Leadership Programs

Once per month, organization leaders and individuals are invited to participate in a one-hour training session, called Skills Shop, to sharpen their leadership skills to be better leaders.  Topics are chosen by the Office of Civic Engagement and Leadership Programs, but suggestions are welcome! 

Sign up for a Skills Shop here! 

The mission of the Department of Student Life is to Engage with campus, Serve the Akron community, and Lead your fellow Zips.  That’s why every spring, Student Life hosts a weeklong series of programs designed to help all students Engage, Serve, and Lead.  Engage Serve Lead Week provides collaborative, informative, and fun programming that hits all level of student leadership needs.

Wanting to build your leadership language and home library?  Check out these recommendations from the Department of Student Life:

• Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, Liz Bohannan.
• Dare to Lead, Brene Brown.
• I Said This, You Heard That, Kathleen Edelman.
• Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek.
• Motivating the Middle, TJ Sullivan.
• Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman.
• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Seth Godin'
• The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging, Charles H. Vogl.
• The Revolution Will Not be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, multiple contributors.