Competency 6: Involving Others

a.    Students will demonstrate the ability to listen to and integrate multiple perspectives in decision- making processes. 

b.   Students will be able to articulate an understanding of concepts and methods related to collaborative decision-making  (i.e. stages of team/group development, consensus-reaching techniques, inclusive discussion management, etc.).

c.   Students will demonstrate the ability to differentiate between positional and non-positional leadership and articulate the value of each.

d.   Students will actively encourage non-positional leaders to take on leadership roles with the understanding that leadership can come from anywhere in an organization.

Suggestions for Learning:

• Attend the Student Leaders Retreat
• Attend Leadership Academy or similar leadership development conferences and/or workshops
• Participate in an Officer Transition Workshop
• Work as an Orientation Leader
• Serve as a Springboard Coach
• Participate in an Outdoor Programs Workshop
• Enroll in one of the many leadership courses offered at BGSU
• Reflect upon examples from history or personal experience in which sharing leadership when in a position of power produced positive outcomes.
• Articulate a time when you did not have the authority of a positional leader of a group/team but took on a leadership role or made a significant leadership contribution

 Recommended Reading:

Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (1995). Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. 

Druskat, V. U., & Wolff, S. B. (2001, March). Building the emotional intelligence of groups. Harvard Business Review, 81-90.

Friedman, T. L. (2005).  The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 

Kotter, J., Rathgeber, H., Mueller, P., & Johnson, S. (2006). Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under any Conditions. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 

Kouzes, J. M., &  Posner, B. Z. (2002). The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

Lundin, S. C., Paul, H., and Christensen, J. (2000). Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. New York: Hyperion.

Competency 7: Managing the Process

a.   Students will be able to articulate an understanding of basic management concepts, including prioritization, time-management, delegation, and project assessment. 

b.   Students will demonstrate an understanding of different approaches to resolving conflict and solving problems. Students will be able to clearly articulate the strengths and weakness of different problem solving approaches in practice. 

c.   Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively utilize available resources toward the achievement of a goal.

Suggestions for Learning:

• Coordinate a project as part of an internship, co-op, service learning experience, or student organization
• Attend the Leadership Academy or similar workshops related to event planning
• Interview individual(s) responsible for major events on campus and reflect upon their event planning experience
• Conduct an independent research study
• Serve on the student judicial board or Student Budget Committee
• Work as a Resident Assistant
• Reflect on group projects in class, at work, or in an internship/co-op
• Get involved in the planning of a major campus-wide event (i.e. Family Weekend, Homecoming, Sibs ‘N Kids Weekend)

 Recommended Readings:

            Johnson, S. (1998). Who Moved my Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life. New York:  G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

           
Explore the University of Wisconsin Office of Quality Improvement Website:

http://www.wisc.edu/improve/improvement.html or www.wisc.edu/improve.strplan.html

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