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Program teaches leadership
■ Some students looking to
help their future careers are
taking the L.E.A.D. program
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Leadership skills are something
most employers seek in potential
employees.
Because Nancy Heapes did not
think the opportunities to develop
and document these vital skills ex
isted on this campus sufficiently,
she created L.E.A.D., or Leader
ship through Education Activity
Development. Now Heapes is the
director of L.E.A.D. and hopes to
give students the chance to learn
more about themselves and their
strengths and weaknesses.
“Leadership is the pulse of the
business world,” Heapes said.
Heapes said the focus of the pro
gram is two-fold. For one, there
will be a one credit, upper divi
sion PE 399 class beginning win
ter term. The class will give stu
dents the opportunity to discover,
identify and practice their leader
ship skills through group problem
solving activities.
Another purpose for the pro
gram is group activities outside
the standard classroom setting.
Campus and not-for-profit com
munity groups have the opportu
nity to take short classes spon
sored by L.E.A.D. to help them
build a successful team of leaders
who can cooperate in a comfort
able work environment.
This fall, the program offered
the Office of Orientation Programs
some help with getting its new
staff started.
Kevin Reichelt, a senior double
majoring in psychology and biolo
gy, was one of the students who
gained from the program’s team
building exercises. Reichelt, who
is the student director of orienta
tion, said staff members did not
know each other at the beginning
of the event, which took place on
a ropes course on Spencer Butte.
He said the work environment
in the office improved after partic
ipating in the program.
“Our group really came togeth
er, and we got to know each oth
er,” Reichelt said.
Reichelt said students were en
couraged to communicate in order
to resolve obstacles while being
aware of their individual strengths
and weaknesses at the same time.
One challenge participants had
to overcome was leading a blind
folded person through a “mine
field,” made out of pieces of wood.
Trust and identifying one’s own
skills are important parts of the
program, Heapes said.
“L.E.A.D. gives students a beau
tiful opportunity to make a transi
tion into what they want to be
come,” Heaps said.
Classes are small with a capaci
ty of up to 25 students because
Heapes believes that students are
denied the opportunity to really
become involved in larger classes.
“We don’t want anyone to get
lost,” Heapes said.
The students, who have suc
cessfully completed the class, ac
tually lead the groups in the train
ing. Helping groups develop their
dynamics and leadership skills
gives students a great opportunity
to gain “real life” experience,
Heapes said.
Senior accounting major Bryan
Tarr, who participated in L.E. A.D,
is now doing a practicum in it.
As a L.E.A.D. client, he experi
enced first hand that the program
provides a way to make himself
more visible in the job market. The
program provides an opportunity
to document leadership skills that
many students may have but per
haps have not proven yet, he said.
Heapes said the first leadership
class, Action Leadership, which
will be offered next winter, will
consist of a minor amount of lec
turing and a major amount of ap
plying leadership and group skills
in the class. Specifically, students
will lead ice-breakers or master an
obstacle and lead their peers
through the problem-solving
process. Heapes said that the ini
tiatives are much more valuable
than lectures in showing students
what works and what doesn’t.
“We are creating a community
of leaders,” Heapes said.
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