Leadership New Mexico encourages program graduates to assume leadership roles on community and statewide issues and develop networks for effective leadership. The 10 month Core Program includes educational sessions, led by state leaders, designed to address current issues facing the state.
Developed in 1992, Leadership New Hampshire (LNH) was created to identify emerging leaders and motivate them concerning statewide issues and perspectives, with the expectation that they will take on leadership roles on statewide issues upon completing the program. Through a non-partisan year-long educational program, associates explore the issues and challenges critical to the state of New Hampshire with help from local government officials and policymakers.
The Leadership Nashville Foundation was founded in 1976 as an independent executive leadership program to give community leaders a three-dimensional view of the city and bring together all city neighborhoods and sectors. Leadership Nashville selects participants for an annual nine-month program from September through June, including seven monthly meetings and opening and closing retreats where class members look at issues that face Nashville, including problems such as crime, affordable housing, school finances, racial tensions, transportation and arts funding.
Leadership Montgomery is an issues and skills-oriented leadership development program designed to inform, motivate and increase the awareness of selected participants through interaction with community decision-makers.
Leadership Montana offers a nine-month program of personal and trustee leadership development and business and policy education. Forty selected participants attend seven annual sessions, conducted in different locations across the state from September to May and emphasizing issues important to the state. Leadership Montana members are part of a powerful statewide network of leaders dedicated to improving the state.
Leadership Missouri was founded in 1990 to identify current and emerging leaders throughout Missouri, enhance their leadership skills and deepen their knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing the state. In a series of seven monthly, two-day sessions, held in various locations in the state, participants meet Missouri's current leaders and learn about the most important issues facing the state of Missouri through field trips, panel discussions, presentations and experiences.
Leadership Mississippi is designed to build a strong, diverse network of leaders from every corner of the state to enhance civic engagement. Participants meet for six two-day sessions annually, focusing on different topics in different parts of the state. The programs are scheduled approximately every other month beginning in February. Graduates of Leadership Mississippi are expected to assume active roles in state and local activities and identify participants for future Leadership Mississippi programs.
Established in 2000, Leadership Minnesota is an educational program that provides participants with a better understanding of the dynamics of Minnesota's statewide economy and business community. Thirty business leaders are selected annually to particpate in five two-day sessions where are given a comprehensive look at the national and global pressures facing specific industries and the state's broader economy, and learn about how public policy is crafted in St. Paul. The program is exclusive to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and its members.
Leadership Michigan is a seven-month program emphasizing community leadership. Selected applicants participate in six sessions from April through October, including an initial orientation and five two-day sessions held in the main regions of the state. Each session includes touring local landmarks and businesses; meeting local government, business and community leaders; discussing what makes a leader; and dialoguing about hot regional and statewide issues and other elements that make Michigan unique.
Leadership Miami is an annual program sponsored by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and several of Miami-Dade County's premier companies, local agencies and corporations. The program is targeted toward men and women interested in making Miami a better place to live. Applicants participate in once-monthly Saturday sessions, where they meet Miami's leaders and learn about community issues and leadership skills in preparation for increased involvement in the public and private sectors of the Miami-Dade community.
