Leadership Southside

Why Should I Consider Leadership?

• Leadership Southside connects you with community business leaders through interactive seminars and community projects. 

• Leadership Southside teaches skills to help candidates fully explore their leadership potential.

• Leadership Southside encourages growth by allowing the area’s up-and-coming leaders to work and learn together.  

• Leadership Southside opens up doors for future service and leadership opportunities in the region.

How Does Leadership Southside Work?

Participants are chosen based on applications and information provided from references. 
 
Leadership Southside consists of two phases lasting a total of 15 months.  

Phase One: Begins with orientation in September followed by 8 monthly workshops. Topics include team building, vision and mission, ethical decision making, crisis management, communication, and more.

Phase Two: The final 7 months of the program are dedicated to a community service project chosen by the class to work on as a team. Graduation will be held in December.

How Can I Participate?

APPLY: Applications for Leadership Southside can be requested by contacting the Chamber office at (434)836-6990 or by emailing Lynnette Lawson at llawson@dpchamber.org.  The deadline for application is July 13, 2011.
 
COST: Tuition of $995 must be paid by the individual or employer in order to cover the costs associated with the monthly meetings throughout the program. Limited financial assistance may be available upon request.
  
COMMITMENT: In order to complete the program, participants must commit to all-day attendance at each monthly session of Phase One. Any participant missing two program days is ineligible to graduate. Prerequisite reading is required for some monthly sessions. Participants are responsible for all transportation. There will be at least one overnight stay required by 
participants.