Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles are our touchstone. They guide us and provide a basis for the programs and services we offer. By referencing our principles, we are able to ensure that our efforts will result in developing leadership designed to build vibrant, thriving communities.
- Leadership development begins with discovering your own passion, motivation, strengths, and limitations.
- The practice of leadership is ethical in nature and includes a responsibility for the rights and welfare of all members of the community.
- Leadership is about people working together, influencing each other to achieve intended results.
- Leadership is more than “what you need to know” and “what you need to do”; it is about who you are.
- One learns in a holistic fashion that integrates mind, emotions, and body.
- How we see the world determines the possibilities we identify and the actions we take–if you change the “observer that you are” you create more possibilities for action.
- Learning happens in a community where relationships are built both on trust and respect for differences. Before you can lead you must connect with and generate trust in others.
- Everyone can and should exercise effective leadership, not just the person “in charge.”
- Community leadership development is an ongoing process and should be grounded in the day-to-day challenges of our community.
- For communities to experience sustained leadership, they need to form and deepen relationships within communities and across local and regional boundaries.
