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SUMMARY:Leadership Institute 2026
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce and MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital\, Leadership Institute is a six-month\, cohort-based program designed to develop informed\, inspired and engaged community leaders. The program provides opportunities to hone leadership skills\, learn regional challenges\, and become catalysts for positive change.\n\n\n\nRegistration for the 2026 cohort is OPEN.\n\n\n\nLeadership Institute participants will:\n\n- Discover their strengths & identify opportunities for growth\n\n- Connect with community leaders via immersion experiences with businesses\, municipalities\, government agencies & community organizations\n\n- Learn valuable\, research-backed leadership insights via class textbook and course work\n\n- Form bonds with fellow leaders in the cohort\n\n- Grow personally and professionally\n\n- Be inspired to serve and strengthen their communities\n\n\n\nYour organization will benefit from enrolling your employees\, who will:\n\n- Learn to identify their strengths and utilize them in a leadership capacity\n\n- Develop skills to effectively motivate others within your organization\n\n- Cultivate relationships with business and community leaders\n\n- Receive privileged access to knowledge of vital community resources and infrastructure\n\n- Identify organizations within the community that are aligned with your company?s vision and service mission\n\n- Adopt a mindset of servant leadership\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities: Sponsorships are available! Contact Lisa Owens at Lisa@puyallupsumnerchamber.com for more information.\n\n\n\nTuition:\n\nSimilar programs can cost upwards of $2\,000 and up to $8\,000\; by comparison\, our program offers significant value:\n\n\n\nLeadership Institute tuition:\n\n$1200.00 per participant (payment due by February 1\, 2026)\n\n\n\nImportant Dates:\n\nRegistration deadline: Friday\, Jan. 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nTuition payment deadline: Wednesday\, Feb. 1\, 2026:\n\n\n\nLeadership Institute sessions\n\n(Fridays\, 9:00am - 3:00pm)\n\nAll 2026 dates subject to change\n\nFebruary 13th\n\nMarch 13th\n\nApril 10th\n\nMay 8th\n\nJune 12th\n\nJuly 10th
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Sponsored by the Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce and <a href="https://www.multicare.org/location/good-samaritan-hospital/">MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital</a>\, Leadership Institute is a six-month\, cohort-based program designed to develop informed\, inspired and engaged community leaders. The program provides opportunities to hone leadership skills\, learn regional challenges\, and become catalysts for positive change.</span><br />\n<br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Registration for the 2026 cohort is </span><u style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">OPEN</u><span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">.</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Leadership Institute participants will:</strong><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Discover their strengths &amp\; identify opportunities for growth</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Connect with community leaders via immersion experiences with businesses\, municipalities\, government agencies &amp\; community organizations</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Learn valuable\, research-backed leadership insights via class textbook and course work</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Form bonds with fellow leaders in the cohort</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Grow personally and professionally</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Be inspired to serve and strengthen their communities</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Your organization will benefit from enrolling your employees\, who will:</strong><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Learn to identify their strengths and utilize them in a leadership capacity</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Develop skills to effectively motivate others within your organization</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Cultivate relationships with business and community leaders</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Receive privileged access to knowledge of vital community resources and infrastructure</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Identify organizations within the community that are aligned with your company?s vision and service mission</span><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">- Adopt a mindset of servant leadership</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><strong>Sponsorship Opportunities: </strong></span>Sponsorships are available! Contact Lisa Owens at <a href="mailto:Lisa@puyallupsumnerchamber.com?subject=Leadership%20Institute%20Sponsorship">Lisa@puyallupsumnerchamber.com</a> for more information.<br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;"><u>Tuition</u>:</strong><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Similar programs can cost upwards of $2\,000 and up to $8\,000\; by comparison\, our program offers significant value:</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Leadership Institute tuition:</strong><br style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: proxima-nova\; font-size: 15px\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; letter-spacing: 0.3px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">$1200.00 per participant (payment due by February 1\, 2026)</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><u>Important Dates</u>:</strong><br />\nRegistration deadline:&nbsp\;<strong>Friday\, Jan. 31\, 2026</strong><br />\n<br />\nTuition payment deadline:&nbsp\;<strong>Wednesday\, Feb. 1\, 2026:</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong><u>Leadership Institute sessions</u><br />\n(Fridays\, 9:00am - 3:00pm)</strong><br />\n<em>All 2026 dates subject to change</em></span><br />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">February 13th</span><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">March 13th</span><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">April 10th</span><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">May 8th</span><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">June 12th</span><br style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;" />\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">July 10th</span>
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