Rural Prosperity Nebraska is leading the charge on revolutionizing leadership development for Nebraska’s rural communities by hosting a leadership Chautauqua on Nov. 8 in Kearney, which kicks off a multi-step revisioning of traditional leadership development programs.

“So much of community leadership development has been dominated by programs where a cohort meets once a month, does some sort of trait-based leadership development and visits a local business,” said Lindsay Hastings, ALEC professor and event co-organizer. “That’s not necessarily wrong, but does it really enhance leadership capacity? We just haven’t seen data to support that idea.” IANR News | October 19, 2023