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Leadership Sunnyvale trains people to be more effective.
We are supported through an alliance of
civic, educational,
business and
government interests within the Silicon Valley region.
Participants in our comprehensive Leadership Program meet key leaders in this alliance.
The program experiences include:
- Instruction and class exercises that encourage leadership skills
- Seminar sessions and discussions with Community Leaders
- Behind-the-scenes view of how a city operates on a daily basis
- Unique opportunities that encourage and expect networking
A commitment to attend nine (once per month) full-day seminars at various locations in the Sunnyvale area as well as 8 half-day Saturday sessions (again once per month) for personal leadership development.
Curriculum
Public Affairs Seminars
Held on one Thursday per month -
be briefed by experts and key area-wide decision makers.
Topics Include:
- Sunnyvale: Character of the City
- Health and Human Services
- Government
- Public Safety
- Business
- Education
- Environmental Issues
- Public Works, Parks & Rec.
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Projections 2006 Conference
Leadership Skills Sessions
Half-day Saturday session per month -
Hands-on workshops led by high-level training consultants.
Topics Include:
- Team Building
- Dealing with conflict
- Dealing with change
- Cultural competency
- Leadership Core Values
- Collaboration and facilitation
- Working with the media
- Art of Negotiations
- Communicating like a leader
Graduation Ceremony
20 Years and Counting
2006 marked the 20th year of this program, with
hundreds of graduates to date. On September 28th of
last year, an anniversary dinner was held with 170 alumni,
family, and friends in attendance. The founders of Leadership
Sunnyvale and alumni of the first classes joined with the most
recent graduates for an evening of good wine, food and conversation.
Dr. Barry Posner, Dean of the Leavey School of Business at
Santa Clara University gave a rousing keynote speech about
the attributes of a good leader. The Leadership Sunnyvale
founders, Lynn Briody, Mel Solomon, and Al Reynolds,
reunited after many years.
A team of alumni worked very hard to make this event happen and become the resounding
success that it was.
In conjunction with the anniversary, an eight page pull-section saluting the success of
the Leadership Sunnyvale program was published recently in the Sunnyvale Sun newspaper.
It can be viewed as a pdf file here.
