Leadership Institute

Embracing Change Cultivating Leaders

Authentic Inquiry Dialogue Program

People are like sunflowers; they will always gravitate towards the brightest, clearest vision.

Sunflowers

Leadership Institute Vision Statement

The Leadership Institute promotes healthy connections, trust, and mutual respect among members of interpreting organizations and systems, between leaders and members, and among members of the larger Deaf community. This creates an environment where all people can show up authentically and be challenged comfortably. This environment cultivates self-awareness, moments of insight - and propels us beyond our wildest dreams!

What we believe...

The Leadership Institute (LI) shatters traditional notions about what interpreting, leadership in the field of interpreting, and membership in an interpreting organization entails. Sign language interpreters do more than process messages and bridge cultures - they leave their mark on the lives of consumers and other interpreters. Leaders are more than the people at the top managing the organization - they are each one of us, leading by example. And members do more than pay dues - they impact the culture of the field, and their organization, by their personal and professional willingness to open up to the larger community. So isn't it time that we started talking about it?

LI believes that:

the creation of healthy relationships,
the ability to engage one another in meaningful dialogue,
the encouragement of life-long learning,
the desire to interact authentically, and
the courage to welcome change

are vital to the continued growth and success of our profession.

Click here to hear what participants in LI events have said about how LI sets this vision and these beliefs into motion.

About the founder

(Click here to view Amy's resume)

Amie Seiberlich, Founder Amy’s passion for leadership in the field of interpreting began in 1993. Early in her leadership career she developed the understanding that positive change is born not of being constrained by our past, but by dreaming - without limit – of our desired future. As President of the Colorado RID, then member of the RID National Board of Directors (as Region IV Representative), Amy has continued to explore and create her own leadership dream through the work done at the Leadership Institute.

Live presentations, including consulting and specialized group work, along with many of the topics presented through the Leadership Institute's Online Education Center's WebShops, comprise the bulk of Amy's work as she works to improve the interpersonal and relational dynamics in our industry.

Amy also shares her passion for leadership by coordinating and facilitating “Leadership and Visioning Retreats” for officers and members of RID state affiliate chapters and regional groups. She has presented on a variety of leadership topics locally and nationally and wrote her Master’s Thesis on local and state affiliate leadership in RID. Amy is the 2006 recipient of the “Spirit of Region IV Award” for her leadership training efforts within the Region. She is also the recipient of the 2006 Colorado RID Most Valuable President (MVP) Award and the 2007 Mary Lee Ragland Award for the Outstanding Colorado RID Member of the Year.

In addition to her work with LI Amy has developed coursework for the University of Northern Colorado's DO IT Center and Regis University, and is currently teaching courses she developed in leadership, supervision and interpreting. Amy is also a Certified Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Facilitator and utilizes AI in her consultation and retreat work.

Amy holds a Master's degree in Communication from the University of Denver, a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Marquette University and an Associate's degree in Sign Language Interpreting from Front Range Community College. Outside of professional circles and in her free time Amy can be found on her motorcycle, perfecting her snow skiing techniques or wrapped up in a good book.

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