Leadership Week

While new nonprofit and community engagement initiatives are often driven by passion and a genuine desire to create meaningful change, it is important to take a step back and consider what collaborations and mindsets must be cultivated first. This session will introduce you to tools and ideas to better understand community context and better focus your efforts. Register here: bit.ly/3HGvFzO

January is a great time to examine your choices and set yourself up for success in the coming year. Join us for this hour-long reflection on your values to help you be more resilient, make aligned choices, and be a better leader.

We've all experienced our own fair share of what feels like failure and we are all likely to experience it again. Let's talk about the varied ways that people learn from failure and the creative ways they put failure to work for the greater community.

Join Rabbi Elana on West Campus on Wednesday, 1/26, at 1pm-2pm for a bagel and some Torah talk! We'll look at last week's Torah portion, Parshat Yitro, as our guide to discuss such questions as: is there a uniquely Jewish way to be a leader? Can Jewish values or tradition infuse our leadership practices? Open to students of all identities and no prior knowledge needed.

Identify and differentiate between the traits that are innate to your personality and those that can be refined. Build strong and effective written and verbal communication. Hear directly from a panel of young alumni what it takes to be successful in your first job in the new age of building a career.

Panelists: Corey Pilson, Bailey Bogle, Johnna Lambert, Katherine Li

Being the President of a student organization is different from every other role. Join Student Leadership for a community-building circle just for student organization presidents. This hour-long event can help you meet other student org presidents and learn from each other about challenges and solutions you're facing in your student org. Plus, grab some food to go!

Duke students often strive to be leaders but are not always confident that they have the skills to become them. This event offers an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn about the Social Change Model of leadership and to envision themselves as leaders using the framework. Registration is required. Lunch will be served.

A conversation for any graduate & professional student looking to explore how their identity impacts their ability to lead.

Join us for an evening with local queer and trans leadership striving for culture change and liberation at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality in the South.