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Expanding leadership development opportunities is a key strategic priority of Maximize NWMO. One of the best first steps to making progress is to build awareness of what is available. Check out these great programs being offered across the region and in specific communities. If you are aware of another high-quality program that should be added, please send an email to together@maximizenwmo.org and our team will work to get it added ASAP. Thank you!

REGIONAL PROGRAMS

Leadership Northwest Missouri

A program for community leaders interested in the regional growth of Northwest Missouri through high-quality training and networking opportunities. Participants are selected from the nineteen counties of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Sullivan, and Worth. Classes start in January of each year and meet monthly through June in different regional locations.

Learn more here or visit the Facebook page. You can also contact Executive Director Deb Powers at (660)-582-7879 or debpowers@gmail.com.


Maximize NWMO

Learn the benefits of including many voices in community collaboration efforts. The Regional Learning Collaborative is a quick group tour through The Maximize [My Community] Journey with leaders from multiple communities and sectors who are interested in maximizing the potential of their communities, counties, region, and themselves. This is the foundational focus of the Maximize NWMO regional vitality initiative launched through The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri.

  • Introduction to Community Excellence: Reaching Common Goals Faster
    • Participants are guided through the fictional Monarch Town's story and strategic action plans as an example of why, who, what, how, when, and where people can dream big and grow together to revitalize their economy, education, health, and quality of life.

Learn more here or contact Christel Gollnick at (816)-588-2730 or together@maximizenwmo.org.


Neighborhood Leadership Academy

Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA), hosted by University of Missouri Extension and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, provides in-depth leadership training that emphasizes community-building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. Participants are actively involved in their neighborhoods and represent communities from throughout the state. Academy participants may be neighborhood association members, community leaders, resident volunteers, community-based organization staff, business owners, local government staff, and municipal elected officials. Participants who successfully complete the program receive a Certificate in Neighborhood Leadership from the Chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Through hybrid online seminars, discussions, and personal community projects that apply tools and principles, participants will learn community-building principles and strategies, personal leadership skills, project planning and implementation tools, and organizational leadership and management practices. During NLA, participants share and work on a community improvement project for their neighborhood or community.

Learn more here or contact Claire Rippel, MSW at (314) 400-7287 or wolffca@missouri.edu.


Roots & Rounds

Grounding and Growing Leaders Across Intergenerational Teams: This nonprofit offers teams online and in-person programs aimed at bridging the wisdom and energy of all ages in communities and workplaces through improved intergenerational communications and leadership. There are seven generations alive, six volunteering in our communities, and five actively earning a paycheck in our workplaces for the first time in human history! Learn how you can help your team bring out the best in each other while discovering respect for everyone's differences and commonalities. Through the lens of age being the common diversity characteristic we all share, this program covers emotional intelligence, communications tips for teams, systems leadership habits, and other key leadership skills needed today.

Learn more here or contact the Roots & Rounds team at generations@rootsandrounds.org.


LOCAL PROGRAMS BY COUNTY

Andrew County

Leadership Savannah

Leadership Savannah, MO is designed to assist the development of leadership skills that will help improve our community both economically and socially.

To learn more, email aweeks@missouriwestern.edu.


Buchanan County

United Way Leadership St. Joseph

United Way Leadership St. Joseph is an annual, year-long leadership development program for adults who live or work in the St. Joseph area. This program creates a network of trained individuals who are willing to engage in leadership and community courses while cultivating unique skills and enhanced knowledge of the community's opportunities, realities, and challenges.

To learn more contact Jean Brown, Director of Leadership St. Joseph, at (816)-364-2381 or jean.brown@stjosephunitedway.org.


Linn County

36/5 Community Alliance Leadership Development Program (Linn County)

"Growing New Leaders"

In 2005, the Brookfield Area Growth Partnership launched a comprehensive plan for community development using the framework of Hometown Competitiveness. One of the "pillars" in the HTC plan was that of Leadership. The Leadership Task Force was specifically charged with proactively addressing the erosion of leadership capacity as has been experienced in so many rural communities. The goal of the Task Force has been an ongoing one - to identify, recruit, train, and encourage new leaders by providing them with the necessary leadership skills to improve and sustain their community. After collaborating with Marceline through the Communities of Excellence endeavor, the Leadership Program expanded to include participants from all over the Linn County area and was re-branded as the 36/5 Community Alliance Leadership Program. As of March 2021, 222 citizens will have graduated to become skilled and active leaders in their communities, churches, organizations, schools, workplaces -- and beyond.


Nodaway County

Leadership Maryville

Leadership Maryville is a nine-month program offering learning opportunities in an atmosphere that stimulates creative thinking and encourages participants to work together to utilize both new and proven tools to meet the challenges of today and to prepare for tomorrow.

To learn more contact Amy Gessert at director@maryvillechamber.com or call (660)-582-8643.




