Hopi Leadership Program

PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Hopi Leadership Program (HLP) was designed to grow strong, effective, and culturally grounded professionals at Hopi by encouraging effective leadership skills among emerging Hopi leaders. The long-term goal is to nurture a community of professionals who can serve as effective leaders and successfully bridge the Hopi and non-native world in a way that is firmly grounded in the uniquely Hopi worldview.

This 15-month capacity building program will support future successors who will run organizations and perform grassroots community work at Hopi using a model based on the Hopi culture and western education.

Participants will undergo an initial skills and knowledge assessment and will also work to define their own personal goals and objectives as part of the program. Participants will gain experience in leadership and in professional management practices. They will engage in on-going dialogue about issues related to professional development at Hopi, the complexity of bridging the Hopi and non-native worlds, and the qualities required for effective leadership. Through this experience they themselves, their families and their place of employment will also benefit from their growing knowledge of leadership, along with other skills.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The Hopi Foundation established the Hopi Leadership Program to:

Support the growth and development of a new generation of Hopi leaders and professionals;
Develop skills and practices that enable healthy, successful, and self-sufficient lives;
Develop and encourage management habits and understanding of Western -style philanthropy;
Develop models for balancing and enhancing traditional cultural wisdom in the context of modern day society; and
Provide training in core management disciplines required to manage an organization.

PROGRAM CURRICULUM
Two and 2-1/2 full-day sessions focus on Hopi bodies of knowledge as well as specific management disciplines. The curriculum provides a rigorous yet flexible educational experience enabling participants to combine theory and best practice
of professional management within a uniquely Hopi context. Session modules include:

Getting To Know You & Mentoring
Hopi Cultural Values
Hopi Social Systems & Gender Roles
Hopilavayi
Tradition and Change at Hopi
Hopi Governance
Tour of Hopi Villages
Hopi Environmental Field Trip
Communication & Management
Community Organizing
Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
Sustaining your Organization & Organizational Marketing
Vision for Hopi
Midpoint & Final Reflection Sessions

MENTORSHIP

Program participants are paired and each serve as a mentor to the other during the monthly sessions and outside of the program. As mentors they help guide one another in their learning and development both personally and professionally.

PROGRAM FEE

A program fee of $250 is required by selected participants. This worthwhile investment helps to offset the cost of books and materials provided directly to the participants throughout the Program.

This fee covers approximately 8% of the total costs associated with participant expenses. Remaining costs are paid by the generosity of grants, donations, sponsorship, and other sources of funding.