Leadership Academy Curriculum

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In the Leadership Academy, you have access to experienced experts and distinguished faculty in a coordinated and sequenced training program. The nine curriculum units are based on feedback from in-depth interviews and focus groups with leaders in the region. The Leadership Academy Advisory Board, composed of graduates, guides the Academy's direction to keep its curriculum on the cutting edge.

The Leadership Academy requires a big investment-your time. As a Fellow, you will be asked to make a commitment to participate in the nine curriculum modules. The modules run once every three weeks over a six-month period. This schedule is designed to fit into the busy lives of active leaders.

The Leadership Academy offers follow-up learning opportunities. Through the Academy network, graduates extend their learning beyond the training program itself. They are part of this life-long learning network. This network will help you find solutions to leadership challenges that do not exist today but you know will be there tomorrow.

Leadership Academy fellows blend their different perspectives and examine local issues along five leadership dimensions:

  • Personal development and advanced communication skills
  • Organizational/jurisdictional development
  • Human resource development and work force empowerment
  • Governing body leadership
  • Community development
Leadership Dimension Sample Learning Objectives Learning Applications
Personal Development
  • Recognize barriers to change
  • Learn and communicate in four leadership languages
  • Utilize tools for ethical decision making and principled negotiation
  • Newly elected/appointed fellows enhanced their self confidence as leaders
  • A fellow used the "leadership languages" to build a consensus on a municipal budget issue
Organizational and Jurisdictional Development
  • Restructure decision making to accomplish results
  • A fellow implemented a multi-jurisdictional project that is functioning well
Human Resource Development and Workforce Empowerment
  • Learn how to be "in charge"
  • Use power situations to focus on results
  • Apply techniques to empower others
  • Fellows developed agreements with employees to enhance accountability and to reinforce trust in their organizations
  • A fellow designed a labor-management problem-solving process
Governing Body Leadership
  • Assess mission, structure, policies and resources
  • Apply collaborative approaches to local or regional issues
  • A fellow created an alliance of mayors in a non-urban county
  • Fellows facilitated the creation of a youth policy that blends the resources of two cities, a library board and a school district
Community Development
  • Recognize community assets
  • Learn how to consult and empower diverse groups
  • A fellow involved community stakeholders on downtown architectural renovation

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