Community Leadership
Enhancement Project
Southwestern Indiana Development
Council (SWIDC)
“Right now, in your community,
at this very moment, there is
someone who is dreaming about
doing something to improve
his/her lot. If we could learn
how to help that person to
transform the dream into
meaningful work, we would be
halfway to changing the
economic fortunes of the entire
community.”
---Ernest Sirolli
Community Leadership
Enhancement Program
A grant from Indiana Rural Regional Partnership
Grant from the Indiana Rural Development
Council
Grant Recipient Organization:
Southwest Indiana Development Council
SWIDC
Southwest Indiana Development
Council
SWIDC
PO Box 953
Evansville, IN 47706
Phone: 812-547-8377
Fax: 812-547-8378
WEB: www.swidc.org
EMAIL: Info@swidc.org
SWIDC:
Southwest Indiana
Development Council
SWIDC is an economic development
organization comprised of
representatives of fifteen counties in
Southwest Indiana
www.swidc.org
This program provides some
insights about leadership...
360 Degree LEADERSHIP
Adapt
Countability
Real
Issues
 A leadership team is more
effective than one person
 Think longer term
 Push boundaries to find a better way
 See within the larger context of how
something will impact others
Maturity
360
Leader
Communication
Security
Perspective
Endurance
Resourcefulness
Servant hood
360 Degree Leaders Qualities
Source: The 360 Degree Leader by: John C. Maxwell
Adapt
Countability
Perspective
Real
Issues
Maturity
360
Leader
Communication
Endurance
Security
Resourcefulness
Servant hood
Adapt
360 Degree Qualities
Real
Issues
Perspective
360
Security
Communication
1. Adapt – Quickly adjusting to change
2. Real Issues – understanding and discerning real
issues
3. Communication – Linking to all levels
4. Perspective – Seeing beyond your own personal
position
5. Security – Finding identity in self, not in the position
Servant
360 Degree Qualities
Resource
Countability
360
Endurance
Maturity
6. Servanthood – Doing whatever it takes
7. Resourcefulness – Finding creative ways to make
things happen
8. Maturity – Putting the team before oneself
9. Endurance – Remaining consistent in character and
competence over the long haul
10. Countability – Being able to be counted when it counts
Some Things to Think About
 Eisenhower
“The supreme quality for
leadership is unquestionably
integrity. Without it, no real
success is possible, no matter
whether it is on a section
gang, a football field, in an
army, or in an office.”
Bad Leadership: Good
Reasons & Excuses
 Well we have never done that
around here before
 I think we tried something like that
years ago and it did not work
 We’ve heard about that and it will
never work here
What Leadership Is NOT
CAVE people
NIMBY
BANANA
What Leadership Is Not
 CAVE people
Citizens Against Virtually
Everything
 NIMBY
Not in My Backyard
 BANANA
Build Absolutely Nothing
Anywhere Near Anything
Community Leadership
Who are our community
leaders?
Don’t forget to expand
your idea of who we can
include in community
leadership
Activity
What’s going on in your County?
Activity
What’s going on in ------County?
Community Development Activities
 In groups, take a few minutes to list all
the community development activities
that currently exist in your County &
Contact Person
WOW!
Look What’s Going on in ----- County
Community Development Activities
It’s Our responsibility to get involved
 Opportunity doesn’t always knock
on your door
 It’s your responsibility to find
ways to get involved
The Tipping Point
Hush Puppies 30,000 in
1993 to 1.7 million in
1996
Broken Windows
Theory, New York City
Tipping Point: Example
What is the answer?
If you were to fold over one
large sheet of paper over
and over fifty times, How
high would it reach?
How high would the paper
reach?
.
How high would the paper
reach?
The answer: From the earth to the sun
Where’s our Community
Tipping Point?
 It’s the small stuff that’s done
transformational that will have
the biggest impact
 What can you do to take a small
step to help transform your
community?
Economic Development &
Leadership
 Some words about our leadership
Examples of our Leadership
Book Resources
 Boom Town by Jack Schultz
 Ripples from the Zambezi by Ernesto Sirolli
 The Tipping Point
 The 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell
 What the Best CEOs Know by Jeffrey A.
Krames
 The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
 The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
This concludes our program
 Please complete the program evaluation!
SWIDC
Southwest Indiana Development
Council
SWIDC
PO Box 953
Evansville, IN 47706
Phone: 812-547-8377
Fax: 812-547-8378
WEB: www.swidc.org
EMAIL: Info@swidc.org