Melannie Penttinen: Employment Options Clubhouse Director, Compass Clubhouse in Fitchburg, MA
Because Nancy Cantor had trained the Employment Options Executive Directors and Leadership Teams in Marlboro, MA since 2002, when I was promoted to be the Director of their new facility in Fitchburg in 2023, she was hired to coach me. In Marlboro, I was an individual contributor, and now I have a team to manage and a program that needs to be established in a brand new location.
Nancy has been a partner and friend, coaching me on how to set up team meetings, networking in the new area, and hiring new staff. Her contribution has been invaluable and I am reaching my objectives as a new leader.
On my request, she is now delivering a training that I did when I was on the Marlboro team, which was very useful in creating a vision, strategic plan, working through sabotage and getting other people on-board for support in reaching objectives. My team in Fitchburg are actively engaged in creating their own vision and strategic plan. Then we will move into exploring the vision and plan for the organization and how we can work together to fulfill it.
Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication are all necessary for us to be successful in our roles within the organization, and the TLC and support that Nancy gives me, has me believe in myself and my team, and know we have what it takes to create Compass Clubhouse in Fitchburg, MA successfully.