Featured in Fargo INC: The Potential is Endless When We Focus on Building Strong Leaders through the 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program
“The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance to succeed.”
-John C. Maxwell, American author, speaker, coach, and leadership expert
At United Way, we believe that bringing people together to learn, grow, and connect is key to unlocking the potential that is all around us. Our community has the foundation to continue to grow in business and population, as well as create opportunities for everyone to find success. At the core of making this happen is building strong and passionate leaders.
Each year, United Way invests in a group of 35 women to encourage them on their leadership development journey through our United Way 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program. The purpose of the program is to strengthen leadership skills and confidence, enhance the impact of women across our workplaces, homes and community and above all, inspire collaboration and unity.
Since 2009, 455 women have participated in the program and continued on to make lasting impacts within our workplaces and greater community. This year’s class is no exception. When you look into their eyes, just eager to learn and grow, we know they too will go and make positive change in our community.
In the March issue of Spotlight’s Fargo INC Magazine, our community was given the opportunity to “meet” the 35 extraordinary leaders participating in this year’s leadership program. We invite you to take some time to read their perspectives on everything from leadership lessons learned, people who have been instrumental in their leadership development, to their favorite things to do in our community and podcast and book recommendations on what their reading and listening to on their ever-evolving journey toward leadership development.
We encourage you to learn more about our United Way 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program and check out all of the inspiring and impactful features in the March issue of Fargo INC magazine.
- Meet the 2023 participants of the 35 Under 35 Women’ Leadership Program
- Read our President & CEO’s perspective on the value of investing in building strong leaders
“Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
-Angela Duckworth, psychologist, science author, and New York Times best selling author
As you read about each of these extraordinary women, I hope that you are inspired to continue your own leadership development journey—let their tenacious excitement to learn, be a light that reignites your own passion to be the best version of yourself.
As each of us learn and push ourselves to develop our leadership skills, our workplaces are enhanced with more talent. Our community becomes a better, stronger place to call home. This can exponentially change our community’s culture and values for generations. This is why we continue to host the 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program and why we inspire our community to become better leaders by getting involved.
If you have questions about our United Way 35 Under 35 Women’s Leadership Program or want to get more involved with United Way, we encourage you to reach out to our team at unitedway@unitedwaycassclay.org.