Testimonials
Employers
“Leadership Essentials has proven to be an invaluable partner for Howard Bank, providing a unique opportunity for our best professionals to develop the skills required for both business and community leadership. Our participants confirm that the personal coaching and professional networking has enabled them to develop a strategy for achieving their personal and career goals. In the process, Leadership Essentials has helped Howard Bank fulfill its own corporate development goals.”
- Mary Ann Scully, President, Howard Bank
“Leadership Essentials provided a cost-effective method of comprehensive development for a future leader that we otherwise not have been able to provide. Being a nonprofit ourselves, we particularly like the service component and focus on the community.”
- Lori Chatman, President, Enterprise Community Loan Fund
Graduates
“The Leadership Essentials Program has been successful in providing the necessary resources and professional contacts that will assist me in making a positive impact in my career and the community.”
- Cherice Daniel, Baltimore Gas & Electric `10
“My experience with the program has exceeded my expectations. The education, coaching, and networking aspects of the program have already paid dividends for myself and my company. I’m very glad I made the decision to participate.”
- Adam Joss, The Vertical Connection, `10
“I learned how to develop both career and personal goals, and the strategies to achieve them.”
- Sean Harbaugh, Columbia Association, `09