| Strong Leader Academy |
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| Written by Jack Poole | |
| Sunday, 24 December 2006 | |
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Dear Class of 1987, I am excited to announce the launch of a new nonprofit company founded by your classmates that brings the values and leadership basics we learned at West Point to students at the high school level. The Strong Leader Academy, founded by myself and Rich Fredricksen, is poised to expand into a nationwide, premier high school leadership program designed to inspire emerging young leaders to step up and seek out opportunities to lead throughout their lifetimes. The Strong Leader Academy is an expansion of a program I created in 2003 through the West Point Society of Columbia, SC a program that was designed to bring local high school student leaders together in a multi-day format and get them to explore what it means to be a leader and how they might refine and apply their leadership abilities as they finish out high school, move on to college, and ultimately embark on their careers. The Strong Leader Academy combines team building and confidence exercises, such as the Leadership Reaction Course, ropes courses and rappelling, with classroom discussions centered on various aspects of leadership and integrity themes that resound with us as West Pointers. Included in the curriculum are elements of the Strong·Leader execution system developed by Rich through his consulting practice, the Paiva-Fredricksen Group. The result is a comprehensive program that inspires students to seek to lead and provides them with tools and practices to help them achieve their goals. The program has been a great success and has garnered interest from people in many locations around the country. Rich and I have decided to proceed as a nonprofit corporation to more effectively roll this out into a nationwide program. We wanted the Class of 87 to be the first to know about our vision and plans. And of course you can help us move forward! We know that this is the time of year when many of you will be deciding which charitable activities you might contribute to. Rich and I would certainly appreciate your consideration of our endeavor. Please see the attached press release and, by all means, visit our web site at: www.strongleaderacademy.org to see a much more detailed description of the program and our vision. Aside from financial support, we also welcome any assistance you may be able to provide in helping bring Strong Leader Academy to your area. We want to reach as many impressionable young leaders as possible. This program is an especially good fit with West Point Societies around the country in supporting their missions of reaching out to their communities. While this is not an official USMA or AOG activity, it will certainly do much to promote USMA to students, parents, schools, and communities across the country. Thanks for your consideration, Classmates. I hope this note finds you well and that you'll consider giving us a look. Of course, please contact me at any time with questions, comments, etc. See you at our 20th! Our Country We Strengthen,
Jack Poole Attached Press Release:
July 27, 2006
Strong Leader Academy Completes Successful Run COLUMBIA, SC It's not your run-of-the mill high school student who'll sign up for a 5-day camp dealing with leadership, ethics, communication and execution skills all based on military principles. That's the point. The Strong Leader Academy, a non-profit entity of execution consulting firm Paiva Fredricksen Group, and based on the company's Strong Leader execution system, looks for leaders of the future. The goal is to introduce high school students to leadership concepts, inspiring them to strive for higher levels of success throughout their lifetimes. So far, so good. The 2006 Strong Leader Academy hosted over 30 selected high school students from South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia at the McCrady National Guard Training Center during its recently completed weeklong run. Team-based Academy activities included a leadership reaction course, a high ropes course, a rappelling tower and the Strong Leader Academy Championship competition where teams traversed a multiple station course with differing challenges at each stop. Classroom content is presented in small group discussion format while evening sessions include a guest speaker series, panel discussions and movie-viewing sessions. Rich Fredricksen, principal and founder of Paiva Fredricksen Group, and a West Point grad and former Army helicopter pilot was the featured speaker, while a group of combat veterans from the Korean War through the current Afghanistan and Iraq operations led a panel discussion. The great success of the Strong Leader Academy has inspired its founders and sponsors to expand it on a nationwide basis in 2007 as well as offer in-school programs with similar content to be conducted year round. Sponsors of the Academy include BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and the West Point Societies of Columbia, SC, Atlanta, GA, and Richmond, VA. ABOUT STRONG LEADER ACADEMY: The Strong Leader Academy was developed by United States Military Academy graduates who believe in ensuring the country has a strong bench of leaders for the future. The Academy is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building the next generation of leaders. For more information go to: www.strongleaderacademy.org ABOUT PAIVA FREDRICKSEN: Paiva Fredricksen Group, LLC developed the Strong Leader Execution System, an execution management system designed for organizations who wish to improve and sustain their ability to execute. The system aligns and focuses organizations, builds efficient governance and decision making processes, and works in the trenches to improve people, processes and results.
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