If you have never heard of Leadership Southern Maryland you are not alone. Many are not aware yet of the impact that LSM is having on our regions leaders, in politics, business, and industry. It is not easy to explain exactly what Leadership Southern Maryland is as much as what it does. Modeled after Leadership Maryland, a very popular leadership training, it was the vision of several local leaders that a program be established in this region that focused on the unique diversity of Southern Maryland, yet offer the same high level issues training.
Imagine an organization that over a nine-month period exposes you to all that your region has to offer, from industry to tourism, natural resources, to public safety and more. How would you like to have personal tours at key places that impact our daily lives such as PAX River Naval Air Station, Calvert Cliffs, and Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas Facility and learn about how they work inside and out? In addition, briefings from the individuals that make these places work are common agenda items.
Imagine visiting the regions three major hospitals in one day and having the red carpet rolled out by each location’s best and brightest, then ending the day with a panel discussion hosted by all three hospital directors.
Before you get too excited, you can’t just apply and choose to sign up. You have to be referred by an LSM Alumni. It is quite a prestigious honor to be one of the lucky 32 each year. Selections are made by a board of directors selection committee comprised of community leaders sitting on a selection committee. After being referred by a graduate of the program an individual is called in for an interview and within a month notified as to whether or not they have been accepted. If you are accepted and willing to pay $2,500 for the nine-month tuition based course, you will be among a small but growing base of well informed leaders who run the gambit but have some interesting things in common.
Leadership Southern Maryland graduates earned their certificate by putting in one or two full days each month exploring sites all over the tri c
