“Not only are we teaching those leadership skills, it’s the community relationships and community skills we have,” said Lisa Kress, assistant director of Leadership Johnson County. Since it was founded in 1995, Leadership Johnson County has trained more than 800 local residents to be better leaders and contributors to the local community. A recent addition to the Leadership Johnson County program is a Youth Leadership Academy. “Leadership Johnson County not only helps develop leaders for today and into the future, we also focus quite a bit on the community,” Kress said. AT A GLANCELeadership Johnson County Signature ProgramWhat: A nine-month community leadership program that focuses on objectives such as learning more about the community, putting leadership in practice, building networks and putting together community-minded projects.
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