Be watchful of become quiet ones, they think more than they scamper their mouths. Thanks to you…!! :) womens clothing

I have to say, I was one of those PLI grads and believe me, it isn’t what you think. We learned about the county government, history, agriculture, commerce, economic development, social services, Extension Services, budget, Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors, and more.
It was a lot of fun, interesting, and I met people I would have never met otherwise. The class included a Powhatan sheriff, a lot of retirees, government employees, and people from the private sector. It was a great mix of folks.
I am an average working class person like most of those in Powhatan. I don’t own tons of land. I don’t make a lot of money. I’ve lived here for 15 years and I just wanted to learn more about how the county works.
I truly resent that you have passed judgment on something and someone you know absolutely nothing about.

geez, what is with you people?
Read the paper, the thing is advertised in the PT every year.  PT had (I think I recall) an editorial about this in October. 

Not all of these people were recent arrivals and you might be surprised how fiscally conservative they are as a whole.  And how it is wrong or elitist to take a class to learn more about your local history and government is beyond me.

And Nate, if you graduate from ‘anywhere’ (which is apparently questionable for some of you folks), send a note and a pic to PT and you will likely get a little blurb in the paper. that is what a smalltown paper does. This class just had some good PR.
Get over yourselves.

The tone of some of the comments seems a bit harsh, even to my cynical eyes.  PLI is open to anyone and is intended to encourage civic awareness and participation.  It is not an elitist clique.  I think it is good for the community.  If you are skeptical about it why not enroll next year and see what it is about?  Go to a few sessions; listen to the speakers.  You might enjoy it, and you might learn a few things about your community.  If you do not like it, then come back and post again next year with the benefit of your direct knowledge about the program.

Being that it is the 6th one, it is nothing new.

Nate, let me guess…your getting your “doctoral” in Liberal Arts. Your spelling confirms that you have no real ed-u-ma-cation.
or class

A few more details in the article might be helpful to the readers (and commentors). I never heard of the class so I am interested in knowing what they did to get the diploma, and what they will use it for now they have it.
Thanks.

The only leaders I have ever respected…

...wear combat boots.

One is NOT born a leader. Calling someone a leader just because you like him, because he’s a great neighbor, because he went to a leadership class, or has a certification, or because he came from money, or because he has a great education or holds a high rank may sound like a great idea and often group think makes it happen…but, it is a seriously flawed management mistake.

Great leaders are often mistaken for fools by those whom do not lead well—great leaders do not reject reality—they realize it. They can tell you in extreme detail what is happening and can analyze just the same a good solution.

A good leader doesn’t make you feel good on the inside by sugar coating the truth, he shows you the naked truth, because it’s better than a well dressed lie.

A leader makes himself one often without help, he climbs mountains often alone. He will not ask for help except from the team as an absolute last resort. He will put them first and ignore himself if they can be pushed to the top. The reward is inrinsic for a good leader.

Neither greed nor power should a good leader seek.

A good leader will place the team and his own personal safety above himself each and every time. He will take one for the team if it means the team will win. A leader can take that, because it brings honor to his self sacrifice. He makes it a personal responsibility to ensure the team wins and does not forget them along the way.

I find leaders often under the glass ceiling where no one cares and eventually others learn follow him, because they have learned—to TRUST him.

A leader often learns to choose the right path through his own mistakes and can weather the storm irregardless. If you throw obstacles in his path he will keep coming. A leader avoids making emotionally based judgement and will avoid promoting his friends, because what goes around comes around.

Once trust is broken it cannot be replaced.

Mistakes make great leaders—almost all of the great leaders in history were once considered inferior by others—One who makes no mistakes cannot become a leader, because he never had the opportunity to learn the best practices from them.

It is easier to train someone to become a leader who makes mistakes than it is to train a perfectionist, because his perfectionists often let their emotions and friendships get in the way of cold, hard, brutal logic and reason.

Leadership is internal, not external—selfishness does not make a leader great—Selflessness does.

Can you fly in a straight line even when no one else is watching ?

Do you seek rewards or seek out those who have less ?

Can you follow the rules even when others are not ?

Do you judge or do you mentor ? Finding another’s mistakes is not leadership, it is criticism.

Can you reach down and help others who are unable to help themselves without want of personal reward ?

Heroes help others, cowards help themselves.

Can you honor someone whom has never been honored ?

When was the last time you went out on a limb reached out, shook the hand of a veteran and thanked him for keeping YOU safe ?

It takes two to become a leader. There is no one all powerful exhaulted, all seeing, all knowing, higher than thou leader.

Leadership does not occur in a vacuum. The team makes the leader, leadership does not occur the other way around. The fastest and smartest are almost always mistaken for good leaders or “born leaders”. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The real leader is the one who stands back and thinks about what is occurring and is careful of the consequences of his own actions. He will be careful where others can be callous and/or careless. A true leaders answer may not come right away, but you can be assured when he does answer it will be the right one.

Be careful of the quiet ones, they think more than they run their mouths.

This is why it is important to respect…

...The little people.

Leadership takes—

Integrity.

Service Before Self.

Excellence in all you do. 

 

“Let’s Roll”

Joseph

Not,
The class was advertised in thw Powhatan Today

...The class was never advertised, no one knew about it, but the self chosen click of “Leaders” who are shown here…

Nate…congrats on finishing your doctorate but certainly it would be great if you could spell.  Your statement “Oh wait, that’s just for ignorant white trash who “beleive”....” check out how you spelled “beleive”...the word is spelled “believe.”  A simple rule everyone learns in elementary school.

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