Community Leadership Development
Getting results from leadership development:
What leadership development outcomes does an EXCEL program produce? Is
EXCEL a suitable program solution for the leadership situation in my
community? A program evaluation of EXCEL was conducted using outcome data
collected between 1992-1999 to answer questions such as these.1
Following are key findings from the program evaluation on participant and
community-level outcomes:
- Participants in the EXCEL program experience 70 distinct beneficial
outcomes as a result of their participation.
- The EXCEL program achieves desirable outcomes for all participants
despite differences in participant characteristics, implementation site
or specific curricula used in implementation across sites.
- The 70 specific EXCEL program outcomes reflect 5 broad dimensions:
1) personal growth and efficacy; 2) community commitment; 3) shared
future and purpose; 4) community knowledge; and 5) civic engagement.
- EXCEL participants are more involved in community organizations
after completing an EXCEL program, providing important leadership to
numerous kinds of organizations and in numerous roles.
- Over 90% of participants felt that the EXCEL program was worth their
time and effort to participate and nearly 96% indicated that it was
worth the effort exerted by University of Missouri Extension.
1 Excerpts taken from Pigg, Kenneth. 2001. EXCEL: Experience
in Community Enterprise and Leadership. Program Evaluation Report.
Department of Rural Sociology. University of Missouri.
Updated
01/31/08
