Leadership Leander Application Deadline Fast Approaching

LEANDER, TX — The deadline to submit applications to be a part of the 2021 Leadership Leander class is fast approaching, chamber officials remind residents.

The deadline is just over a week away on Jan. 21. Officials describe the Leadership Leander program as one that "cultivates qualified, passionate leaders to solve problems and develop our community, connect with other professionals and strengthen skills required for a lifelong leadership career."

Leadership Leander is a nine-month education and development series packed with the very best course curriculum, officials wrote in an advisory. "The series features the best local and outside leaders/speakers, and the best eyewitness, hands-on tours and field trips of community facilities, services and venues," chamber officials wrote in an advisory. "The basis of the series is observation and interactive participation on a once a month basis, with limited homework and with a minimum of interim assignments."

The series is structured in a way enabling participants of Leadership Leander to access information and learn to be better leaders in a format that encourages lifelong business relationships. To that end, the chamber looks for:

• Leaders who are knowledgeable about economic trends, local needs and resources, and alternative development strategies.
• Leaders who can translate this knowledge into new strategies to stimulate the economy.
• Leaders who can mobilize people and resources to improve the community’s future.
• Leaders who can assist their communities in discovering a vision of their future.

Benefits to the individual include:

• Leadership skills.
• Enhanced confidence.
• Group experiences.
• New friendships.
• Local networking.
• Community awareness.

Benefits to the employer include:

• Well-trained employee with leadership skills.
• Motivated employee with confidence.
• Employee aware of state and local facilities and resources.

Benefits to the community include:

• New emerging leaders.
• Leaders with tools to take leadership positions in business.
• New leaders who volunteer and serve in the community.

The commitment

Leadership Leander takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from February through September. A Welcome Happy Hour is scheduled in February and graduation takes place in late September at the Leander Chamber of Commerce Awards Ceremony & Gala. The enrollment fee covers all classes, meals and a ticket to the gala.

Eligibility requirements include:

• 21 years of age or older.
• Live or work in the Leander area for at least one year prior to application.
• Not a candidate for public office at time of application.

For information, contact the chamber office at (512) 259-1907 or office@leandercc.org.