Ballard County CES

Title:

Leadership Ballard

MAP:

Ballard County Leadership, Community and Economic Development

Agents Involved:

PJ, TM, FCS

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Empowering Community Leaders (general)

Situation:

Research shows that effective leadership is one factor necessary for success within today’s communities and organizations. Knowing one’s own leadership skills and characteristics is a critical starting point; without intrapersonal leadership knowledge, it is difficult to understand what effective leadership looks like within an interpersonal, organizational or community context. While there are many leadership development programs in Kentucky, few, if any, are based on theoretically-grounded models of leadership development. There is a need to provide both resources and research –based leadership curriculum regarding personal leadership knowledge and skills for today’s local community members and their groups. The KELD curriculum provides Extension educators with research based leadership development resources focused on the individual, and to utilize with stakeholder groups within local communities and organizations.

Long-Term Outcomes:

*The base of potential community or organizational leaders will be broader and more diverse (e.g., age, race, gender)
* The number of locally initiated projects will increase over a defined period of time
*Program participants serve as leadership trainers and/or mentors for others
*Extension agents are equipped to empower clientele by conducting leadership development programs

Intermediate Outcomes:

*Participants are more active as informal community leaders
*Participants take on formal organizational leadership roles
*Participants take on formal community leadership roles
*Participants initiate collaborations and coalitions with other leaders
* Increased implementation of leadership development practices by Extension agents within county programming.

Initial Outcomes:

*Basic understanding of the foundations of leadership development and its applications in intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational and community contexts
*Skills and knowledge on becoming more effective leaders
*Develop more adequate perceptions of leadership due to training opportunities for organizational and community leaders
*Extension agents develop a basic understanding of how to implement leadership development into county programming

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Participation in second Leadership Ballard Class
Indicator: number of participants
Method: series of lessons on SWOT, Diversity, Intergenerational Communications, and more
Timeline: September through March

Intermediate Outcome: Improve the overall understanding of leadership and provide the tools to do so.
Indicator: knowledge has improved, confidence has improved, leadership skills have improved, more knowledgeable of generational differences and their own personality as a leader; improved social, manners and etiquette skills
Method: KELD questionnaire; etiquette and manners practice and discussion
Timeline: 1 month following the end of the leadership program.

Long-term Outcome: More young people in leadership roles in the county and communities.
Indicator: newly elected officials, others in leadership roles
Method: election results
Timeline: ongoing

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: selected Leadership Ballard participants
Project or Activity: Series of leadership lessons and field trips
Content or Curriculum: KELD, field trips, practice sessions
Inputs: Chamber of Commerce, extension agents and leadership, community leaders
Date: September through April

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