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Quest

Uniting high-performing mid-career professionals to provide them with the necessary skills to grow and lead throughout our community.

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What is Quest?

LGH Quest, Connecticut’s premier community leadership development program, stands out with its unique 10-month duration and focus on serving high-performing, mid-career professionals across various sectors. It is designed to foster both personal and professional growth, offering dynamic training, immersive community engagement activities, and opportunities for meaningful connections.

Community connection

At the heart of LGH Quest is our successful community engagement component. Since 1986, participants have been connecting with the community to identify needs and form diverse task forces to address these needs. These task forces have developed projects related to children and youth, community and economic development, arts and culture, support for the homeless, and more. This experience not only fosters self-discovery and growth but also equips participants with vital relational and leadership skills that they can apply to the communities where they live and work.
 

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Program details

Who can join

Mid-career professionals
Now accepting 2025 applications

Schedule

February to December 2025
View full 2025 program schedule

Location

Each session location is disclosed upon program acceptance

Tuition fee

Download 2025 tuition scale

Hear what Sam has to say about Quest

Sam Tapper from Quest 2023 gives insight on his experience in our program and discusses the friendships he made along the way.

Quest impact

2,400

program graduates since 1977

91%

of Quest program participants report obtaining new leadership opportunities within 18 months of program graduation

77%

of program participants are more actively engaged in the community after participating in Quest

 
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What can Quest attendees expect?

Quest offers a unique, experiential approach to leadership training. Participants engage in workshops, field experiences, and individual coaching focused on advanced leadership practices. A key element is the community impact project — a leadership learning laboratory — that provides vital experience and exposure to the region’s assets and challenges.

 

Joining Leadership Greater Hartford’s Quest program was the best thing I could have done. It’s a fun Leadership program that has great speakers, facilitators and delicious food. The Quest program has helped me tremendously since I just recently started a new Leadership position at Connecticut Children’s. The Quest program provided me with leadership and facilitation skills through a series of dynamic and knowledgeable Quest speakers. Also, Quest afforded me the opportunity to get to know new places and programs in Hartford.

Luis Rivera Community Relations Manager at Connecticut Children's

Program takeaways

Quest workshops address a broad range of topics, including:

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Networking

Communication, influencing, and networking skills

 

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Unique leadership

Learning and leveraging one’s leadership style

 

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Collaboration

Collaborative decision-making and collective problem-solving

 

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Inclusion

Embedded diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging concepts and frameworks

 

 
Questions?

Contact us

Do you have questions about Quest?
Contact Mae Maloney, Senior Program Director.

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