| Session Date | Community | Leadership Seminar | Seminar Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.11.18 | Walnut Grove | Leading with Your Strengths | Want to discover and grow talents so that they become strengths that help individuals and communities thrive? Using the StrengthsFinder 2.0® book and assessment, participants will identify ways to develop effective teams and encourage member motivation and satisfaction. Participants also explore the science and research behind positive emotions and how to cultivate healthy environments at home, work, and everywhere in between. |
| 10.16.18 | Gilfillan Estate | Committees That Work | This workshop is designed for anyone who serves on a committee, with attention given to working on public or community committees. The purpose of this workshop is to help participants learn key functions of a productive committee, practical strategies for providing effective committee leadership and management, and roles and responsibilities members play to help committees be productive. A participant workbook with helpful tools and information on each concept is included. |
| 11.13.18 | Wabasso | Creating a Vision for Leadership | Understanding the purpose and power of vision – a desired future - for yourself and organizations or communities, is the focus of this workshop. Participants are asked to identify and share their personal visions as a leader, and to consider the value of shared vision for their organization or community. Particular attention is given to tools and techniques to help name and frame visions – and to translate visions into actions and reality. |
| 12.11.18 | Redwood Falls (County Day) | Critical Thinking for Today’s Leaders | Decision making processes are essential in leadership. As today’s issues are becoming more complex and challenging, making good decisions relies on good critical thinking skills. Critical thinking allows us to make connections between information and ideas, identify barriers, articulate values, and solve problems systematically. This workshop will introduce participants to the core concepts of critical thinking and some questioning tools and a process to practice successful critical thinking. |
| 1.8.19 | Belview | Leading Through Conflict | Participants learn about typical patterns and dynamics related to conflict and ways to resolve it. Using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument participants learn their preferred conflict style and recognize the conflict styles of others. Participants learn and practice ways to be more effective in situations where conflict is present. |
| 2.12.19 | Morgan | Enhancing our Understanding of Ethical Leadership | The workshop reviews and discusses what ethics mean for individuals and leaders in organizations and communities in a world with many values and morals. Tools for ethical decision-making are shared and discussed, including frameworks for deciding on “the right thing to do” when facing ethical dilemmas with no clear “right” action. |
| 3.12.19 | Redwood Falls | Leading Across Generations | Learn about the different generations that are shoulder to shoulder in your workplace and communities. Develop a clearer understanding of who these generations are, how they differ – and similar - in their values, and their distinct views of the work world. Make plans for ways you can improve your workplace and citizen service. Understanding generational experiences and how they can play into work and community are important for future organizational success. |
| 4.9.19 | Sanborn | Building Cultural Competence | The ability to recognize and respond appropriately to cultural differences is critically important to leading increasingly diverse communities. In this workshop, culture includes a broad range from heritage to ethnicity to gender and more. Participants will gain an understanding of their personal narratives and how that informs their understanding of others from differing backgrounds. |
| 5.14.19 | Lower Sioux | Community Conversations for our Future | Problems are today are increasingly complex and there are not simple answers. The traditional way of holding meetings and conversations doesn’t always work for younger generations or diverse cultures. The techniques of the Art of Hosting (AoH), a facilitation style based on the principle that meaningful conversations can lead to wise action. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the process of one Art of Hosting technique and participate in it in order to learn how to use this tool in their leadership work. |