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Overview
Leadership Asheville is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is an independent, non-partisan, non-aligned entity which depends on financial support drawn from the corporate, public and community sectors.
Leadership Asheville . . .
- Encourages a vision for a better Asheville area community
- Provides opportunities to make this vision a reality through leadership
- Embraces the diversity in our communities and encourages everyone, without exception, to contribute to its success
- Draws on the valuable lessons of past and present leaders, combining them with the potential of new ideas
- Establishes networks to cross boundaries, sectors and philosophies
- Believes that people, working together, have the power to create positive change
- Holds a firm commitment to a better future through awareness, understanding and action
Developing innovative, effective leadership committed to working together to create positive change in our communities is crucial. To that end, Leadership Asheville focuses its efforts on the following four areas:
- We invite interested citizens to participate in different programs and events designed to educate, connect and mobilize them. Leadership Asheville, our signature program, which in addition to leadership education, focuses on some of the key challenges facing the Asheville region such as: economic development, education, race and ethnic relations, housing, and healthcare.
- As part of our core program, participants engage in a community service project which continues their development by exploring how to effectively work in groups. For graduates of our programs, we work to facilitate their continued development by finding ways for them to assume leadership roles in the community. We view this aspect of our work as creating leadership learning laboratories for our participants.
- In the final analysis, leadership is about results, and we serve to support our graduates in various leadership projects and roles. With the benefit of our support, our hope is that they can focus their time and energy on leading.
- We also facilitate the mentoring and coaching processes which are necessary to ensure future generations of leaders. In this way, experienced leaders can continue their service by developing effective leadership for the future.
Leadership Asheville is ultimately about making a difference and our graduates continue to be a significant difference in the greater Asheville area.
