Anatomy of a Leadership Program

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Anatomy of a Leadership Program

• By
• Bob Guinn
• Clemson Extension Agent
• 843-470-3655 ext.116

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6 Critical Elements of a Great Leadership Program

• Advisory Board
• Marketing
• Use of Volunteers
• Project The White Paper
• Obligations and Commitments
• Curriculum

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Advisory Board

• Advisory board sets price, dates, content, time
  and helps with marketing
• Actively determines content
• Consists of prior years graduates
• Small teams in charge of upcoming individual
  program segment including location, food, and
  speakers

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Marketing

• Word of mouth best
• Typical marketing such as ads, press releases,
  and TV spots has had limited success
• Excellence has marketing value
• Quality Brochure

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Volunteers

• Volunteers conduct program
• Contribution of about 20 hours per person
• Volunteers are graduates from last years program
• Volunteers change program every year therefore
  being new and fresh every year
• Bring additional depth to program because of
  community connections

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The White Paper - Objectives

• Create an opportunity for a small group of
  individuals to become better acquainted
• Provide an opportunity for in-depth exploration
  of an issue
• Practice leadership skill development in a safe
  setting
• Opportunity to meet with community leaders to
  discuss current issues

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The White Paper Task Steps

• Signup in a selected group
• Meet and decide upon an elected official to
  interview and ask about local issues
• Conduct interview
• Pick single issue to research
• Determine if data is there to support issue
• Are there alternative solutions and what are the
  consequences of each

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The White Paper Task Steps

• Write a White Paper of about 3 to 5 pages in
  length
• Prepare presentation for graduation day of about
  10 to 15 minutes
• Share report with elected official or invite to
  graduation

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Obligations and Commitments

• Visit a County Council meeting
• Visit a School Board meeting
• Come to 80 of the classes
• Participate in a White Paper group
• Assist with the following years leadership
  program

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Curriculum - History

• Palmetto Leadership started by Kellogg grant in
  1989
• Several authors contribute to startup of
  leadership curriculum
• State coordinator Dr. Chris Sieverdees fully
  develops curriculum in mid 90s
• Notebook containing curriculum given to each
  individual student

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Curriculum - Content

• Understanding Self and Others
• Managing Change
• Communication and Listening Skills
• Meeting Etiquette
• Consensus and Team Building

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Curriculum - Content

• Leadership Skills
• Conflict Negotiation Skills
• Quick Fix vs. Sustainable Development
• Group Facilitation Skills
• Strategic Planning

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Curriculum Current Efforts

• Produce a CD with leadership content and other
  important information for leadership development
• Long term make the CD interactive so as to
  facilitate actual learning of leadership skills
• Become a center of excellence where this material
  is a value added product available state wide and
  also nationally.

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Sonoran Institute

• Has developed free software that will give
  impressive charts of graphs of your area based on
  census and other government data programs

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Economic Profile System

• How the West Has Changed
• Why Use the Economic Profile System?
• How Does the EPS Work?
• EPS Data Sources
• Producing Your Own Profile
• Getting the Most out of the EPS
• Training Workshops
• Example Kremmling, Colorado
• Additional "How-To" Resources
• Guidelines for Community Stewardship

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Economic Profile Systems (EPS, EPSC and EPS Pro)

• In partnership with the Bureau of Land Management
  (BLM), the SocioEconomics Program has applied
  existing information technology to produce custom
  socioeconomic profiles at the national, regional,
  state, county, and community levels. This
  information can be accessed on line at no cost,
  and profiles generated immediately. Moreover, the
  profiles provide significant guidance to the user
  on interpreting the data. These profiles are
  already widely used by a variety of audiences,
  including the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National
  Park Service, county planners, elected officials,
  and numerous conservation and other non-profit
  organizations.

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Sonoran Institute

• http//www.sonoran.org/programs/socioeconomics/si_
  se_program_tools.html