Leading with Purpose and Commitment

Welcome Emerging Leaders!

 Why are we here?
To identify our existing leadership practice and the role that their values
and purpose play in how they express their personal leadership

Create an action plan so we can intentionally evolve as a leader at URI

and beyond

How?
Agenda
Examine our Leadership Practice and Our Values
Break
Create an Action Plan
Report out
 Your Co-Hosts

Shelby St. Clair Robert Vincent

Beginning our Leadership Cycle

Know yourself … lead yourself
 BIG Questions:
Are you ready to go forward?

Are you willing to bounce back and re group if needed?

Are you ready to:

Organize
Prioritize
Synthesize
your Leadership?
5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership
They create standards of excellence and then set
an example for others to follow.

Leaders passionately believe that they can make a difference.

They envision the future, creating an ideal and unique image of what
the organization can become

Leaders search for opportunities to change the status quo. They look
for innovative ways to improve the organization. In doing so, they
experiment and take risks
.

Leaders foster collaboration and build spirited teams. They actively

involve others.

Accomplishing extraordinary things in organizations is hard work. To

keep hope and determination alive, leaders recognize contributions that
individuals make.
 Core Values
___Happiness ___Integrity ___Joy ___Spirituality
___Gratitude ___Justice ___Harmony ___Bravery
___Empathy ___Love ___Appreciation ___Zest
___Judgement ___Humor ___Curiosity ___Fairness
___Creativity ___Humility ___Kindness ___ Peace
___Teamwork ___Prudence ___ Forgiveness ___Beauty
___Perspective ___Hope ___Truth ___Other
My Top 2

Define how they fit into my Leadership Practice

 BREAK!
Remember to be
back in 5 minutes
 S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Clear and reachable goals
S – Specific
o What exactly do you want to do? Who, what, where, which, why?
M – Measurable
o How will you know you’ve accomplished the goal? How will you track your
progress and stay motivated?
A – Achievable
o Do you have the necessary skills and/or resources to achieve it? Is it realistic?
What challenges or obstacles might you face?
R – Relevant
o How does this goal relate to your larger and broader goals? Why is it important
to you, your career, your life?
T – Time-Bound
o When will you get it done? How much time do you need? What can you do
now, next week, in six months?
 S.M.A.R.T. Goals
S.M.A.R.T. GOALS
Using your Leadership Practice and Core Values, create a goal for yourself to kickstart your leadership action plan.

INITIAL GOAL – What do you want to do as a leader?

I want to help students at CCRI get involved in student government. Write your goal
S: Specific
What exactly do you want to accomplish? Think about the Five W’s – Who, what where, which, and why?

Encourage students to apply for positions, talk to different students, plan

elections, train the new leaders, fill all the executive board positions
Analyze your goal
M: Measurable
through the
S.M.A.R.T. steps
How will you know you have reached this goal? How will you track your progress and stay motivated?

The number of applicants we have, how many seats on the Senate we fill,
how many people come to meetings
A: Achievable
Do you have the necessary skills and resources to achieve your goal? Is it realistic? What challenges might come up?

Student Leadership Team, connections with other community college student

governments; challenge – don’t know too many new/current students
R: Relevant
How does this goal align with your broader goals? Why is this important? What does it mean to you?

Leadership as a career goal, learning more about community college student

government, spent all summer restructuring student government
T: Time-Bound
What is the time frame for accomplishing the goal? How long will it take?

Elections done by the end of October, everything else filled by the end of the
fall semester

S.M.A.R.T. Goal – Review your answers and create a new goal statement based on your S.M.A.R.T. analysis.

By the end of the Fall 2020 semester, I will help the students at CCRI fill all of Refine your goal based
the executive board positions in their new student government structure. on your analysis
Adapted from How to write SMART goals [PDF]. (2016). University of California.
 S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Don’t forget to check your progress!

Send us your goals if you didn’t

get the chance to share.

Be SMART about making goals for your future!

 Thank You!

Shelby St. Clair Robert Vincent

Contact:
Center for Student Leadership Development
http://web.uri.edu/leadership/