The intent of this indicator is to describe only broad trends in existing or emerging leadership groups. Just as awareness of community based activities can lead to participation, participation can lead to leadership. When new leaders emerge and take responsibility for the future of the community, there will be fresh energy for achieving goals. Both new and older leaders will learn from each other and new possibilities arise. Also, questions about how to define leadership which will be raised by this indicator can get at important issues to be addressed for a CBI's strategy to succeed.
Leadership development is one of the most sensitive tasks for an organization's staff.
Leadership responsibility will last only if people are committed, willingly assume a task or a burden that is manageable, and are properly trained and supported. When local leaders emerge, it is a major success that opens new long-range possibilities for the community. Key Tasks CBI's stakeholders decide on the criteria by which they define leadership. CBI's stakeholders work out a sequence of categories and criteria for leadership responsibility, defined as a range that goes from low to high. The final result is an estimate of the total number of residents with leadership responsibilities, broken down by level of responsibility.