The LEAD Office is excited to announce the launch of our first ever Student VIRTUAL Leadership Certificate Series for the 2022-2023 academic year. The Student Leadership Certificate Series is designed to provide students with the opportunities to:
- Connect with other students around various topics of leadership in a cohort experience
- Develop a variety of different leadership skills and strengthen one's own personal leadership skills
- Identify ways you can help make a positive change in our communities
- Develop an understanding of one's personal leadership values are and how they influence one's leadership style
- Engage in a variety of leadership sessions that focus on leadership styles, emotional intelligence, and social change
Spring 2023: Leadership Values
- Tuesday, February 21st from 5:00pm-6:00pm via Zoom
- This interactive virtual workshop allows for students to identify their personal ethical values, the ethical values of their teammates, and how they connect to their leadership style and presence.
- RSVP via Mason 360: https://cglink.me/2d7/r2008229
- Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96504446788
Spring 2023: Leadership Communication
Leadership Communication
- Tuesday, March 21st from 5:00pm-6:00pm via Zoom
- This interactive virtual workshop allows for students to complete the True Colors assessment. Students will have an opportunity to gain a better understanding of themselves based on their personality temperament. Students will also be able to gain more insight into different motivations, actions, and communication approaches as it connects to leadership.
- RSVP via Mason 360: https://cglink.me/2d7/r2008265
- Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96504446788
Spring 2023: Leadership Across Difference - Tips from A-Z
Leadership Across Difference: Tips from A-Z
- Tuesday, April 11th from 5:00pm-6:00pm via Zoom
- This interactive virtual workshop allows for students to look at various leadership styles across differences.
- RSVP via Mason 360: https://cglink.me/2d7/r2008289
- Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96504446788
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Discover Your Leadership Styles: Track will reopen Fall 2023
This session will explore the complex topic of leadership. Who do you consider a leader? Does the term “leader” apply only to those in positions of power, or others as well? What characteristics are people looking for in their leaders? Where do you stand on some leadership topics: Are there “born leaders”? Do you need charisma to be a good leader? We will explore how leadership relates to you and your life today.
Provides a model for understanding yourself based on your personality temperament. Students will have a chance to engage and interact with one another and learn more about the following: (1) Enhancing relationships – bringing out the best in us, (2) Promoting responsibilities – respecting and building upon our strengths, (3) Fostering understanding – learning to view the world through other lenses, and (4) Gaining insights into different motivations, actions and communication approaches
Explore the relationship between leadership and kindness through the lens of Disney. This workshop will allow you to analyze how kind leadership can emerge within your own life, and provide you with some of the tools necessary to enact these behaviors within your own life.
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence: Registration for Track #2 will open in February 2023
Allows for students to identify their personal ethical values, the ethical values of their teammates, and how they connect to their leadership style and presence.
More information coming soon...
What are the top qualities that people are looking for in their leaders? What is Emotional Intelligence? Is Emotional Intelligence important in your daily life and also in leadership? Participants will learn practical ways to further develop as leaders in multiple contexts (career, family, community, etc.), whether they have a formal leadership position or not. Participants will also will have the opportunity to self-assess on 15 different leadership qualities. Attend this workshop to better understand your own levels of Emotional Intelligence, whether or not they can change and what it means for leadership and teamwork.
How does it work?
The Student Leadership Certificate Series has been divided into 2 different tracks. The following tracks are:
- (Fall 2022) Track #1: Discover Your Leadership Styles
- Leadership 101
- Tuesday, October 11th from 6:00pm-7:00pm via Zoom
- True Colors
- Tuesday, November 1st from 6:00pm-7:00pm via Zoom
- Myers Briggs Type Inventory
- Tuesday, November 15th from 6:00pm-7:00pm via Zoom
- Leadership 101
- (Spring 2023) Track #2: Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
- Will take place in Spring 2023
Do I have to complete both tracks?
Each track is a separate cohort experience. Students can select 1 or more tracks to participate in. It is recommended that you complete them in order, but it is not required. In order to receive credit for completing a specific track, students must attend at least 2 sessions within the track.
Why should I participate in the Student Leadership Certificate Series?
Students who participate in the certificates series will have an opportunity to not only develop a variety of different leadership skills and strengthen one's own personal leadership skills, but they will also be able to connect and engage with other students around various topics of leadership in a cohort experience.
What do I get once I complete each track?
Students will receive the following items after completing each track.
- Track #1: digital badge, certificate, and LEAD t-shirt
- Track #2: digital badge, certificate, and LEAD umbrella
Questions, contact Lisa Snyder, Associate Director for Leadership, Education, and Development at lsnyder2@gmu.edu.