Leadership Acadamy

Leadership Academy



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Are You Interested In

  • Management
  • Community leadership
  • Excelling as a business owner
  • Enhancing your career
  • Improving yourself
  • Developing leadership skills


Classes offered through the Lower
Columbia Leadership Academy program
provide leadership skills that will enhance
your work performance, making you a
more valuable employee, effective community leader, manager, or business owner.


***DOWNLOAD ENROLEMENT APPLICATION FOR THE 2010/2011 COURSES***



Program Topics Include

  • Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century
  • Ethics in Leadership
  • Public Speaking
  • Cultural and Intergenerational Diversity: Leadership Challenges
  • Serving on a Board: Duties and Responsibilities
  • Volunteering: Getting Started and Being Effective
  • Building Healthy Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Understanding and Influencing Government
  • Facilitating Small Group Meetings: Class Projects Practicum

All instructors are experts in their fields, utilizing hands-on, real life training methods, which foster group dynamics.



Who Will Benefit


Our Graduates

The Leadership Academy experience provides interaction with expert instructors, skilled community leaders, and classmates, building a solid network of leadership techniques, information and ideas.

Businesses

Participants graduate with leadership skills that enhance their current abilities and prepare them for leadership opportunities at work and in the community.

Our Community

Our community is enhanced through Leadership Academy graduates who will be excellent candidates for elected and volunteer leadership positions, who will participate in decision-making on critical issues, and who will help lead our community into its future.



2009-10 Curriculum

  • Leadership Styles
  • Setting Personal Goals and Planning to Meet Them
  • Communication Styles
  • Leadership in the 21st Century
  • Ethics in Leadership
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Effective Presentations
  • Serving on a Board and Working With Volunteers
  • Financial Responsibilities of Boards
  • Effective Supervision- Lead with impact
  • Meeting Management
  • Health of the Community
  • Understanding and Influencing Government
  • Diversity-Challenges for Leadership
  • Habits for Effective Leadership


For more information please contact Norma Davey at the chamber