Purpose:
Leadership Salina, a project of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and Greater Salina Community Foundation, is a program to develop leaders who will have the skills and capacities to move our community forward. Leadership for the twenty-first century includes a thorough understanding of the assets as well as the needs of their community. Salina’s community leaders must have skills and understanding, as well as a sense of responsibility, caring and compassion for others, the desire to serve, and to give back.
Program Structure:
The program includes nine full-day sessions. These sessions are based on the Kansas Leadership Center's book When Everyone Leads. The concepts in this book make leadership radically accessible and inclusive, and help unleash capacity for collective leadership in teams, organizations, coalitions, and communities. Sessions will include learning leadership principles and competencies, listening to leaders in community panels, participating in community tours, meeting and networking with alumni, and working on group and individual leadership challenges. The graduation will include a celebration of class accomplishments. Upon completion of Leadership Salina, participants will be eligible for enrollment in the second step in KLC's Path to Leadership, Your Leadership Edge.
Leadership Salina, a project of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and Greater Salina Community Foundation, is a program to develop leaders who will have the skills and capacities to move our community forward. Leadership for the twenty-first century includes a thorough understanding of the assets as well as the needs of their community. Salina’s community leaders must have skills and understanding, as well as a sense of responsibility, caring and compassion for others, the desire to serve, and to give back.
Program Structure:
The program includes nine full-day sessions. These sessions are based on the Kansas Leadership Center's book When Everyone Leads. The concepts in this book make leadership radically accessible and inclusive, and help unleash capacity for collective leadership in teams, organizations, coalitions, and communities. Sessions will include learning leadership principles and competencies, listening to leaders in community panels, participating in community tours, meeting and networking with alumni, and working on group and individual leadership challenges. The graduation will include a celebration of class accomplishments. Upon completion of Leadership Salina, participants will be eligible for enrollment in the second step in KLC's Path to Leadership, Your Leadership Edge.
Community Exposure:
Community leaders must have a good understanding of their community. During each session, the class members will be exposed to a segment of the community by:
Group Projects:
Class members will have the opportunity to use their leadership skills for the direct betterment of the community through a group project. Class members will determine their group project or projects based on their vision for the community. Group members will be responsible for researching their idea(s), determining feasibility, acquiring resources to complete the project, and celebrating their accomplishment.
Individual Leadership Challenge:
Participants will identify and work on their own personal/professional individual leadership challenge. During this time, there will be opportunity to practice strategies and skills to apply to real-world challenges.
Tuition:
Tuition for the Leadership Salina Program is $600 per person, which includes all program materials, meals, and social functions. Tuition can be paid by a business or organization for a participant, or an individual can pay his or her own tuition. A limited number of partial scholarships are available.
Participants:
A diversified group of up to 30 participants will be selected from various business, professional, governmental, educational, religious, civic and minority organizations. The Leadership Advisory Board will review the applications and determine class participants. Leadership Salina does not discriminate in its enrollment policies on the basis of race, sex or religion. Participants must agree to meet the following requirements:
Community leaders must have a good understanding of their community. During each session, the class members will be exposed to a segment of the community by:
- Listening to and conversing with a panel of community experts;
- Community tours that will introduce the class to a wide variety of businesses, cultural events, social service agencies, economic development strategies, healthcare, education, and tourism opportunities.
Group Projects:
Class members will have the opportunity to use their leadership skills for the direct betterment of the community through a group project. Class members will determine their group project or projects based on their vision for the community. Group members will be responsible for researching their idea(s), determining feasibility, acquiring resources to complete the project, and celebrating their accomplishment.
Individual Leadership Challenge:
Participants will identify and work on their own personal/professional individual leadership challenge. During this time, there will be opportunity to practice strategies and skills to apply to real-world challenges.
Tuition:
Tuition for the Leadership Salina Program is $600 per person, which includes all program materials, meals, and social functions. Tuition can be paid by a business or organization for a participant, or an individual can pay his or her own tuition. A limited number of partial scholarships are available.
Participants:
A diversified group of up to 30 participants will be selected from various business, professional, governmental, educational, religious, civic and minority organizations. The Leadership Advisory Board will review the applications and determine class participants. Leadership Salina does not discriminate in its enrollment policies on the basis of race, sex or religion. Participants must agree to meet the following requirements:
- Attend all sessions.
- Accept responsibility for tuition fee being paid in full by the first class in August.
