1. Leadership is a learned skill
Leadership applies to all levels and groups of the College

2. Working towards a leadership culture

3. The Leadership Academy promotes the development of leaders within
the Napa Valley College community who become the “agents of institutional change.”
Servant leadership / Lead from the front
The cohort experience is an important aspect of the training

4. The Academy provides a “big picture” perspective of leadership.
Leadership academy is not management training

5. Leadership Fundamentals The Last Lecture Communications Positive Conflict
Class Meetings
8 sessions
2 hours
End with leadership quotes
Sessions
Leadership Fundamentals - understand the value of building a culture of leadership and developing professional awareness of “taking that next step”
The Last Lecture - fundamental elements of teamwork and cooperation and making a difference
Communications - the art and science of finding “shared meaning and shared understanding”
Positive Conflict – Interest Based Problem Solving, developing conflict skills
Opportunity Thinking—thinking of challenges as opportunities for progress
Inspired Leadership—leading to inspire and engage others … understanding your “why”
Acting for Leadership—finding the ability to connect authentically with the thoughts and feelings of others.
Creating Change—create, build, form, enlist and enable team members
Opportunity Thinking
Inspired Leadership
Acting for Leadership
Creating Change

6. Prophet "has“ no honor in their own land.
Too many time we assume that only an “outside” presenter is an expert
Develop and grow “in-house” instructors
We use outside people when appropriate

7. The road ahead …… What we are using the grant for
Leadership can not be about personality
Working to create longevity in the program so it out lives the grant.
Leadership II?
Mentoring
The road ahead ……

8. “Every organization or group with the ability to inspire starts with a person or small group of people who were inspired to do something bigger than themselves.”
- Simon Sinek