Expanding leadership development opportunities is a key strategic priority of Maximize NWMO. One of the best first steps to making progress is to build awareness of what is available. Check out these great programs being offered across the region and in specific communities. If you are aware of another high-quality program that should be added, please send an email to together@maximizenwmo.org and our team will work to get it added ASAP. Thank you!

REGIONAL PROGRAMS

Leadership Northwest Missouri

A program for community leaders interested in the regional growth of Northwest Missouri through high-quality training and networking opportunities. Participants are selected from the nineteen counties of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Sullivan, and Worth. Classes start in January of each year and meet monthly through June in different regional locations.

Learn more here or visit the Facebook page. You can also contact Executive Director Deb Powers at (660)-582-7879 or debpowers@gmail.com.


Maximize NWMO

Learn the benefits of including many voices in community collaboration efforts. The Regional Learning Collaborative is a quick group tour through The Maximize [My Community] Journey with leaders from multiple communities and sectors who are interested in maximizing the potential of their communities, counties, region, and themselves. This is the foundational focus of the Maximize NWMO regional vitality initiative launched through The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri.

  • Introduction to Community Excellence: Reaching Common Goals Faster
    • Participants are guided through the fictional Monarch Town's story and strategic action plans as an example of why, who, what, how, when, and where people can dream big and grow together to revitalize their economy, education, health, and quality of life.

Learn more here or contact Christel Gollnick at (816)-588-2730 or together@maximizenwmo.org.


Neighborhood Leadership Academy

Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA), hosted by University of Missouri Extension and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, provides in-depth leadership training that emphasizes community-building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. Participants are actively involved in their neighborhoods and represent communities from throughout the state. Academy participants may be neighborhood association members, community leaders, resident volunteers, community-based organization staff, business owners, local government staff, and municipal elected officials. Participants who successfully complete the program receive a Certificate in Neighborhood Leadership from the Chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Through hybrid online seminars, discussions, and personal community projects that apply tools and principles, participants will learn community-building principles and strategies, personal leadership skills, project planning and implementation tools, and organizational leadership and management practices. During NLA, participants share and work on a community improvement project for their neighborhood or community.

Learn more here or contact Claire Rippel, MSW at (314) 400-7287 or wolffca@missouri.edu.


Roots & Rounds

Grounding and Growing Leaders Across Intergenerational Teams: This nonprofit offers teams online and in-person programs aimed at bridging the wisdom and energy of all ages in communities and workplaces through improved intergenerational communications and leadership. There are seven generations alive, six volunteering in our communities, and five actively earning a paycheck in our workplaces for the first time in human history! Learn how you can help your team bring out the best in each other while discovering respect for everyone's differences and commonalities. Through the lens of age being the common diversity characteristic we all share, this program covers emotional intelligence, communications tips for teams, systems leadership habits, and other key leadership skills needed today.

Learn more here or contact the Roots & Rounds team at generations@rootsandrounds.org.


LOCAL PROGRAMS BY COUNTY

Andrew County

Leadership Savannah

Leadership Savannah, MO is designed to assist the development of leadership skills that will help improve our community both economically and socially.

To learn more, email aweeks@missouriwestern.edu.


Buchanan County

United Way Leadership St. Joseph

United Way Leadership St. Joseph is an annual, year-long leadership development program for adults who live or work in the St. Joseph area. This program creates a network of trained individuals who are willing to engage in leadership and community courses while cultivating unique skills and enhanced knowledge of the community's opportunities, realities, and challenges.

To learn more contact Jean Brown, Director of Leadership St. Joseph, at (816)-364-2381 or jean.brown@stjosephunitedway.org.


Linn County

36/5 Community Alliance Leadership Development Program (Linn County)

"Growing New Leaders"

In 2005, the Brookfield Area Growth Partnership launched a comprehensive plan for community development using the framework of Hometown Competitiveness. One of the "pillars" in the HTC plan was that of Leadership. The Leadership Task Force was specifically charged with proactively addressing the erosion of leadership capacity as has been experienced in so many rural communities. The goal of the Task Force has been an ongoing one - to identify, recruit, train, and encourage new leaders by providing them with the necessary leadership skills to improve and sustain their community. After collaborating with Marceline through the Communities of Excellence endeavor, the Leadership Program expanded to include participants from all over the Linn County area and was re-branded as the 36/5 Community Alliance Leadership Program. As of March 2021, 222 citizens will have graduated to become skilled and active leaders in their communities, churches, organizations, schools, workplaces -- and beyond.


Nodaway County

Leadership Maryville

Leadership Maryville is a nine-month program offering learning opportunities in an atmosphere that stimulates creative thinking and encourages participants to work together to utilize both new and proven tools to meet the challenges of today and to prepare for tomorrow.

To learn more contact Amy Gessert at director@maryvillechamber.com or call (660)-582-8643.




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