Elected Leadership Series

13 Handbooks have been written by Fred Fisher and David Tees, to cover eleven different roles performed by the local elected councilors: 11 handbooks, a trainer’s guide and overview document. Each handbook has two parts: part I contains concepts included in a self-study essay describing the role and part II training designs/exercises to be used by trainers.

The user-friendly training package, can also be used as a practical on-the-job guide.

The 13 handbooks titles are:

• Trainer’s guide for training of elected officials
• Handbook 1: Perspectives on training elected leaders
• Handbook 2: The councilor as policy-maker
• Handbook 3: The councilor as decision maker
• Handbook 4: The councilor as communicator
• Handbook 5: The councilor as facilitator
• Handbook 6: The councilor as enabler
• Handbook 7: The councilor as negotiator
• Handbook 8: The councilor as financier
• Handbook 9: The councilor as overseer
• Handbook 10:The councilor as power broker
• Handbook 11:The councilor as institution builder
• Handbook 12:The councilor as leader