Community Economics & Leadership Development Program (CELD)

Community Economics & Leadership Program (CELD) is a customized four-session intensive leadership and capacity-building program that enhances leaders’ ability to understand the economics of their community and develop a human-centered design to solve wicked community challenges. This program invests in mindset change that creates meaningful perspectives, develops resilience, and cultivates an improved understanding of the ongoing community context to solve problems and make good decisions.

Why is the Program Needed?

Nearly half of the US workforce is currently made up of Gen Z and millennials. As digital natives, they are skilled in connecting and building relationships. As they move to leadership roles—developing technical skills to influence and empower others to succeed is vital.

Changes in technology, demographics, the future of work, and societal values have created many challenges and opportunities for new and aspiring leaders.

Build a pipeline of purposeful leaders with skills to facilitate collaboration across systems.

Who Will Benefit from This Program?

Nonprofit executives as well as local and state government employees.

Millennials that aspire to develop technical skills and empower others.

Community Development practitioners.

Entrepreneurs and aspiring community leaders.

What You Will Learn and Practice:

Your Leadership Strengths and Influence Capacities

Improving Your Conflict Competence

Designing Human-centered Solutions to Wicked Challenges.

Going Beyond Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Use Facilitative Leadership Skills to Engage Constituents

Essential skills to engage difficult conversations

Introduction to “Strategic Doing”

Local government primer

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Watch it in practice:

Community Economics and Leadership Program recognized for innovation and community capacity building at the General session, Indianapolis City-County Council on May 13, 2019

Community Economics and Leadership Program 2019

Community Economics and Leadership Program 2018