Student Organization Leadership Development

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The Office of Leadership Programs has many resources that may help student leaders in running student organizations, developing leadership skills and exploring their values. Feel free to stop by the office to ask for resources on a particular topic. We are also developing electronic versions of some of the resources. Here are a few that have been completed. We hope you will bookmark this page and see what we add over time.

Developing Your Personal Leadership Skills

The Office of Leadership Programs can assist you in developing workshops and resources on the following topics for Rhodes students. Please contact us if you would like more information:

Personal Leadership Skills

  • Creating an Action Plan
  • Creating a Personal Vision Statement
  • Facilitating programs
  • Motivating your Team
  • Delegating
  • Planning by Calendar
  • Building a Personal Network
  • Building a Career Network
  • Building Coalitions
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Political Engagement
  • Power Mapping
  • Games, Icebreakers and Team Builders
  • Meeting Management & Parliamentary Procedure
  • Time Management
  • Stress Management
  • Goal Setting
  • Communication
  • Understanding Group Dynamics
  • Evaluating your Leadership Effectiveness

Strengthening Student Organizations

  • Budget Development and Management
  • Leadership Transitioning
  • Planning by Calendar
  • Building Coalitions
  • Planning a Retreat
  • Recruiting and Retaining Members
  • Meeting Management & Parliamentary Procedure
  • Goal Setting
  • Understanding Group Dynamics
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Creating an Action Plan
  • Motivating your Team
  • Delegating
  • Games, Icebreakers and Team Builders
  • Communication
  • Evaluating the Strength of Your Student Organization

Event Planning

  • Contract Negotiation
  • Event Planning 101
  • Promotion and Publicity
  • Budget Development and Management
  • Planning by Calendar

Service Leadership

  • Community Organizing
  • Political Engagement
  • Asset Based Community Development
  • Civic Engagement
  • Community Mapping
  • Defining Service
  • The Ethics of Service
  • Motivations for Service
  • How to Reflect on Service
  • How to Lead Reflection
  • Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities and Struggles
  • Finding your Vocational Fit
  • Power Mapping

General Leadership

  • Leadership and Personal Values
  • Reflective Leadership
  • Social Change Model of Leadership Development
  • “Leading from Within” by Parker Palmer