Leadership & Organization Development
Leadership & Organization Development Resources:
Leadership & Organization Development Resources
Rural leadership and organizational development play a crucial role in empowering local communities to address their unique challenges and harness their strengths. These resources encompass a range of tools, programs, and organizations designed to cultivate leadership skills for rural communities. By investing in these resources, rural communities can build resilient leadership that drives positive change and fosters long-term growth.
Success Stories
Producing high-quality food is not always enough; sometimes growers and processers need help connecting with the right markets for their products. That was the impetus behind the creation of Fifth Season Cooperative.
Loreen Glaman, owner of Vino Latte Café, built a loyal and engaged customer base at her gourmet coffee shop, eatery and wine boutiques in central Wisconsin through regular wine tastings and happy hours.
After 30 years of sluggish efforts to redevelop Mayville’s central commercial district, in 2018 they harnessed the power of partnership to inject new life into their downtown and restore its vibrancy.
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Whether you’re looking to grow your business, improve local infrastructure, or strengthen your community’s leadership, our team is here to provide the guidance and resources needed to succeed. By working together, we can ensure that rural Wisconsin continues to thrive and remains a vibrant, dynamic place to live and work. Let’s collaborate to build a prosperous future for all.
Support Organizations
Your source for research, educational programs, information, and tools that support meaningful engagement and the capacity of individuals and organizations to take action for the good of Wisconsin communities.
Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc. (WRP) serves as a network hub for organizations, government agencies and people working to make rural Wisconsin a better place.
The Rural Capacity Building Program enhances the capacity and ability of local governments, Indian tribes, housing development organizations, rural Community Development Corporations, and rural Community Housing Development Organizations, to carry out community development and affordable housing activities that benefit low- and moderate-income families and persons in rural areas.
Since 1985, the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group (Aspen CSG) has been committed to equitable rural prosperity. We work towards a future where rural communities and Native nations are healthy places where each and every person belongs, lives with dignity, and thrives.
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council is a consortium of federally recognized Indian tribes in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
News
Awards are given to Wisconsin companies that are certified as a minority-owned business enterprise (MBE), woman-owned business enterprises (WBE) or disabled veteran-owned businesses (DVB), as well as individuals who work to support these businesses.
A special round of Entrepreneurship Partner Grants (EPG) will be available to groups supporting Wisconsin entrepreneurs working in biotechnology, personalized medicine and biohealth.
The scarcity of labor in today’s markets demands new approaches to workforce development that account for changing worker expectations and build healthier workplace cultures.
Harrigan Solutions, a Grafton firm that assembles teams of workers—including formerly incarcerated people and refugees—in trustworthy teams to provide sanitation in food plants, preventative maintenance on production equipment, and work at construction sites.
