Leadership Lakeville Website

Leadership Lakeville is a collaborative effort sponsored by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce CVB & Lakeville Foundation, the Rotary Club of Lakeville, the Lakeville Area Public Schools, the City of Lakeville and Community Action Council. The cost of the program is $495.

PURPOSE
To foster and develop citizen leaders in Lakeville.

GOALS
Provide citizens an opportunity to learn about Lakeville, to learn about leadership opportunities in the community and to develop leadership skills.

OUTLINE OF PROGRAM
Up to 35 individuals will be selected to take part in the training program which will include nine one-day workshops, one each month beginning in September. Each session is designed to cultivate leadership potential and educate participants on various facets and functions of organizations in the community. Sessions will include speakers, discussion and skill building experiences. Each session will also include a "Lesson in Leadership" workshop, facilitated by a professional designed to enhance the leadership training on key issues.

SELECTION PROCESS
Individuals interested in participating must complete a written application. Applications are due June 30, 2008. A review committee will select the participants.

TUITION
The cost of the program is $495. It is expected that many businesses/ organizations will choose to pay for this tuition for their employees. Scholarships available.

COMMITMENT
Participants are expected to attend all (9) sessions. Participants will agree to complete out-of-class learning experiences.

PROGRAM TOPICS*

About Our Community
Values and Ethical Leadership
Collaborating/Large Projects
Understanding Leadership

Planning/Visioning
Youth & Mentoring
Business & Economic Development
Servant Leadership

*The Lessons in Leadership for each session will be developed based on a survey and the needs of the participants. Examples of possible topic include vision, strategic planning, communication, motivating employees, working with volunteers, the ethics of leadership, how to work with difficult people and how to run a meeting.

Scholarships are available.

COMMENTS FROM LEADERSHIP LAKEVILLE GRADUATES

This past session was a perfect 10! The sheriff presented a very formative subject matter in a relevant and humorous manner. This was the best session so far!

In terms of the session on Ethics, I thought Pastor Bohline and Chief Martens did an excellent job on their presentations which were both relevant to the topic of ethics.

I liked the informative tours, the inside working of the "city" government, and lastly I liked the positive attitude about the city's future and plans being made.

Loved the last meeting. The manager from Con-Agra provided some realities from the business world and I had no idea of all the production at the two plants. Very interesting tours and I recommend keeping this for next year. By the way, Divine Swine was outstanding too!

LEADERSHIP LAKEVILLE STEERING COMMITTEE

Gary Amoroso, Lakeville Area Schools
Todd Bornhauser, Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce CVB & Lakeville Foundation
Anita Vogel-Drentlaw, New Market Bank
Michael Hoy, Dakota Electric Association
David Olson, City of Lakeville
Chris Pommerenke, Community Action Council
Carolyn Sampson, Frontier Communications
Ron Strand, Resource Connection,
Tom Wroblewski, Applebee's,
Kelly Nelson, Anchor Bank
Cindy Johnson, Program Coordinator

PROGRAM CALENDAR
Program Schedule -- Second Thursday of the month, September through May. Program times will vary, with some sessions to include evening hours:

September 11, 2008
October 9, 2008
November 13, 2008
December 11, 2008

January 8, 2009
February 12, 2009
March 12, 2009
April 16, 2009
May 14, 2009

Online applications are available here.

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