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Training Leaders
Investing in Communities
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What We Do

The Communities Project expands the leadership capacity of individuals and organizations to effectively tackle issues critical to the communities they serve.

Through training and ongoing coaching, investments in leadership amplify programmatic accomplishments, expand collective efforts, and dramatically escalate opportunities to serve communities.

If you’re interested in joining the Communities Project Leadership Collective and partnering on a year long leadership development program for your team, or to bring a day long leadership training to your community or organization, please get in touch with The Communities Project by emailing info@communitiesproject.org.

TRAININGS & RESULTS

LEADERSHIP COLLECTIVE

A year-long leadership development partnership designed for organizations working in recovery, behavioral health, and community-based services. Recognizing that uncertain funding streams have made one-off trainings harder to justify, the Leadership Collective offers a practical alternative: consistent, affordable leadership support delivered over time. Through monthly workshops, coaching, program evaluation, and optional consulting and training based on level, organizations receive ongoing leadership development that strengthens culture, supports supervisors and managers, and builds sustainable internal capacity—without the pressure or cost of a single, high-stakes training event.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

In partnership with D-Degree Coaching & Training, The Communities Project is a co-creator of the Transformational Leadership cohort. This five-session intensive leadership program outlines a vision for what people wish to create in leadership and develops a practice consistent with that vision. The program includes five leadership sessions as well as five executive coaching sessions.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Our Leadership Training focuses on the leader within us. It offers tools for people to break out of their box and thrive in every environment. We focus on the need to lead responsibly, closely examine our actions and seek feedback, and invest in the leader within all who surround us.

LEADERSHIP COACHING

After attending a training, leadership coaching is available for those who attend. Our personalized coaching aids individuals in attaining the goals they seek in their communities and in making an ongoing investment in everyone dedicated to bringing about change in their community.

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What Others are Saying
The Communities Project visited Indianapolis in October of 2018. Less than a year later, the Indiana Addiction Issues Coalition (IAIC) was proud to report the Recovery Café Indy held its grand opening in September of 2019, offering services two days a week to individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, and/or substance use disorders (SUD).
Heather RodriguezIndiana Addiction Issues Coalition
The Communities Project is inspiring because you never have to advocate alone, again. The training sessions are superb and Michael King gives dedicated support all along the way that is helpful for individuals new to advocacy and those that are more seasoned. In mobilizing our communities, we are taught to believe in our leadership capabilities and to listen to others. Having the guidance of the Communities Project is empowering as we aim to translate years of shared experience, which includes loss and pain and gratitude, for community action and positive societal change. Together, we are saving the lives of people today and generations tomorrow.
Marion (Joe) Riggs, Ph.D.Loving Mind Institute
Impact Leadership is the solution. Community organizations like ours, look forward to our "think days" with Michael King. Community services are fluid. And sometimes we get off mission. The leadership training brings us back to our north star. It is part of our annual budget and worth every penny. I highly recommend it!
Cheryl BranchLos Angeles Metropolitan Churches
I met Michael through a state sponsored virtual training he was facilitating in New Mexico in 2020. After completing the training and participating in monthly coaching calls I invited Michael to come to our organization and engage our entire staff in his leadership training. We are a small staff of 10 and almost all staff have continued to utilize Michaels monthly coaching. I have seen an incredible shift in confidence and commitment to the work each employee is engaged in!I have also had the pleasure of working with Michael in his transformational leadership training and continued coaching. Wow! What a difference I have found in myself in becoming the leader I am and how that work has helped me deepen my ability to see the opportunities and leadership in others. Having Michael support me in my growth has been one of the greatest gifts in my professional and personal life!! I can’t recommend his trainings enough!
Anna KrutskySan Juan County Partnership
Michael's trainings are highly informative, engaging, and impactful. Many organizations promote folks into leadership who have shined in their prior role, but are undereducated with respect to effective communication, team building approaches, and overall leadership development concepts. Michael has a way of making the most seasoned professional and the more novice leader thrive together in a learning environment that facilitates growth for all and a sense of community.
Megan FisherRecovery Bond
Our growing organization needs to arm emerging leaders with the tools to succeed in their missions, including the ability to motivate and inspire others. I participated in one of Michael’s workshops and can attest that they are effective and inspiring. We have made this available to our leadership and will be working with Michael to deliver similar workshops to new members of our national recovery housing network.
Dave SheridanNational Alliance for Recovery Residences

Meet Michael

MICHAEL KING

Director & Creator of The Communities Project

Michael King is a leadership trainer and coach, the Director and Creator of The Communities Project, and the Managing Principal of Impact Leadership Training & Coaching, LLC. He spent over a decade in the political arena, working on Presidential, Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, and local campaigns, from county to state legislative efforts. He is a past Campaign Director, Field Director, Communications Director for the Washington State Democratic Party, and the former Executive Director of the Washington State Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.

The former National Director of Outreach & Engagement for Facing Addiction with NCADD, Michael is also a co-founder of a Washington state-based not-for-profit organization that empowers young people to engage in the political process. He is an alumnus of JustLeadershipUSA’s Leading with Conviction program and a graduate of the Rockwood Leadership Institute’s online Art of Leadership program. Michael has studied solution-focused coaching and is a past Steering Committee member for the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence.

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