Leadership Farragut
Leadership Farragut™ (LF) will build a leadership base of dedicated individuals who are committed to fostering and enhancing the growth of the Town of Farragut.
Objectives
The objectives of Leadership Farragut are:
• To provide a forum for individuals with a sincere interest in Farragut to gather to enhance their leadership skills and expand personal and business relationships
• To educate class members of opportunities and challenges facing the community
• To challenge participants to identify the needs of Farragut and formulate possible solutions for those needs
• To expand the base of volunteers to serve in the development of Farragut
Sessions
Leadership Farragut has eight sessions. These sessions are held in the classroom and throughout the Farragut Community.
1. Introduction and Farragut History
2. Town Services and Neighborhoods
3. Business and Technology
4. Education, Arts, and Places of Worship
5. Planning and Projects
6. Marketing the Community
7. Class Project
8. Graduation Dinner
Informal Classes / Class of 2009
Since 2004, FCA has developed leaders informally in small groups. During this incubation period (2004 - 2007) of FCA and Leadership Farragut (LF), many community leaders and citizens have received leadership counseling, training, and mentoring.FCA is looking now to formally develop the future leaders of Farragut.
If you want to support your community and take ownership of its destiny, Leadership Farragut is an excellent way of learning about your community, understanding its opportunities and challenges, and becoming knowledgeable of all the services and offerings it has to offer.
Please check back shortly in the spring for the 2009 Leadership Farragut application and dates.
2009 Class Schedule
Please check back soon for the next class schedule of Leadership Farragut.
History
FCA quickly determined the need of establishing a leadership program for Farragut. Most progressive communities have leadership programs developed either by local civic groups, churches, businesses, chambers of commerce, local governments, or individuals. In Farragut’s case, Leadership Farragut was developed by a community group and will work in conjunction with all Farragut community partners.
Bill Johns, an FCA co-founder, had experience in developing leadership programs for all types of organizations. In addition, he was a member of the very first class of Leadership Germantown in 1996. As a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Administration, Bill spent time working with and benchmarking local leadership programs such as Leadership Memphis, Leadership Bartlett, Leadership Collierville, and Leadership Germantown. His experience led to a formal process of using resources to assist in the developing of Leadership Farragut.
As a result, University of Tennessee MBA students conducted research on various leadership programs throughout Tennessee and other regions during the summer of 2004. The result was the formation of the mission, objectives, curriculum, and sessions of Leadership Farragut.
