Books
Student Leadership Competencies Resource Guide
The Student Leadership Competencies Resource Guide provides a synopsis of each of the 60 Student Leadership Competencies, along with guiding questions, activities, resources, and tools. This succinct book even includes new resources such as the Student Leadership Competencies Taxonomy, 6 Domains of Learning and Development, the Youth Leadership Model, as well as information on the Student Leadership Competencies Inventory, Student Leadership Competencies 360 Evaluation, the iOS app, and the badging program.
The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook
The Student Leadership Competencies® Guidebook is a comprehensive resource for designing intentional curriculum on leadership competency development using 60 leadership competencies derived from analyzing standards, models, and theories of leadership as well as the outcomes of all 522 accredited academic programs in higher education. Find out more information about the research behind this book at the Student Leadership Competencies website.
Student Leadership Competencies Implementation Handbook
This downloadable eBook includes “how to” overviews, resources, and tools including how to select competencies, marketing and branding strategies, designing competency-based curriculum, engaging in assessment, and recognizing achievements. This book is part of the Student Leadership Competencies Toolkit.
Discovering the Leader Within
Discovering the Leader Within blends my work with the Student Leadership Competencies and Generation Z into an interactive, self-reflective workbook for young people to develop self-leadership skills. Teens can complete the interactive exercises on their own, or instructors, facilitators, youth group leaders, and/or coaches can incorporate it into their programs, courses, trainings, and/or initiatives.
Judge, 32nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Discovering the Leader Within Dr. Corey Seemiller Congratulations on writing and publishing your book! You have created a thorough resource to help the trickiest audience out there—teenagers—gain a greater understanding of who they are, what matters to them, and how they can continue to grow in positive directions. The book is well organized in its three sections, and your clear, down-to-earth instruction leads readers from one topic to the next. I appreciated that you included the section “Exploring My Identities”: in challenging times, you provide a place for reflection on identity and diversity in a thoughtful and non-combative manner. The middle section of the book, “Being Me,” is particularly helpful as it takes your readers into some of the most sensitive aspects of their lives, such as being vulnerable and being authentic.
Fenix: The Fearless Feline
Fenix’s adventures always seem to lead to CATastrophe. But, her curiosity isn’t all bad as she manages to keep things interesting while saving the day! “Fenix was a black and white tuxedo kitty with a tail so fluffy that it could dust every piece of furniture in the house…Fenix was a very curious kitty. She liked to walk on the kitchen counter, swat very important things under the couch, and sneak quickly through a cracked-open door. Her little pink nose made her so cute that no one really got upset with all of her mischief.” ~Fenix: The Fearless Feline
Fenix was inspired by our real kitty, Phoenix. We fell in love with her the moment we met…and the rest is history. While the real Phoenix is a bit curious, she is not really mischievous at all. She is always up for chin rubs, scratches behind her ears, and a good cuddle! Not only is this book good for entertainment, there are many great lessons to learn throughout.
Power, Credibility, and Legitimacy: Student Affairs and College Instruction
Power, Credibility, and Legitimacy showcases the experiences that student affairs professionals have and the strategies they use in implementing and coordinating leadership courses in academic units on college campuses.
Chapters
A Competency-Based Approach for Student Leadership Development (Editor)
New Directions for Student Leadership, Number 156.
Although the use of competencies has a rich history in organizations, the use of leadership competencies with college students is only in its infancy. But, as funding becomes scarcer and students become more discretionary with their time, using a leadership competency approach can offer institutions quantifiable data to prove the value of leadership development to students, parents, employers, alumni, donors, and institutional administrators. And leadership competencies might just provide the roadmap we need to develop the ethical and competent leaders we need in our world today.
Ch. 1: This chapter provides an overview of leadership competencies including the history of emergence, contemporary uses, common frameworks, challenges, benefits, and future implications.
Ch. 3: This chapter describes how to use a leadership competency approach to help students develop their five signature themes from the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment into strengths.
Assessing Student Leadership Competency Development
New Directions for Student Leadership, Number 151, Ch. 4.
This chapter explores how institutions can ensure effective assessment of student leadership development using a competency-based approach.
Leadership Competency Development: A Higher Education Responsibility
This chapter provides an overview of leadership competency development as a critical component of higher education.
