Leadership Programs

Leadership programs tailored to you

Ready to take your leadership skills to the next level?

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center has plenty of options to prepare you for leadership roles in any type of setting. Find the best fit for you and elevate your experience with engaging opportunities.

At IU, we believe all students have the capacity to lead. Guided by Student Leadership Competencies®, we provide leadership education through programs and services that are grounded in personal values and identity, focused on individual and organizational development, and designed to meet professional outcomes.

Overwhelmed with choices? Connect with one of our advisors.

Meet with a leadership advisor

Email: hwienke@iu.edu
Phone: (812) 855-5771

Indiana Memorial Union, Suite 270
Student Involvement Tower

Request a program

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center's Leadership Ambassadors are available to facilitate highly customizable leadership education and development workshops for student organizations, departments, or visiting groups. Whether your group needs assistance with group dynamics, teamwork, or leadership development, contact us to see how we might be able to help.

Submit your request to Hunter Wienke at hwienke@iu.edu.

The purpose of these activities is to have fun and literally "break the ice" to get to know other group members.

Examples include name games, human bingo, and chain of connection.

Facilitations on leadership development offer a variety of topics tied to Dr. Seemiller's Student Leadership Competencies framework and relevant student leadership theories. Facilitations can be conceptual in nature or offer interactive activities to delve into students' unique leadership styles.

Examples include:

  • Learning and Reasoning
  • Self-Awareness and Development
  • Group Dynamics
  • Personal Behavior
  • Civic Responsibility
  • Interpersonal Interaction
  • Communication
  • Strategic Planning
  • Personal Behavior

Facilitations working on teamwork and group cohesion dive deeper than team builders. These programs are typically longer in nature and involve activities that require increased engagement and vulnerability from participants.

Student Leadership Competencies

Student Leadership Competencies® were developed from five years of research conducted by Dr. Corey Seemiller, who analyzed leadership training outcomes in all 522 accredited academic programs in higher education. The result was 60 competencies to comprehensively describe the practice of leadership.

What are competencies?

Competencies are knowledge, values, abilities, and behaviors.

  • Knowledge: One's understanding of a competency and how it is defined.
  • Values: The value one places on a competency.
  • Ability: One's internal motivation and skill to engage in a certain behavior.
  • Behavior: One's engagement in a certain behavior.

How do we use them?

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center's leadership programs team uses the Student Leadership Competencies® to develop, categorize, and assess our workshops, leadership certificates, custom leadership facilitations, and more.

By utilizing these competencies, we ensure quality, comprehensive, and engaging programs to create inclusive, purpose-driven leaders.

You need not be discouraged…[problems] can all be solved, and they will be solved…if we are guided by an intelligent and informed leadership.

Herman B Wells, 1937