Luke Center

We are dedicated to nurturing Catalytic Leadership. The Center offers executive leadership training, short courses, meeting facilitation and a speakers bureau to address leadership access.  We are very serious about our mission as we are serious about making the world a better place.

Our Next Class:

The Leadership Imperative

The workshop will focus on the reasons catalytic leadership is critical to leading our communities and organizations. It will help participants focus on what they can bring to the table, why that is important, and how they can best express that in their leadership roles.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

9:00 to 4:00

Oregon Zoo, Portland Oregon

Registration fee: $125

REGISTER TODAY!

Our Mission

Creating and supporting transformational leadership for the public good.   

The Luke Center Strategic Plan

The Luke Center guides it work by a Strategic Plan (reviewed by the Board in detail on a yearly basis). At every Board meeting, an Action Plan is updated to refine the Strategic Plan. All alumni are encouraged to read these documents and to volunteer to help with any of the initiatives listed in the Action Plan. 

Catalytic Leadership

Since 1989 our primary work, the Pacific Program, has provided one of the best opportunities for growth of leaders in the public sector. It not only teaches new skills, it opens minds to new ways and paths of leadership. These are based on what we call catalytic leadership. 

Catalytic leadership is a style based on vision, building partnerships, collaboration, and passion. The term comes from the work of Dr. Jeff Luke of the University of Oregon who researched why some communities were able to solve difficult problems while others were not. He found that much of the success came from a style of leadership placing the good of the community and the accomplishment of an agreed upon outcome over personal gain or recognition.  

The Luke Center teaches, advises, and builds upon the catalytic leadership model offering a variety of services to the leadership structures of communities and organizations throughout northwestern North America.  

"The Pacific Program gave me the courage to act, courage to take risks and courage to catalyze the can-do entrepreneurial spirit to engage the whole community."

 -John Morgan, Executive Director, Class of 1994

Jeff Luke Memorial Fund

We have established the Jeff Luke Memorial Fund as a vehicle by which you can make charitable donations by clicking our "donate" button to the left.

The Luke Center is a 501c(3) not-for-profit corporation dedicated to furthering Dr. Luke's vision of catalytic leadership. Its Board and Staff are all Pacific Program alumni.