Students of Color Leadership Training Manual

By Charles Taylor

"A resource that every Minority Student Organization and those who advise them should have!" Leadership training is critical if we are serious about preparing students to assume leadership roles. Too often we assume that new leadership will automatically spring up on its own. Those of you who work in student services know that is not the case and that we have a responsibility to help our students acquire leadership skills. This guide is intended to assist you in that effort and to provide practical information that your student leaders can use to increase participation on campus. This book contains proven leadership strategies that your student organization can immediately put to use. If you want to empower your student leaders and give them the skills and knowledge to run their campus organizations better, then you should order this book today. WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS BOOK: • Creative ways to keep students involved in your student organization • How to determine your most effective leadership style • 7-topics your campus leadership training must cover • How to leverage important campus contacts to get things done • How to manage your time and make rational decisions as a leader • 3-goals that every student organization should establish • How to evaluate your student organization to make it the best it can be • An activities section filled with exercises and information to give students new leadership skills • And much, much more! "Your students will become better leaders as a result of the training offered in this booklet."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles Taylor
• Release date: May 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9780935483673

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ROAR Enterprises

Students of Color Leadership Training Manual

By

Dr. Charles Taylor

SMASHWORDS EDITION

*****

PUBLISHED BY

Dr. Charles Taylor at Smashwords

Students of Color Leadership Training Manual

ISBN # 0-935483-55-1

Copyright, 2013-Roar Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this booklet may be reproduced in any form (except for brief quotations in a review or professional work) without permission from the publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction

ALANA Student Leadership Agenda

I. Getting and Maintaining Feedback

II. Determining Your Leadership Style

III. Topics That Leadership Training Should Cover

IV. Getting and Keeping Members

V. Holding Productive Meetings

VI. Evaluating Your Organization

Conclusion

Activities Section

References

About the Author

Additional Resources

* Many people object to the term minority so the acronym ALANA (African, Latino, Asian & Native American) or students of color will be used throughout this booklet.

Introduction

I want to thank you for letting me share some of my experiences with you through this booklet. The information is based on several leadership training workshops that I’ve facilitated for ALANA student organizations around the country. Leadership training is critical if we are serious about preparing students to assume leadership roles. Too often we assume that new leadership will automatically spring up on its own.

Those of you reading this Training Guide understand the importance of diverse leadership, and the tremendous responsibility associated with being a leader. You also understand that your university can benefit tremendously from ALANA student involvement.

This guide is intended to offer practical information that student leaders can immediately use to increase participation on campus. It includes the major topics the research says student leaders should be knowledgeable about. You’ll find information that will help your student leaders run their organizations more effectively as well as information that will help them establish the kinds of goals that lead to success.

You’ll also find developmental skills and self-improvement techniques that will be useful throughout students’ academic and work careers. There are plenty of great activities and examples that reinforce learning so that students actually acquire new skills while becoming more confident in their leadership potential.

Look over the agenda and you’ll see that student leaders will learn everything from new ways to recruit new members to their organizations, to learning how to conduct productive meetings.

I’m confident that the information in this booklet will enable your students to make even greater contributions on your campus. Best regards as you educate our future leaders.

Sincerely,

Dr. Charles Taylor, President ROAR Enterprises, Inc.

This booklet is based on leadership workshops conducted by Dr. Taylor at several Midwestern campuses. It is complete with examples and activities, and is structured in a manner that allows the reader to use it in his/her programming. It is intended as a Train the Trainers workshop for anyone responsible for providing leadership training for students. College administrators are free to duplicate any of the examples presented as long as proper credit is given. All activities and examples mentioned are listed at the end of this booklet for your use.

ALANA Student Leadership Agenda

I. Getting and Maintaining Feedback

II. Determining Your Leadership Styles

III. Topics that Leadership Training Should Cover

IV. Getting and Keeping Members

V. Holding Productive Meetings

VI. Evaluating Your Organization

I. Getting and Maintaining Feedback

The first item on the agenda is Getting Feedback. The most common technique that is used by most leaders of organizations places the president or the leader of the group up front, asking people what they think. Although it’s a good way to get started, this technique may not always be the most appropriate. This approach may lead to a few people dominating the conversation providing you a few opinions while leaving out how others in the group feel. Just because someone is silent doesn’t