The Pacific Northwest
Student Leadership Conference
This conference is a unique opportunity for student leaders to meet each other from all across the WSU. Expect inspiring speakers and workshops designed to help you become a better leader on campus and in your communities. Curious what you'll learn? Browse a list of the event workshops and meet your Keynote speakers below!
Elevate your leadership style.
Students will learn about some of the most impactful styles to lead and walk away discovering which style fits them best as well as craft an action plan for implementing it into their school year and areas of involvement.
Latest Event
Date: October 5, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Pullman campus Presented on Zoom for WSU Global students.
Lunch: Provided
Cost: Free for all WSU Pullman & WSU Global Students. $20 for WSU Everett, WSU Spokane, WSU Tri-Cities, and WSU Vancouver. $25 for all non-WSU institutions.
Fall '24 Keynote
Elevating Your Leadership As An Emerging Leader!
Three Styles of Leadership That Will Enable You To Thrive, Succeed, and Make An Impact As A Student Leader!
Vince Lombardi, one of the most successful professional football coaches ever once said, “Leaders are not born, they are made.”
This powerful statement on leadership not only reveals the importance of leadership development training, but it helps us recognize the value that leadership development programs can have on our ability to thrive, succeed, and make a positive impact in the world as a leader.
In this powerful leadership keynote presentation, Dr. Jay not only talks about three styles of leadership that he has discovered within his research on different styles of leadership that have a direct impact on leadership effectiveness, retention, engagement, and performance of others within a team, but he provides a solid definition of leadership, helps emerging leaders identify specific leadership qualities that can be extracted from these different styles leadership, and leads them through a set of activities that will enable them to create, develop, and implement an effective style of leadership as an emerging leader within their campus community.
Prepare yourself for a keynote presentation that will not only help you develop a style of leadership that works best for you as an emerging leader but will enable you to establish a leadership foundation that will help you become more effective, successful, and impactful as an emerging leader.
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will not only develop a solid working definition of effective leadership, but they will learn about the keys to become an emerging leader who thrives, succeeds, and makes a positive impact within their campus community.
- Participants will not only discover three different styles of leadership, but they will learn about the impact that these styles of leadership have on leadership effectiveness, retention, engagement, and the performance of others within their organization., but they will learn
- Participants will learn how to extract different leadership characteristics, qualities, and traits from the styles of leadership discussed in the session and use them to create a style of leadership that works best for them as an emerging leader within their campus community.
Developing Your Style of Leadership As An Emerging Leader!
An Interactive Experience Focused On Creating The Style of Leadership Best For You!
After learning about the different aspects of an effective leader, Dr. Jay will conclude the leadership conference with an interactive and engaging presentation that is focused on helping you develop your style of leadership as an emerging leader within your campus community.
Literally, with other student leaders, you will reflect upon your experience, highlight the specific leadership lessons that you have discovered at the conference, and create a leadership style statement that you can use to further grow and evolve into an impactful leader in college and beyond.
Get ready for an incredible leadership experience!
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will learn about the importance of creating a leadership style statement as an emerging leader within the community.
- Participants will learn how to create a style of leadership that works best for them as an emerging leader within their campus community.
- Participants will leave the session with a leadership style statement that will help them grow, evolve, and become they type of leader that will enable them to thrive, succeed, and make a positive impact.
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