Leadership Programs

POET'S L.E.A.D.(Leadership Education And Development) Program

Leadership in our global society is about much more than attaining a position of power or authority. In order to maximize their effectiveness, leaders need to possess a variety of key skills and competencies. This program exposes and challenges students to master key leadership competencies such facilitating teams and groups, conflict resolution, running effective meeting and project management. Demanding much more than an intellectual understanding of these concepts, this applied leadership program challenges students to demonstrate mastery and integration of these competencies in order to receive the distinct rank of Competent or Advanced Leader. Click here to learn more about the Poet’s L.E.A.D. Program.

 

WORKSHOPS

The following two workshops are coordinated by the Leadership Experience and Programs Office. For more information, please call 562.907.4986.

P.O.E.T. (Providing Opportunities for Excellence through Leadership)
Held during the spring semester, P.O.E.T. Leadership is a series of interactive workshops and discussions targeting the development of critical leadership skills and strategies. Session topics have included ethical leadership, team building, servant leadership, and public speaking. Participants are encouraged to develop leadership networks with peers and the professors, alumni, and administrators who facilitate the workshops.

First Class Leadership Seminar
First Class is an intensive, four-week seminar during January Interim session, specifically designed for first-year students. The sessions are designed to offer new students the leadership tools necessary to assist in their transition to college, and to provide them with skills essential to successful and meaningful leadership at Whittier College and beyond.  

 

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Developing Leaders Summit
Designed for and open to student leaders of all levels, this free, two-day leadership conference is held in the fall semester, and coordinated by the LEAP Office. Past workshop and discussion topics have included event-planning basics, budgeting, conflict resolution, communication, creating publicity, and time management. For more information, contact the LEAP Office, 562.907.4986.

 

NETWORKING

Lessons on Leadership
Launched by President Sharon Herzberger in 2006,, the Lessons on Leadership program brings leaders in business, government, and not-for-profit organizations—many of whom are Whittier College alumni—to campus to meet with students and share their "secrets to success." Each fall, faculty nominate students who have demonstrated leadership potential in their academic work or extracurricular endeavors to participate in this selective program.

Guest speakers are an eclectic mix of industry leaders, scholars, and advisors who have followed different paths to success since their college years. Their examples illustrate that regardless of a student's course of study, the choices a student makes now can influence his or her future. To ensure that interactions are personal, these events are typically held in a Faculty Master's House, planned as an informal lunch or reception.