Leadership and Organization Management

Building Highly Effective Boards

Whether you are starting a new board or solidifying the roles and workings of an existing board, this program is a great way to get all members on the same page.

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Core Strengths

Core Strengths training can provide groups, teams, communities, and businesses with actionable and memorable insight into daily interactions, meetings, and conversations while building team trust and forming productive relationships.

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Inspiring Community Leaders

Based on research and evidence gathered by industry experts, this program teaches communities, businesses and individuals the skills needed to foster exemplary leadership qualities.

All Leadership and Organization Management Content

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Community

Resources to support communities, organizations, leaders and businesses.

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STATE What Matters Most: Building Better Dialog in Crucial Conversations

The acronym STATE is a simple framework to help you remember the key points for navigating high-stakes conversations with confidence, while expressing your views in a way that makes it safe for others to hear them.

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Strategic Planning Focused on Your Organization’s Strengths

Is your organization in need of a clear direction? SDSU Extension Community Vitality offers strategic planning to groups by starting with your strengths and building on them.

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Stepping Up: Becoming a Better Board Member

Boards are a group of elected or appointed individuals who collectively govern, oversee, and set the strategic direction for an organization. Great board members have a passion for the cause, eagerness to participate, and a desire for service.

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Think Better, Question Smarter: Why Critical Thinking Matters

Critical thinking is one of the most valuable skills you can have. It helps you pause, reflect, ask the right questions, and make choices you can stand behind.

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Truly Authentic Leaders Build Community

Authentic people build successful communities. If community leaders practice and share the habits that foster authenticity, positive change can and will happen.

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Leadership for Today - Effective Group Communication

Within a given day, human beings rely on the ability to communicate as a means of transferring information. Whether we speak, listen, write notes or letters, email, or text message, the process of communicating thoughts, ideas, and feelings is something we find to be important but typically give little thought to.