LEAD Definitions

Capstone Leadership Program: a program designed to help you transfer the skills you have learned here at the college to your future life (e.g. Leadership Institute or a leadership project).

Diversity Program: a program that articulates the advantages and challenges of a diverse society; combats stereotypes and oversimplification of characteristics of identity groups; explores privilege and power; develops participants’ understanding
of their own multi-faceted identities; educates on appropriately challenging abusive use of stereotypes by others; creates understanding of the impact of prejudice and diversity on one’s own society; and/or promotes taking the perspective of another
to facilitate understanding.

Experiential Leadership: holding a position where you must apply the leadership skills you have, that is, holding a leadership position in an organization, team, or campus-wide committee. This will be verified with advisor. Requirements:

At least a full semester or season in approved leadership role
Active participation in group decisions
Attend enough meetings to be considered in good standing in organization/group/staff
Assist with programs/events planned
Follow through with tasks assigned and/or listed in job description
Growing and/or good time management skills (balance with academics, personal, activities)
Able to communicate ideas to group in a productive manner
Able to or working on handling conflict in productive manner
Able to take on both active and passive leadership roles in group
Open to feedback about personal/leadership growth
Able to or working on presentation and/or planning programs

Foundations of Leadership: a program designed to provide you with general knowledge on leadership. Covering issues such as:

Historical perspectives and evaluation of leadership theory
Theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual foundations of leadership of several cultures
Cultural and gender influences on leadership
Ethical practices in leadership
Moral leadership
Leadership and followership

Leadership Outcomes (LOs): intentional educational goals established for a program. To complete the entire leadership pyramid, you must attend programs that are intended to fulfill all fourteen outcomes. For the list with descriptions of the LOs,
click here.

In-Depth LOs: in Gold and Platinum Levels, students must attend programs that increase their understanding, in-depth, of any of the LOs the have already completed (i.e. they must attend additional programs that cover LOs they have alerady completed to gain more in-depth understanding of that outcome). Students may choose to “concentrate” in one area or another to fulfill their In-depth LO requirements.

Organizational Development: a program designed to provide you with general knowledge on organizational development. Covering issues such as:

Team building
Shared leadership
Group dynamics and development
Organizational communication
Group problem-solving and decision making models
planning
Conflict management and resolution
Methods of assessing and evaluating organizational effectiveness
Organizational culture, values and principles
Community development
Power and empowerment
Collaboration
Developing trust
Organizational politics
Leadership in diverse organizations

Participation: involvement in an organization, team, or campus-wide committee. This will be verified by e-board member. Requirements:

At least a full semester's worth of active involvement
Active participation in group decisions
Attend enough meetings to be considered active and/or voting member according to group constitution/by laws
Assist with programs/events planned

Personal Development: a program designed to provide you with general knowledge
on your growth as a person. Covering issues such as:

Awareness and understanding of various leadership styles and approaches
Exploration and designing of personal leadership approaches
Human development theories
The intersections of human development theories, sexual orientation, national origin, and environment
Personal management issues such as time management, stress reduction, development of relationships, problem solving, goal setting, and ethical decision-making
Oral and written communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Risk taking
Creativity
Wellness lifestyle development
Supervision
Motivation