LAUNCH

LAUNCH: Launching your Leadership Development (part of the L.E.A.D.S. workshop series)

Course Length: 3 Hours

Minimum Number of Participants: 12
Maximum Number of Participants: 30

LAUNCH is a leadership course that is the launching point in your personal odyssey of leadership development and sets the basis for the four component modules to follow. Therefore, this module is a prerequisite for each of the other four components of the APO LEADS program.

Objectives:

• Increase the participants' knowledge of leadership skills and principles.

• Understand and utilize the principles of Servant Leadership and understand how it applies to Alpha Phi Omega.

• Provide active strategies that participants can use in their chapter.

• Increase participants' awareness of leadership opportunities in Alpha Phi Omega.

Content Sections:

• What is Leadership and what is the difference between leadership and management skills?

• What are the characteristics of a good leader?

• How do we provide leadership through the Servant Leader[1] and Servant Chapter[2] models.

• Effective communication and conflict resolution.

• Dealing with, and adapting to change.

• Goal setting using the SMARTER method.

1. Servant Leadership is copyrighted by the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.

2. The Servant Chapter Model is adapted from Jim Laub's copyrighted Servant Organization Model.