Planning Commissioners Roundtable Discussion 
--- Planning commissioners from across the country join in an exchange of views.
Getting Power by Giving It Away
by Otis White
--- How a planning commission can strengthen its leadership role by empowering citizens to find solutions to difficult issues.
Building an Educated Community
by Terri Horvath
--- What caused community leadership to flourish in the small city of Salem, Indiana.
- A Network of Leaders, by Wendell J. Walls
- Key Leadership Skills & Dispelling Myths About Leadership, by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus
Developing Community Leadership
by Carole R. Bloom
--- The role that leadership training can play in developing community leaders.
- Credible Leaders, by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Community Leadership & the Cincinnati Planning Commission
by Laurence C. Gerckens
--- A look back at how the citizens of Cincinnati made planning history eighty years ago.
- Cincinnati Planning Today, by Leon A. Meyer
The Effective Planning Commissioner:
How Broad Is Your Planning Horizon?
--- Elaine Cogan on why it's important as a planning commissioner to take the time to meet people outside your own circle.
Planning Law Primer:
An Introduction to Takings Law
--- The basics of takings law, plus advice on how municipalities can act to reduce the risk of takings claims, by attorneys Christopher J. Duerksen & Richard J. Roddewig.
Ethics & the Planning Commission:
When Information Is In Question
--- Greg Dale on what to do when you don't believe what you're hearing?
The Planning Commission At Work:
Preparing An Implementable Comprehensive Plan
--- Mike Chandler lists ten questions for your commission to ask itself when it's time to prepare or revise the comprehensive plan.
Insights:
Finding Community Leaders
by M. Eileen Hennessy
--- Leadership is a key ingredient to strong communities, and can come from expected places and people.
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