Leadership Lafayette prepares individuals to serve as facilitative leaders and community trustees who will meet these challenges and strengthen Greater Lafayette. Leadership Lafayette offers two class programs each year. The fall program meets every other week on Tuesday evenings from mid-August to early December. Each program begins with an overnight retreat and concludes with a full-day closing retreat. The curriculum combines developing leadership capacities and skills with exploring community issues.
Classes are experiential, hands-on learning sessions and meet at various community locations.
Broadens participants' awareness of community needs and challenges in the areas of human services, education, government, and the economy. Provides participants with hands-on learning and practical applications. Strengthens participants' skills for addressing community challenges by encouraging the team approach to creative problem solving. Expands class members' capabilities in the community arena including visioning, collaboration and consensus building. Improves participants' understanding of their individual leadership roles and the diverse leadership styles needed to address complex issues.