1 Peers Leading Peers by The Center For Leadership Excellence Western Kentucky University

2 Peers Leading Peers Agenda - Purpose - Overview - Leadership ideas for the classroom - Overview of WKU Leadership Certificate - Qualitative results to date

3 Why Peers Leading Peers? - One of the greatest leadership challenges for our students on an off campus is leading their peers: - How do they influence their peers? - What have we done to set our student-leaders up for success? - If leadership contributes to success, how much time does the organization spend on developing leadership? - Why do we not develop the leadership of the organization?

4 How is this Different? - Most courses focus on individual leader development - Main focus here is on the leadership of the student team/organization - Classroom applications—can incorporate aspects into any classes

5 WKU Leadership Certificate - Five courses, 14/15 hours - LEAD 200/500 foundation course - Three electives: - Ethics and social responsibility - Human relations - Critical thinking and empirical analysis - Practicum

6 Peers Leading Peers - Overview - Modular, designed for four sessions - Ideally, approximately two hours for each level - Eight hours in total length, but can customize

7 Peers Leading Peers – Module One - Leadership foundation - Focus on Character, Values and Ethics - Each student develops goals - Peer to peer conflict

8 Critical Triad of Leadership Character ValuesEthics

9 Peers Leading Peers – Module One - Leadership foundation - Focus on Character, Values and Ethics - Each student develops goals - Peer to peer conflict

10 - Focus is leadership skills - Basic leadership concepts - Effective leader behaviors Peers Leading Peers – Module Two

11 Effective Leader Behaviors - Based on Kouzes and Posner’s The Leadership Challenge: - Model the way - Inspire a shared vision - Challenge the process - Enable others to act - Encourage the heart

12 - Focus is on mentoring and being mentored - Explore the mentoring environment of the organization - Design a mentoring system for the organization Peers Leading Peers – Module Three

13 - Focus: determining values, developing a vision, mission, and goals - Establish a system to communicate values, vision, and goals - Review mentoring system Peers Leading Peers – Module Four

14 “Strategic” Planning Values of the Organization Vision of the Organization Mission of the Organization Goals of the Organization Theme or

15 - Focus: determining values, developing a vision, mission, and goals - Establish a system to communicate values, vision, and goals - Review mentoring system Peers Leading Peers – Module Four

16 Peers Leading Peers – Methods - Warm-up exercises--must be fun!! - Lots of discussion--open ended questions - Video clips - Facilitate planning sessions

17 Peers Leading Peers – Results to Date - Honors leadership - Athletic teams - High School Band, JROTC

18 Peers Leading Peers – the Way Ahead - Continue campus focus - Outreach to non-profit organizations - Research to better define needs

19 Questions and Comments