community leadership enhancement project southwestern indiana development council (swidc)
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“Right now, in your community, at this very moment, there is someone who is dreaming about doing something to improve his/her lot. If we could learn how to help that person to transform the dream into meaningful work, we would be halfway to changing the economic fortunes of the entire
community.”---Ernest Sirolli
Community Leadership Enhancement Program
A grant from Indiana Rural Regional Partnership Grant from the Indiana Rural
Development Council
Grant Recipient Organization: Southwest Indiana Development Council
SWIDCSouthwest Indiana Development
Council
SWIDCPO Box 953
Evansville, IN 47706
Phone: 812-547-8377
Fax: 812-547-8378
WEB: www.swidc.org
EMAIL: [email protected]
SWIDC: Southwest Indiana Development Council
SWIDC is an economic development organization comprised of
representatives of fifteen counties in Southwest Indiana
www.swidc.org
360 Degree LEADERSHIP
A leadership team is more
effective than one personThink longer termPush boundaries to find a better waySee within the larger context of how
something will impact others
AdaptPerspective
Maturity
Endurance
ResourcefulnessServant hood
Security
Communication
Real Issues
Countability
360Leader
360 Degree Leaders Qualities Source: The 360 Degree Leader by: John C. Maxwell
Adapt
Perspective
Maturity
Endurance
Resourcefulness
Servant hood
Security
Communication
Real Issues
Countability
360Leader
360 Degree Qualities
1. Adapt – Quickly adjusting to change
2. Real Issues – understanding and discerning real issues
3. Communication – Linking to all levels
4. Perspective – Seeing beyond your own personal position
5. Security – Finding identity in self, not in the position
Perspective
Security Communication
RealIssues
Adapt
360
Countability
Endurance Maturity
Resource
Servant
360360 Degree Qualities
6. Servanthood – Doing whatever it takes
7. Resourcefulness – Finding creative ways to make things happen
8. Maturity – Putting the team before oneself
9. Endurance – Remaining consistent in character and competence over the long haul
10. Countability – Being able to be counted when it counts
Some Things to Think About
Eisenhower
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
Bad Leadership: Good Reasons & Excuses
Well we have never done that around here before
I think we tried something like that years ago and it did not work
We’ve heard about that and it will never work here
What Leadership Is Not
CAVE peopleCitizens Against Virtually
EverythingNIMBYNot in My BackyardBANANABuild Absolutely Nothing
Anywhere Near Anything
Community LeadershipWho are our community
leaders?
Don’t forget to expand your idea of who we can include in community leadership
Activity
What’s going on in ------County? Community Development Activities
In groups, take a few minutes to list all the community development activities that currently exist in your County & Contact Person
It’s Our responsibility to get involved
Opportunity doesn’t always knock on your door
It’s your responsibility to find ways to get involved
The Tipping Point
Hush Puppies 30,000 in 1993 to 1.7 million in 1996
Broken Windows Theory, New York City
Tipping Point: Example
What is the answer?
If you were to fold over one large sheet of paper over and over fifty times, How high would it reach?
Where’s our Community Tipping Point? It’s the small stuff that’s done
transformational that will have the biggest impact
What can you do to take a small step to help transform your community?
Book Resources
Boom Town by Jack SchultzRipples from the Zambezi by Ernesto SirolliThe Tipping PointThe 360 Degree Leader by John MaxwellWhat the Best CEOs Know by Jeffrey A.
KramesThe 80/20 Principle by Richard KochThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
SWIDCSouthwest Indiana Development
Council
SWIDCPO Box 953
Evansville, IN 47706
Phone: 812-547-8377
Fax: 812-547-8378
WEB: www.swidc.org
EMAIL: [email protected]