Cultivating Exceptional

Interest in the LeaderShape

Institute

& Other Leadership Programs

Presented By:

Gary Fleisner, Program Coordinator

Campus Leadership & Involvement Center

Denison University

Learning Outcomes

• Understand Denison’s strategy to increase

leadership programs participation.

• Learn to align program and learning outcomes

with student involvement model and institutional

values.

• Design on-going and periodic data collection

efforts for purposes of assessment and evaluation

of leadership programs.

Denison University

Then & Now

• 2002

• First Denison LeaderShape Institute with 27 students

• 2009

• 70 applicants for LeaderShape

• 3-4 leadership programs a year organized by staff

• 2014 & 2015

• Average over 140 applications

• Hosted two sessions of LeaderShape

• 6-8 leadership programs annually organized by students

Leadership Fellows

Structure

• Non-positional

• Social Change & Relational Leadership Model

• Servant Leadership

Leadership Defined

A leader is not necessarily someone who hold some formal

position of leadership or who is perceived as a leader by

others. Rather, a leader is one who is able to affect positive

change for the betterment of others, the community, and

society. All people, in other words, are potential leaders.

Moreover, the process of leadership cannot be described

simply in terms of behavior of an individual; rather

leadership involves collaborative relationships that lead to

collective action grounded in the shared values of people

who work together to affect positive change.

-Higher Education Research Institute

Program Creation

• Peer to peer learning

• Involvement model

• Student Roles

Leadership Fellows Programs

Participant Recruitment

• Posters

• Social Media

• Info Session

• Nominations

• Quad Day

• T-shirt Day

• Outreach

Assessment

• Program evaluation

• Reflection

• Division of Student Development Outcomes

• Organizational Outcomes & Learning

Reflection Prompt

At LeaderShape, you had the opportunity to explore the

concepts of power, privilege and justice - particularly

during Day 2 (inclusive leadership night), Day 4 (Star

Power exercise) and Day 5 (values and integrity). Please

reflect on how LeaderShape influenced your understanding

of any/all of the following concepts: power and justice,

equity, identity, awareness of your own culture, awareness

of cultures different than your own and/or your self-

awareness.

Reflection Response

“LeaderShape really helped me explore my core values and

how my values influence how I view the world. I now

understand how my values play an important role when you

have power.”

Outcomes Wheel

Within Organization

• Pre- and post-tests

• Portfolio project

• Recorded discussion

“Because we’re non-positional (there’s not a person in

charge of us), we really have to work at building consensus

and asking for help and collaborating with each

other…Everyone’s responsible to collaborate, to work on

that one task together. We have to work a lot with each

other and develop those meaningful relationships.

Sometimes a lot of differences arise, but in the end we have

to come to one agreement, which probably make our

decision better in the end because everyone’s behind it

fully.”

Post-Programming

• Staying in action packet

• Staying in action grant

• Reunion & Vision Showcase

• Cluster reunions

• Passive programming

Involvement in

Leadership Programs

Class of… Men Women Total

2012 8.2% 20.9% 15.3%2013 13.0% 28.1% 21.8%2014 17.3% 33.9% 26.8%

Contacts

Gary Fleisner, Program Coordinator

Campus Leadership & Involvement Center

fleisnerg@denison.edu