Leadership Programs

Leadership programs tailored to you

Ready to take your leadership skills to the next level?

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center has plenty of options to prepare you for leadership roles in any type of setting. Find the best fit for you and elevate your experience with engaging opportunities.

Our mission

At Indiana University, we believe all students have the capacity to lead. Guided by Student Leadership Competencies®, we provide leadership education through programs and services that are grounded in personal values and identity, focused on individual and organizational development, and designed to meet professional outcomes.

Our vision

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center seeks to provide all Indiana University students with the knowledge, values, abilities, and behaviors to be inclusive and purpose-driven leaders.

Student Leadership Competencies

Student Leadership Competencies® were developed from five years of research conducted by Dr. Corey Seemiller, who analyzed leadership training outcomes in all 522 accredited academic programs in higher education. The result was 60 competencies to comprehensively describe the practice of leadership.

What are competencies?

Competencies are knowledge, values, abilities, and behaviors.

  • Knowledge: One's understanding of a competency and how it is defined.
  • Values: The value one places on a competency.
  • Ability: One's internal motivation and skill to engage in a certain behavior.
  • Behavior: One's engagement in a certain behavior.

How do we use them?

The Student Involvement and Leadership Center's leadership programs team uses the Student Leadership Competencies® to develop, categorize, and assess our workshops, leadership certificates, custom leadership facilitations, and more.

By utilizing these competencies, we ensure quality, comprehensive, and engaging programs to create inclusive, purpose-driven leaders.

You need not be discouraged…[problems] can all be solved, and they will be solved…if we are guided by an intelligent and informed leadership.

Herman B Wells, 1937