Complementary Learning Objectives: The Common Competencies of Leadership and Service-Learning
This chapter provides a framework for intentionally designing and assessing service-learning experiences that contribute to leadership competency development of students.
Exploring and Enhancing Leader, Educator, and Leadership Educator Professional Identities
New Directions for Student Leadership, Issue 164, p.. 71-86.
This article highlights the intersections of educator, leader, and leadership educator identities and practices to enhance and clarify professional identity development.
Leadership Theory: Facilitator’s Guide for Cultivating Critical Perspectives
Leadership Theory: Facilitator’s Guide for Cultivating Critical Perspectives Chapter 5 provides an overview of leadership theories of production and effectiveness through a critical lens with a specific focus on styles.
Articles
The Common Language of Leadership
Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 33-45.
This article outlines the results of a comprehensive examination of learning outcomes of 475 academic programs within 72 academic accrediting organizations in regard to student leadership development. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to understand better what competencies college students need to develop in order to engage in leadership in their respective career fields and (b) to use research findings to develop a list of leadership competencies across academic disciplines, serving as a “common language” for use in program planning, course development, as well as individual student advising and mentoring.
Creating a Taxonomy of Leadership Competency Development
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 119-131.
This article describes the research of a Delphi study resulting in the creation of a 5-tier taxonomy for scaffolding the Student Leadership Competencies by level of complexity.
An Integrative Six‐Domain Model of Employee Training and Development
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resources, Volume 31, Issue 3, pp. 25-46.
Building on the work of the foundational models of training and development, this article proposes a new “six‐domain” model for structuring employee development initiatives in organizations, which positions learning within domains situated in an intentional developmental manner.
A Psychometric Analysis of the Student Leadership Competencies Inventory
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp. 146-168.
This article offers an analysis of the measurements included in the Student Leadership Competencies Inventory to assess for validity.
A Competency-Based Model of Youth Leadership Development
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 56-72.
This article provides an analysis of prevalent leadership competencies embedded in four professional preparation frameworks, three research studies, and objectives of four large national youth leadership organizations to create a holistic youth leadership competency development model
Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow: An Analysis of Leadership Competencies within Accredited Academic Program Learning Outcomes
Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 6-27.
This article outlines the findings from the 2019 analysis of 36,327 learning outcomes from 605 academic programs within 83 higher education accrediting agencies to identify the most prevalent leadership competencies across a multitude of academic disciplines.
The types of workforce competencies included in academic learning outcomes and the depth to which they are focused can vary from program to program and degree level to degree level. This variance may result in vast differences in broad areas of professional preparation for graduates as they enter the workforce. It is imperative to understand the extent that generalized workforce and leadership competencies are embedded into academic programs’ learning outcomes to ascertain a program’s commitment to developing not just a technically competent workforce but also one that has the skills for success in the workplace in general.
Past Experiences, Present Beliefs, Future Practices: Using Narratives to Re(present) Leadership Educator Identity
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 93-113.
This article provides an overview of a qualitative study that utilizes an analysis of narratives to describe how leadership educators make meaning of their professional identity.
Leadership Educator Journeys: Expanding a Model of Leadership Educator Professional Identity Development
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 1-22.
This article showcases a qualitative study using stories from participants of a professional leadership educator development experience. Findings from the study build on the Leadership Educator Professional Identity Development (LEPID) conceptual model.
The Hidden “Who” in Leadership Education: Conceptualizing Leadership Educator Professional Identity Development
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 132-151.
This article highlights the development of a model for leadership educator professional identity development in which an individual can move forward and backward through the model as a result of both ongoing influences and positive or negative critical incidents.
Moving Students to Deeper Learning in Leadership
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 40-59.
This article showcases research findings on student leadership learning and presents recommendations for moving students from surface to strategic, and then strategic to deeper learning in leadership education.
Curbing Digital Distractions in the Classroom
Contemporary Education Technology, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. 214-231.
This article showcases the findings from a study of how undergraduate students in an Organizational Leadership program use their personal digital devices during class for non-course related activity.
Impacting Social Change Through Service Learning in an Introductory Leadership Course
Journal of Leadership Education, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 41-49.
This article outlines the practices of an introductory leadership course at the University of Arizona and highlights the lasting impacts of the social change process throughout the course.