What is the Midwest Leadership Institute? A Guide to Understanding if this Program is Right for You

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.

The concepts?

• 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.

Who should attend the

Midwest Leadership Institute?

• Chief Administrative Officers

• Assistant Chief Administrative Officers

• Department Heads

• Veterans

Here are the key takeaways of

the program…

An understanding of the important

interconnection between the brain, the mind

and critical workplace relationships.

A deeper self-knowledge, essential for leading

people.

A greater capacity to recognize, analyze and

manage difficult interpersonal problems.

An understanding of the unique challenges

associated with making ethical decisions.

How to think faster, with more clarity and

more decisively at the appropriate time.

The keys to dealing with difficult emotions,

yours and others, by using them as data.

A process that will foster lifelong learning in

your professional and personal life.

Here’s what people have to say about the Midwest Leadership Institute

"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

Register today!