About PATHS Forward
PATHS Forward is a leadership development program designed to prepare promising African-American professionals to participate as leaders in the local community. The program, which introduces the prospective leaders to basic leadership skills, volunteerism, the Tarrant County community, working with non-profit organizations, and other leadership topics, is delivered over a 9-month period. The experience will include opportunities to meet and participate in discussions with successful entrepreneurs, corporate businessmen/women and civic leaders. Certificates will be awarded for completion of the six sessions and a service project. Optional events, providing more networking opportunities, will be provided throughout the program.
By the end of the program participants will have:
- Gained an appreciation for how their personal strengths, leadership weaknesses and talents impact their leadership capabilities.
- Honed effective, persuasive speaking skills through the exploration and adoption of innovative strategies for oral, written, and non-verbal communications.
- Developed an understanding of the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Metropolitan area, the leaders, the entities including non-profits and created a service project that serves the community.
- Explored the world of entrepreneurship and “intrapreneurship”, defining leadership characteristics that are common to both.
- Created strategies for on-going leadership development to achieve professional and personal success, including leveraging traditional networking and social networking.
Sessions At a Glance
- All About You
- Effective Communications
- Fort Worth/Tarrant County Community
- Exploring Non-Profit Organizations
- Service Project
- The World of Work
- Maximizing Your Potential
Program Developer & Facilitator
The PATHS Forward® program developer and facilitator is Paulette Turner of Grapevine, Texas. Ms. Turner is founder and president of Integrated Leadership Concepts, Inc., which specializes in developing leaders through consulting, workshop facilitation, and business executive coaching.
An accomplished speaker and facilitator of selling skills and leadership development workshops, Ms. Turner has been a featured speaker and workshop facilitator for various businesses and non-profit organizations worldwide.
Ms. Turner is certified as a Sherpa Executive Coach through the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and in the skill assessment methodology of the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC. She earned a BA in Biology from Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois and is a graduate of the Executive MBA program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She serves her community through membership on several educational and non-profit boards.
