Community Leadership
The Positive Leadership Curriculum is a proven, comprehensive leadership program designed specifically for community leadership development organizations. With its turnkey design and unique focus on community-specific challenges, this curriculum enables leadership programs to deliver exceptional value, fostering a pipeline of leaders ready to strengthen their communities.
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Community Leadership Purpose
The Positive Leadership Curriculum empowers community leadership programs to cultivate effective leaders who make a meaningful impact. By providing a structured, yet flexible, curriculum it ensures your program not only meets but exceeds its promise of being truly about leadership. This curriculum ties your sessions together, offering a cohesive and practical approach to developing leaders with the seven leadership capacities needed to create thriving communities.
The quality of leadership in a community directly impacts its strength and future. For leadership development programs to stand out and provide real value to members, they need a curriculum that goes beyond corporate training models to address the unique needs of community-based leadership. The Positive Leadership Curriculum is specifically designed to help you distinguish your program while freeing up your time from curriculum development. With this comprehensive solution, even facilitators who are not leadership experts can deliver world-class training with confidence.
Community Leadership Outcomes
For Your Participants:
Gain a deep understanding of the seven capacities of leadership and how to apply them in real-world situations.
Develop self-awareness and confidence as a community leader.
Develop the capacities needed to foster alignment, navigate conflict as a pathway to growth, and adapt effectively in the face of change.
Build a personal roadmap for making a meaningful impact within the community.
Access practical tools and resources to continue leadership growth beyond the program.
For Your Program:
Boost participant satisfaction with a unique, comprehensive curriculum.
Save time with a turnkey, proven leadership development curriculum.
Earn employer trust by delivering impactful leadership development.
Enhance program cohesion with a structured, flexible approach.
Connect with a network of programs for shared learning and innovation.
For Your Community:
Cultivate a pipeline of skilled leaders ready to address local challenges and drive positive change.
Foster a culture of collaboration and shared purpose among community stakeholders.
Enhance public trust in community organizations by demonstrating leadership excellence.
Promote inclusivity and equity by equipping leaders to address diverse community needs.
Build a stronger, more resilient community through the actions of well-prepared leaders.
Community Leadership Methods
The Positive Leadership Curriculum provides everything you need to deliver a professional, impactful program:
Pricing:
The Positive Leadership curriculum is licensed on a per-participant basis, making it affordable and scalable for programs of any size. The cost is $50 per participant.
For example, if your community leadership program has 30 participants, the total cost will be $1,500. This simple structure ensures that your program is covered for the number of participants you enroll, while giving you everything you need to facilitate a high-quality leadership experience
Positive Leadership Book and Audio Book: The cornerstone resource for understanding the seven capacities of leadership, available in both written and audio formats to meet diverse learning preferences.
Chapter Summaries: Condensed overviews of each chapter for quick reference, helping participants integrate key concepts into their leadership journey.
Slide Decks: Fully developed presentations aligned with each session of the curriculum, covering the Foundations of Leadership, the 7 Capacities of Leadership, and a concluding session to tie it all together.
Implementation Guide: A step-by-step manual on incorporating the curriculum seamlessly into your existing program, saving time and effort.
Field Guide: Packed with hundreds of activities, resources, and discussion prompts to deepen engagement and enhance participant learning.
Facilitator Training: Live or recorded training sessions led by Adam Seaman, ensuring facilitators are confident and prepared to lead effectively.
Why Choose the Positive Leadership Curriculum?
Turnkey Solution:
Systemized, road-tested, and organized—this curriculum is ready to implement.
Unique Offering:
Exclusively designed for community leadership programs, offering content and insights you won’t find elsewhere.
Fits Your Program:
Flexible enough to complement your existing framework while providing structure and coherence to your program.
Expert-Approved and Updated:
Continuously refined based on feedback from dozens of programs, ensuring relevance and effectiveness.
Affiliate Program
If you are using the Positive Leadership curriculum in your program, chances are you have had conversations with other community leadership directors who are looking for something similar.
Many are searching for a leadership model that is both practical and meaningful, but they may not know where to find it.
By sharing what has worked for you, you can help them make a more informed choice. And now, you can also be recognized for that effort.
To partipate:
Simply sign a one-time affiliate agreement.
When someone signs up on your referral, just have them give us your name (or you can).
You will receive a commisison of 25% of their purchase
Your commission can be given by check or by program credit, the choice is yours
Are You Ready To Sign Up?
Signing Up Is Easy
Getting started with Positive Leadership is simple. To license the curriculum for your community leadership program, just complete our online form. We’ll ask for:
• Your program and contact information
• The number of participants you’ll be enrolling
• Your preferred payment method (debit/credit card or check)
• Whether another program referred you
Once submitted, you’ll receive either a secure payment link (for card payments) or an invoice with mailing instructions (for check payments). As soon as payment is received, you’ll gain access to the full Positive Leadership curriculum package so you can begin implementing it right away.
If you’d like to talk through the process with us before signing up, you can easily schedule a call here
Ready to Strengthen Community Leadership?
The Community Leadership Curriculum equips leaders to navigate complexity, align diverse stakeholders, and create durable progress across systems. Designed for nonprofit, civic, and community-based organizations, this experience builds shared purpose, practical leadership capacity, and the conditions for collective action. Participants develop the mindset and methods needed to lead across boundaries, respond to real-world challenges, and move communities forward with clarity and confidence. Connect with us to learn more or to begin the conversation.
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