Inspiring & Equipping Communities To End Poverty The mission of Move the Mountain Leadership Center (MTM) is to inspire and equip communities to end poverty. Move the Mountain Leadership Center provides transformational leadership and planning programs to align leaders and their organizations to high impact strategies that can reduce and eventually end poverty. The Circles Campaign™ was initiated by Move the Mountain to provide transformational leaders a structure to engage the community in ending poverty. Join us on Facebook
 

Transformational Planning

In times of shrinking government funding, how can we redirect our time and resources towards high impact strategies that increase opportunities for livable wage jobs, affordable housing, adequate healthcare, and reliable transportation?

How do we engage more citizens in helping families out of poverty?

How do organizations transform low-impact strategies into high-impact ones?

The Transformational Planning Process takes you through ten straight forward steps to reorganize and apply your precious resources on the highest level strategies possible.


Step 1:     Articulate your leadership agenda

Step 2:     Build your guiding coalition

Step 3:     Gather compelling data

Step 4:     Engage the community, board, and staff

Step 5:     Develop new strategies

Step 6:     Develop indicators

Step 7:     Write your transformational plan

Step 8:     Align the agency with the transformational plan

Step 9:     Embed the change 
   
Step 10:   Plan for continuous improvement

Five-Day Transformational Leadership Program:
Provides you and your leadership team with our most comprehensive process for developing your leadership agenda including a compelling case for change, preferred future, and primary strategies. Delivered over four months, members of your leadership team will bond at a deep level as you clarify what is most important to achieve and what it will take to become transformational leaders.

One-Day, and Two-Day Transformational Leadership Program:
Provides your leadership team, board, and/or key community partners with an overview of the transformational planning process, including theory and exercises for developing a compelling case for change, dynamic preferred futures, and high-impact strategies. Helps gain the commitment of your key leaders to engage in a transformational planning process with you in order to have a higher impact on families and the community. Excellent team-builder program. 

Quote

"One of the best training opportunities I have ever had. Practical in the sense that there are elements to incorporate in day to day work, theoretical in the sense that it helped me understand the qualities of leadership and grow as a leader."
— Linda Lane, Associate Superintendent Des Moines Public Schools

"We would not be transforming our CAA agencies and focused on eliminating poverty without Move the Mountain's partnership and training programs."
— Jeannie Chaffin, Program Manager, Missouri Community services Block Grant Program