Figuring out regional leadership

One of the challenges we have set for ourselves in North Central Indiana involves figuring out how we develop the skills for regional leadership. Earlier this week, we held a forum in Delphi, IN to take our deliberations to the next stage. 

We started with a team of faculty and students at Indiana University-Kokomo to conduct listening sessions in each of our 14 counties. Next, we distilled these findings and presented them to our forum in Delphi. We put these findings into a broader context of the transformation taking place in the Great Lakes economy. 

Helen Parker, our Department of Labor lead, came to the event to help guide the conversation. 

Our next step involves launching a regional leadership institute in the fall to begin defining how leadership in our region should evolve. What skills do we need? How will we teach these skills? How do we integrate the different leadership programs operating at the county level? Are the skills the elected political leaders need significantly different from the skills that civic entrepreneurs need?

We will learn more as we launch the regional leadership institute. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Fred Hakes  or Candy Norman at Indiana University-Kokomo. 

If you would like to hear the presentations at our forum, just click below.