| Student organizations provide opportunities for growth and
development as leaders for college students. As an advisor you
can help facilitate this leadership training that is essential
to the success of the organization. Your guidance and direction
can help the officers lead the members of the organization in a
productive manner. There are different leadership styles and
most likely the students you work with will each have a unique
style. It is important to learn these styles and how to create a
collaborative working environment for all the officers. You are
not solely responsible for leading the organization. However,
your leadership can rub off on others and they may look to you
for advice and example.
The Center for Student Involvement has numerous resources
available to you and student organizations in regards to
leadership development and training. These resources include:
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| Books |
- The Team-Building Source-Book
- Warm-ups for Meeting Leaders
- Break Away—Organizing an Alternative Spring Break
- The Encyclopedia of Ice Breakers
- The Encyclopedia of Group Activities
- Leadership Skills for Women
- A Beginner’s Guide to Leadership Training
- Applied Ethics in Student Services
- Values, Ethics, and Standards in Evaluation
- Mentoring-Transcript Systems for Student Growth
- Giving and Receiving Criticism
- The Business of Listening
- Effective Meeting Skills
- Managing Personal Change
- Motivational Patterns Inventory
- Team Building—An Exercise in Leadership
- Lost at Sea—Leaders Manual
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| Simulation Games |
- Star Power — a game in which a low mobility, 3-tiered
society is built through the distribution of wealth in
the form of chips.
- Ba Fa Ba Fa—a cross-culture simulation.
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| Adventure Based & Group
Activities |
- ABRIS (Adventure Based Resource Index system) - A
“learning by doing” approach to education.
- SPIDER’S WEB – An adventure game.
- SILVER BULLETS – A guide to initiative problems,
adventure games and trust activities.
- COWSTALLS & COBRAS II – A guide to games, initiatives,
ropes courses, and adventure curriculum.
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