Welcome to Leadership, Vision, and Organizational Culture. This module focuses on the fundamental role of leadership, vision, and organizational culture in the success of your community’s jail transition strategies.
“In Sullivan County, we were able to work with the public and our key stakeholders to go in a direction of developing a strong reentry system and build a smaller facility that met our needs. The leadership from the county commissioners, the superintendent, the county attorneys, and community providers and a strong reentry committee allowed us to build a strong conceptual design that the public could understand and support."
Greg Chanis, County Administrator
Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Before we begin, take some time to think about what being a leader and leadership mean to you. Often the word conjures up an image of a commissioner, chief, or captain who due to his or her administrative position has the authority to direct and influence others. This, however, is only one definition, and focuses more on a position of authority than on an individual’s actions.
In this module, we offer a broader definition of leadership, one that fits the Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) model. For us, leaders are individuals, regardless of their position within an organization, who have the ability to provide the vision, leadership, and resources to empower people to go beyond what they thought they were capable of doing to build the organizational culture necessary to grow and sustain successful transition from jail to the community. Formal leadership is indispensible to the TJC effort, but informal leaders are also vital to the successful TJC implementation and sustainability.
We also believe that leadership can be learned. Most people are not born leaders, but learn leadership behaviors through trial and error.
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This module also includes a list of resources throughout to help in the process.
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