SHU20 Capstone

Brianna Leith
Overview
● Being Planted
○ Finding my home on the hill
● Growing
○ Involvement
○ How I got here?: Transformational Leadership
○ Class President
● Budding and Blooming
○ Challenges: Power in Leadership
○ Overcoming challenges: influences and common goal
● Pollinating
○ More Plants: Leadership exchange theory
○ Social work career
 Finding my
home on the
Being Planted hill
 Involvement
How I got here?
Growing Class President
How I got here?
Transformational Leadership

(Burns, 1978)
Class President

● Leadership
● Representing and communicating
● Organization and planning
● Decision making
● Impacting SHU and beyond
Examples

● Fundraisers
○ T-Shirt Sale, Care Packages
● Continuing Traditions
○ Crib Ceremony, Light-up Night, Tree Blessing,
COTH Mass, Class Colors, Cords, Banner
● Service
○ Homecoming, Labor of Love, Take the Day On,
Earth Day of Service
Budding and Challenges and
Overcoming
Blooming them
Challenges

Why?
● Power Theory of Leadership (Western Governors
University, 2021)
● Dividing tasks
● Communication
● Strengths and Weaknesses
Overcoming Challenges

How?
● Peter Northouse defines leadership as “a process
whereby an individual influences a group of
individuals to achieve a common goal” (2010).
○ Calling a team meeting
○ Group discussions
○ Common goal: positively represent our class and the
SHU community
 More Plants:
Leadership
Exchange
Pollinating Theory
More Plants

● Leadership Exchange Theory (Benedictine

University CDVL, 2020)
● Positive Board
○ Desi
● More positions
○ Community Involvement Officers
● My social work career
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!
References

Benedictine University CVDL. (2020, October 29). 5 Leadership Theories & How to Apply Them.
Benedictine University CVDL. https://cvdl.ben.edu/blog/leadership_theories_part1/.

Burns, J. M. G. (1978). Leadership (1st ed., Ser. Cass canfield book). Harper & Row.

Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Rowe, W. G. (2001). Creating wealth in organizations: The role of strategic leadership.
Academy of Management Executive, 15(1), 81–94

Western Governors University. (2021, March 23). Leadership Theories and Styles. Western
Governors University. https://www.wgu.edu/blog/leadership-theories-styles2004.html.