Why would the executive director of an entrepreneurship and microenterprise development organization be interested in learning about leadership development?

Mike just completed a training by Rural Development Initiative to facilitate their Rural Community Leadership Development Course. He will be facilitating a RCL cohort in Buckley (East Pierce County), which just completed the installation of a community garden, and plans are underway for a second cohort this Fall.

At CIE, we see entrepreneurship as a strategy for developing effective leaders. The hallmarks of an effective leader are also hallmarks of an effective entrepreneur – ability to see problems as opportunities, ability to focus on things within your control, embracing failure as an opportunity for learning and growth, choosing to be the pilot in the plan instead of a passenger.

RDI shares CIE’s interest in exploring the intersection of entrepreneurship and leadership, and how combining them can power a just transition that builds sustainable, resilient and equitably shared community wealth in rural communities. We look forward to collaborating with RDI to validate this new theory of change!