Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-15-2014
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Leadership Education
Abstract
This descriptive study used an interview protocol developed by the Center for Creative Leadership with 50 college student leaders to determine what key developmental events young college leaders experience and the leadership lessons learned from these events. Students discussed 180 events and 734 lessons learned from them. Most events defined by students were challenging assignments, although events dealing with other people, coursework, and formal leadership programs were also mentioned. Top lessons included communication, self-identity, leadership identity, and developing leadership task and management skills. While many lessons could be learned in a variety of different ways, a number of challenging assignments stood out as important for learning certain lessons. Findings suggest that faculty and administrators involved with student leaders can help the students take a proactive approach to developing themselves as leaders by targeting important events and important lessons to learn.
DOI
10.12806/V13/I2/R1
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Sessa, Valerie I.; Morgan, Brett V.; Kalenderli, Selin; and Hammond, Fanny E., "Key Events in Student Leaders’ Lives and Lessons Learned from Them" (2014). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 724.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/724
Rights
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Published Citation
Sessa VI, Morgan BV, Selin K, Hammond FE (2014), "Key Events in Student Leaders’ Lives and Lessons Learned from Them". Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 13 No. 2 pp. 1–28, doi: https://doi.org/10.12806/V13/I2/R1