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How can you align leadership training with established student development and leadership theory? Use the Social Change Model of Leadership to create align your departmental and organizational goals with your activities. Being a new professional in student affairs can be daunting. Especially if you are advising student organizations, fraternities and…
Last week I tackled the topic of conflict and civility in fraternities and sororities. I addressed a few ways a chapter can engage in conflict and make it part of the standards of behavior expected from its members. In summary, a chapter needs to invest as much time in teaching its members what conflict should look and sound like as it does when training new and old members on other important member behavior. This week I’ll continue to explore this topic, introducing strategies on how to engage in conflict that makes our work better. I’ll introduce a couple of ways to ask your members to disagree that helps refine the outcome of your decisions. And I’ll connect the idea of conflict with civility with the concept of congruence.
Decision making is a critical skill for all students to know upon completing their degree. What are strategies for helping students become better decision makers in college? I share how to use club advising as one way!
What does commitment look and sound like your chapter? By using the Social Change Model of Leadership, you can learn how the chapter should address these issues, and how you can help build stronger organizations that will meet the needs of your members and your campus.
How can campus-based professionals increase the number of on-campus allies and Greek community supporters? Develop strategies for an in-group experience for non-affiliated staff and faculty and encourage chapters to develop an in-group role for these campus community members.