an agreement with Cape Cod Community College, allows her to take her coursework right here at home. She's excited at how well-rounded the degree program is, having also exposed her to government issues and topics in Washington, DC, and even in Ireland.

A mother of three boys (12, 9 & 6), Catherine must have felt she wasn't already busy enough, so she volunteered to coach kids' soccer; on top of that, she now even plays in an adult soccer league. When I jokingly asked her what she did in her spare time, her face lit up as she told me of her love for music, her history as a singer, her early college work in music at Berklee, her love of reggae, and her current role as a "Reggae DJ," both in real life and on an internet reggae chat room. We welcome Catherine to the CLI board, and are inspired by her accomplishment, her talents and her commitment to service.

- by Bradford Glass

The Nature of Leadership:
Creating Space for Innovation

Whenever I want to learn something new about leadership, I start by thinking about great leaders, about great companies, about great books - and then I turn the other way. For years, I've found most of my leadership lessons out there in nature. Here's a snapshot of how I see it, twisted into a lesson on how nature creates space for innovation - one of the keys to great leadership.

Nature has a pretty impressive resume: over four billion years of sustainable excellence, without a hint of stress. How does she do it? She must have learned early on (oh, perhaps only three billion years ago) that fighting with her own process as a way to achieve results didn't leave a lot of winners around; so she chose a different tack. She decided to open millions of "conversations for possibility" all at the same time, then just listen to the natural feedback inherent in the conversations as the guide for her next steps. In times of relative calm, she chooses replication as her strategy, simply making more of whatever "works." When things get a little crazy, like after a storm, she chooses improvement as a strategy, starting with what works and making it a bit better. And after heavy-duty turmoil, such as glaciations, volcanic explosions and tidal waves, she steps in with innovation, starting with "what isn't" and creating something entirely new.

Creativity is the lifeblood of innovation, whether in nature, business, or our own lives. Creativity demands open space, freedom, and acceptance of the unknown. Those things come from trusting the process, a place where nature excels. I can't help wondering how much better we'd be as leaders if we were able to slow down, see "what is," and then step into "what isn't" with trust, enthusiasm and creative spirit.

by Bradford Glass

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Sincerely,

The Board of Directors

CLI of Cape Cod & the Islands

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