Download - Midwest Leadership Institute
Local government management professionals lead in two critical dimensions,
the technical and the interpersonal.
Technical expertise allows leaders to manage
complex work while a deep understanding of
interpersonal leadership is necessary to
successfully lead people.
Leaders with a substantial understanding of
interpersonal leadership are better capable of:
• Harnessing talent
• Maximizing effectiveness
• Executing strategy
• Listening
• Being decisive
Successful professional local government
leaders have a deep understanding of the
internal self Allowing them to be aware of the substantive
and meaningful as they work with groups and
individuals.
The Midwest Leadership Institute values
educating leaders to deal with unknown
and ambiguous challenges.
How, do you ask?
By presenting an educational
opportunity with intellectual depth and
substance that focuses on the individual
as a leader.
Over the course of four-and-a-half days –
two experienced local government
professionals and two organizational
psychiatrists who have extensive experience
working with private and public sector leaders
teach you the concepts needed to
thrive in an increasingly complex world.
• Judgment – The Foundation of Successful Leadership
• The Power of the Leader • Emotions – When Working with People
Gets Tough • The Role of Self-Awareness in
Leadership • Resistance, Motivation and
Performance • Balancing Work, Family and Self.
• Chief Administrative Officers
• Assistant Chief Administrative Officers
• Department Heads
• Veterans
An understanding of the important
interconnection between the brain, the mind
and critical workplace relationships.
"I would highly recommend this seminar to all levels
of management. Being able to be in a group setting
with so many diverse individuals allowed me to see
myself and my own issues in a different light. I will
take away so many aspects of this course and use
them for not only the rest of my career, but the rest
of my life."
Cathy Sostak, Commander, Control Division,
Village of Glenview
"Every young manager should take the opportunity to
participate in the Midwest Leadership Institute. There are
number of life lessons that one can take from the program."
Kimberly Richardson, Assistant to the Village Manager,
Village of Flossmoor
“Managers must be collaborative with their Board
members, staff, and the citizens and businesses in their
communities. Not that we haven't been collaborative in the
past, but in order to stay employed and perform our jobs
well, we increasingly must understand underlying reasons
and emotional causes for people's behavior whether as
individuals or in groups. This seems like a no brainer. I
assure you, after taking this course, gaining and practicing
these skills is no easy task."
Rich Nahrstadt, Village Manager, Northbrook, IL