Community Leadership Enhancement Project

Southwestern Indiana Development Council (SWIDC)

“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: Info@swidc.org

SWIDC: Southwest Indiana Development Council

SWIDC is an economic development organization comprised of

representatives of fifteen counties in Southwest Indiana

www.swidc.org

This program provides some insights about leadership...

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 peopleNIMBYBANANA

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 your County?

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

WOW! Look What’s Going on in ----- County

Community Development Activities

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?

How high would the paper reach?

.

How high would the paper reach?

The answer: From the earth to the sun

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?

Economic Development & Leadership

Some words about our leadership

Examples of our Leadership

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

This concludes our program

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SWIDCSouthwest Indiana Development

Council

SWIDCPO Box 953

Evansville, IN 47706

Phone: 812-547-8377

Fax: 812-547-8378

WEB: www.swidc.org

EMAIL: Info@swidc.org