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.

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.

This highly interactive workshop to learn about your top talents and strengths. You will also learn about the talents/strengths of others and how to have a team that balances difference strengths. By attending this session, you will better understand the strengths philosophy, identify and share your talents and strengths, see how your strengths may impact your choices and preferences and the choices and preferences of others, learn new ways to use your strengths in your organization, work, and your life in general.

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.

Can a TV sitcom help us learn ways to create positive change for ourselves, our groups, and society? NBC’s “The Good Place” is a show in which humans are scored on how ethical they are, in order to determine their place in the afterlife. This workshop will introduce participants to the 5A’s of positive change using engaging and entertaining examples and video clips from “The Good Place.” Are you focusing on all 5A’s of positive change? This session will help participants to better understand the 5A’s of positive change and how they can re-focus our work and our lives.

Need to make a difficult decision individually or as a group? What questions do you consider when trying to decide what to do? Consider the following: If you’re unvaccinated, would you visit an immunocompromised family member during a global pandemic? Would you speak up if you heard someone that you do not know make a racist comment? Would you tell a friend that you discovered that their partner is cheating on them if you are also friends with the person doing the cheating? How do you decide what’s best? During this interactive workshop you will engage in activities designed to uncover the pros and cons of the ethical approaches you are already using. You will also learn about other helpful approaches. Practical resources for making difficult choices will be provided.

This is the 2nd of 2 Strengths workshops that we offer. Participants in this “Part 2” workshop should already be familiar with their Top 5 from Gallup’s CliftonStrengths assessment instrument. This highly interactive workshop is designed to help participants learn more about using their Top 5 with purpose. This workshop takes a values-based approach to strengths. Participants will go through a series of activities and conversations in order to discover how they can help lead positive change with their Top 5.