The Leadership Lab Starts October 2011!

4 Aug

Attention Saddleback College students!  The Leadership Lab, a new opt-in, non-credit student leadership seminar sponsored by the Student Development Office begins this fall.

The program is designed to help students explore, participate, and reflect on applying leadership theories and models to real-life issues and problems.  Students will expand on exploration of personal and team leadership and learn effective skills and strategies for turning their leadership knowledge into action.  Participants will grow both personally and professionally throughout the course of the program.

The program is great for student leaders who are already involved in extra/co-curricular school activities, but want the chance to develop their leadership skills thoughtfully and intentionally.  In addition, students who aren’t involved on campus but desire to learn more about and expand their leadership skills would also benefit greatly from this program.

What do you receive for a year spent in this non-academic leadership seminar? Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a non-credit, honorary leadership certification.  This certification, signifying completion of the Saddleback College Leadership Lab Program, can be cited on a resume or in a co-curricular transcript.

Requirements:

  • Complete application required
  • Criteria:
    • Saddleback College student with a 2.0 GPA
    • Currently enrolled in at least 5 units at Saddleback College
    • Willingness to learn, take initiative, and a strong desire to grow both personally and professionally
  • Participants screened and accepted by the Director of Student Development
  • Honorary, non-credit, certification conferred upon successful completion of the seminar
  • The seminar is conducted every other Monday from 3:30-5:00pm, beginning October 2011 (date TBA) in SSC 211C

The application and informational materials will soon be available here.  Check back soon!

On Humility

16 Jun

There are three underutilized concepts that are most important to consider when exploring leadership.  These concepts/words are rarely used in the popular literature and discourse regarding leadership, potentially because they don’t invoke visions of strength and power.  We generally hear most about strength, fortitude, resolve, vision, inspiration, and the capacity to motivate.  These three words/concepts we’ll explore in The Leadership Lab are humility, generosity, and creativity.

To get us started, let’s read and discuss this recent New York Times opinion piece “In My Humble Opinion” by David Brooks.

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