Developing Community Leadership
Carol Bloom discusses the role that leadership training can play in developing community leaders.
Leadership
What does it take to become a leader on the planning commission and in the community? These articles and postings focus on various aspects of this question.
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How to Make Decisions People Will Accept
In the second of his series on community leadership, Otis White explains why there’s more to making a good planning decision than just reaching the right result.
The Secret to Compromise: Learning to Read Others
Otis White explores why it’s important for you to understand what motivates your fellow commissioners.
The “Riggins Rules”
Suggested do’s and don’ts for the conduct of public hearings, and the deportment of members of boards, commissions, and other bodies — reprinted as written by the late Fred Riggins.
Leading the Commission
Elaine Cogan explores how the chair can exert more effective leadership.
Remembering the Big Picture
As a planning board member, it’s all too easy to lose sight of the “big picture.”
