Student Organization Leadership

Student Organization Leadership Development

Participation in student organizations is a great way to compliment your interests and passions with the development of vital skills and competencies needed to become a positive, ethical, inclusive member in the community. The Center for Student Involvement believes your engagement within student organizations can benefit and impact your co-curricular experience and empower you to become a socially conscious leader.

The Center for Student Involvement is committed to helping student leaders develop and thrive in these competency areas. Opportunities to develop and demonstrate the competencies are built into our educational offerings, including our event registration process, organization checkpoints, email communications, and our in-person and online educational sessions.

Organization Leadership Competencies

Intrapersonal This competency relates to one’s capacity to gain and maintain an evolving awareness of self. Exploration of this competency requires personal reflection, self-assessment, a commitment to values congruence, and integrity. Self-appraisal and understanding are critical to advancing one’s intrapersonal competency.

Interpersonal This competency relates to one’s capacity to interact and effectively maintain positive relationships with others. This includes identifying and challenging negative behavior, valuing others’ perspectives, seeking opportunities for collaboration, managing conflict, being inclusive of others, and communicating effectively.

Citizenship This competency relates to one’s capacity to address, engage, and advocate for positive change regarding issues or inequalities that diminish and negatively impact local, national, and global communities. Active participation is critical to advance this competency.

Practical Skills This competency relates to knowledge and skills required to become a conscious, analytical, and confident leader. To excel in this competency, one will need to continually find opportunities to practice each of the following: event planning, risk management, budgeting, delegation, follow-through, goal setting, and strategic planning.