Strong communities in rural areas and the future development of that community are fuelled by young diverse leaders. It is a door for new ideas and innovation, bringing in new experiences and different perspectives. Rural communities are communities that are isolated from urban areas, they are commonly tight knit and are very ‘old fashioned’ in their ways. These ‘norms’ are challenged by young diverse leaders to make a positive change.

In communities that don’t have the access to modern technology and innovation, they fall behind the ever-changing urban world. This poses a problem when they want to make profit, because they aren’t at the same technological level as their market. With young leaders, there are new ideas and innovation, as they are a part of the modern lifestyle. With a leader comes leadership traits, these are fundamental when trying to change an audience’s mindset on an issue. The young leaders can share new ideas on how to change their market, helping them to be better suited to fit in with their competitors. These leaders strengthen the community by helping them make more profit, by evening the modernisation with their urban market. Young leaders will always be available to input new ideas and innovation, strengthening rural communities into the future.

Leaderonomics.com stated ‘Young leaders are excited and enthusiastic about undertaking challenging tasks and completing them. They have a learning mindset. They are eager to learn, discover, acquire knowledge and skills. With these traits, they tend to inspire their peers to reach greater heights of productivity and efficiency.’

A well-known example of a young leader is Malala Yousafzai. She started her leadership journey in her community at age 11. She advocated for women’s rights to attend school after it was restricted by the Taliban. She showed resilience after she was shot as a result of her campaigning and at age seventeen, she became the youngest person to be named a Nobel laureate. Malala made a huge impact in her community as a young leader, reiterating the importance of having different perspectives stepping up to lead a community.

Rural communities are stereotypically not diverse. Diversity in communities means having a variety of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds. Diversity in a community is so important to have different viewpoints from people who’ve had different experiences. It means that a community can be more successful by combining the differences to make a huge strength. It allows leaders to think outside the box in situations where there is a recurring problem. It ensures the continuation of a community, as there are a number of perspectives when a problem arises. It can let people bring the positives and successes from other communities to be brought together with many diverse leaders.

Young and diverse leaders are both important separately, but when you combine the two, it makes an enormous impact on the communities and their futures. Young diverse leaders allow the input to form a different background and new age group. Thus, having leadership qualities individual to them.