We started our first day of class today, as part of Xerox's Emerging Leaders Program. It's a class of 35 high potential people within our company, together for a five day training session on leadership. It's put on by a company called The Center for Creative Leadership and we're at their office in Colorado Springs. The facility is awesome. You can check it out here. Everything is top notch from the facilities, to the food, amentities and instructors. I've never eaten like this at training. In the beginning, the Executive Chef gives the class an oritentation on the types of low fat, balanced protein/carbohydrate meals that they cook. Each day has been things like roast duck, grouper with wasabi sauce, blended vegtables, etc. The class room we're in is surrounded on two walls by glass, and another wall by a two-way mirror for observation. As preparation for this course, we had to fill out a bunch of profiles that they'll be slowing feeding back to us, topped off by some extensive meetings with an Executive Coach. The instructors are excellent and really know their stuff. One of them, Brian, has a very interesting background - starting with playing Major League Baseball, flying F-15'Sin the Air Force and eventually running their leadership and culture program at the Air Force, which was created after the Tail Hook scandal. The other insturctor comes from an academic background, and between the two, they make a great team. Should be an interesting week. Lots of interesting personalities in the class, but it seems like a good group for the most part.