The Emerging Leaders Program
Topical Schedule

Week 1 - Introduction & “What is leadership?”
· Icebreakers
· What is Leadership
· Misconceptions of Leadership

Weekend 1 - RETREAT
· This Saturday (9:30am – 5:30pm)
· Leadership Basics – Effectiveness Institute Inventory
· Serving as a Leader – Why should you?
· Service Project

Week 2 – Group Dynamics & Communication Skills
· The life cycle of groups
· Group roles and Power
· Group Communication vs. 1 to 1 communication
· Gender Differences in Communication

Week 3 – Goal Setting & Time Management
· Developing and Setting goals
· Time Management Barriers
· Combining the two!

Week 4 - Ethics & Values
· Values
· Ethical Decision Making
· Case Studies and Card Game

Week 5 - Leadership Styles
· Personality Type and Leadership Style

Week 6 - Leadership Theory
· History of Leadership
· Social Change Model of Leadership

Week 7 - Public Speaking
· Guest Speaker

Week 8 - Campus Leadership Opportunities and Action Planning
· What’s available at NC State?
· Diversity within Leadership
· Creating a Personal Mission Statement and a Leadership Action Plan

Week 9 – Leadership Presentations, Closure and Evaluation