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Center for Inclusive Leadership at University of Minnesota
A University of Minnesota center teaching people how to be better leaders who bring different groups together. Offers classes and training to help leaders build stronger communities where everyone belongs.
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A University of Minnesota center teaching people how to be better leaders who bring different groups together. Offers classes and training to help leaders build stronger communities where everyone belongs.
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Services
7Leadership Digital Badge WorkshopThis workshop teaches people how to work together across different organizations and fields to solve big problems in society. You'll learn about teamwork, leadership skills, and how to bring different groups together for positive change. The workshop is 2 hours long and you can earn a digital badge by writing a short paper afterward. Anyone can join - you don't have to be a university student. The workshop helps you develop skills like critical thinking, problem solving, and working with people who are different from you.
Integrative Leadership Graduate MinorA graduate minor program for University of Minnesota students who want to learn leadership skills. Students take classes to learn how to work with different groups and solve big problems together. The program teaches skills like teamwork, communication, and understanding different viewpoints. Master's students take 9 credits and PhD students take 12 credits. Students must take one required class and can choose from other classes about leadership skills and working with organizations.
Integrative Leadership WorkshopsThe Center for Integrative Leadership offers workshops to teach people how to lead across different groups and work together for community impact. They train university departments, community members, and organizations. Topics include leading across different sectors, tackling big challenges, working with diverse groups, and using stories in leadership. Over 520 people have been trained in the last three years. Contact them by email if you want to arrange a workshop for your group.
Cross-Sector Conversation SeriesThe Cross-Sector Conversation Series brings together students, staff, faculty, and community members for informal discussions about big challenges that affect multiple areas of society. Guest speakers from different fields share their experiences and research on bringing people together across different sectors to solve problems. These conversations happen about twice each semester and focus on topics like preventing violence, worker rights, healthcare challenges, and building understanding across differences. The sessions help people learn how to have difficult but important conversations and work together on complex issues.
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Minnesota Young American Leaders ProgramA 3.5-day intensive leadership program at the University of Minnesota for leaders from businesses, government, and nonprofits. Participants learn how to work together across different sectors to help their communities grow and succeed. The program includes real case studies, talks from experienced leaders, and research presentations. After the program, participants can work together on projects that help the public. Leaders go through a competitive selection process to join.
Integrative Leadership Seminar - Cross-Sector LeadershipThis is a 3-credit college class that teaches graduate students how to work across different fields to solve community problems. Students from public health, business, law, public policy, and education learn together. The class meets on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 8:15 PM each fall semester. Students work in teams to design real solutions to problems they choose. They learn from case studies, guest speakers, and get coaching from professors. The goal is to build skills for leading teams with people from different backgrounds and expertise areas.
Law & Leadership Conversation SeriesA lunch series where University of Minnesota law students meet with successful lawyers who became leaders in business, government, nonprofits, and schools. Students learn about different jobs lawyers can have and how legal training helps or hurts when leading teams. The informal lunch meetings let students ask questions and get advice from experienced lawyer-leaders about their careers and leadership skills.
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