Leadership Program

What Is The Need?

Complex challenges are impacting the communities in which we live. Addressing these challenges requires leaders equipped with new tools and resources for decision making and citizen action. Although the program speaks to current and emerging leaders for their professional development, it is also a great personal development avenue that will benefit relationships and understanding in multiple areas.

How The Program Works

Participants gather one day each month in the communities throughout the county. Each day includes leadership training, meeting with community leaders and tour of businesses, organizations, and/or points of interest in that particular community. Participants will tour, study and dine together. Each day ends with reflections and discussion of the day’s events.

Who Can Participate

Participants must live or work in McLeod County. They may have lived here their whole lives, or they may have just started a new job in our county, or recently moved here. Each class is comprised of a maximum of 24 participants. Learning is enhanced with a nice balance of ages and genders and representations among the class. This is the reason for the application process. An applicant who is not selected, will most likely be encouraged to participate the following year. Participants can be current or emerging leaders who demonstrate an interest in future leadership roles in our communities, our organizations, our businesses, and especially in our county. We encourage all who have interest to apply!

Leadership Topics:

• “Beginning Your Leadership Journey”
• “Visionary Leadership”
• “Bridging Generations”
• “Navigating Conflict Successfully”
• “Determining your Strengths”
• “Leadership for the Common Good”
• “Understanding McLeod County’s Economy”
• “Rewriting the Rural Narrative”
• “Dynamics of Change”
• “Leadership in Practice”
• “Agriculture in McLeod County”