Community Leadership Resources

ESLI wants to see participants take their leadership development to the next level through their participation as leaders in local community organizations. Whether as a board member, committee member, volunteer, mentor, project lead, or any other type of civic engagement that allows them to exercise and grow their leadership skills through hands-on experience.

Benefits:

Develop and grow personal leadership skills through experience.
Grow and strengthen the community through their service.
Strengthen the organization’s capacity to serve the local community.

Learn what opportunities are available, today!

Leadership Groups

Salisbury Maryland Jaycees
Salisbury Young Professionals of SACC
Emerging Leaders
Transformational Community Leadership Series – TCL
Shore Leadership
Leadership Maryland – Emerging Leader Program

Leadership Books

These books have been recommended as highly useful for developing leadership skills and insights by our leadership class attendees. (Some may be available in audible as well)

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek
Spark Brilliance by Jackie Insinger (audible)
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall (audible)
Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
Leadership Lessons of Jesus: A Timeless Model for Today’s Leaders by Bob Briner and Ray Pritchard
Jack Welch and the 4E’s of Leadership by Jeffrey A. Krames
Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch
Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch with John a. Byrne
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
HRB Guide to Getting the Right Work Done by Harvard Business Review
Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader: A Guide to Cultivating Effective Leadership and Organizations by Christopher D. Connors
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection – Charles Duhigg
BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company by Jim Collins and Bill Lazier
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
Who Ate My Cheese? by John W. Nichols