01/21/08 – Marilyn Segars Jamal, a veteran city educator, took the mic at the front of the Camden High auditorium and told one student to take off his hat, kicked out another student for talking and announced to the school that she was the new acting principal. "I promise you, you will achieve success," Jamal said, tearing up. "My tears aren't for fear, my tears are because I'm ready to rise. Are you?"
Fresh paint is now covering some of the graffiti and outside consultants (LTG) are running professional development sessions.

[full article by Matt Katz]
LTG offers a range of services in management and leadership development, organizational reform, workplace diversity, and one-on-one executive coaching. All of LTG's trainings and consultations are customized to meet the needs of leaders and organizational teams from across the government, not-for-profit, and corporate sectors.
LTG's approach to management and leadership development focuses not just on skills development, but on personal and organizational transformation. Through its Signature Management Training and Leadership Academy programs, LTG offers customized training that is focused on outcomes and designed to untap the hidden potential within all organizational levels from executives to mid level managers to front line staff.
Effectively managing organizations in times of transition requires the energy and commitment of all stakeholders from front line staff to advocates to supervisors and managers. Using Open Space Technology, LTG helps organizations develop ground-breaking action plans and, in the process, transform the ways stakeholders relate to one another, their clients, and their organizational missions.
Perhaps there is no greater challenge in today's workplaces than handling issues of diversity. Because LTG is a minority firm with an established track record on diversity, we have been invited to address countless organizations' most pressing issues on race, oppression, power and privilege. All of LTG's workshops and trainings have consistently left people of color empowered and whites engaged in the kinds of conversations needed for genuine change at the workplace.
Executives from all sectors in human services are increasingly being asked to meet multiple demands, but are given few outlets for support and self-reflection. LTG's Executive Training and Coaching programs offer executives individualized support to meet their unique needs and challenges of managing staff, decision-making, and balancing their personal and professional lives.
LTG will customize training and consultations that meet the unique needs of your organization while providing the skill set you require for the results you need.