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• Leadership Minor Program Outcomes and Learning Objectives

  1. Students will learn how to be authentic leaders with full integrity.
  2. Students will become more self-reflective and more self-aware.
  3. Students will clarify their own values, beliefs, and attitudes as they formulate a leadership identity.
  4. Students will participate in the creation of a healthy classroom culture—one where all student leaders can feel comfortable to learn, reflect, and grow. Students will monitor the expectations that they create to ensure this culture and help hold each other accountable to those expectations.
  5. Students will be introduced to basic notions and theories about leadership and will gain new insights into what it means to be a leader.
  6. Students will have a deep understanding of the Social Change Model of Leadership that serves as our frame for all things leadership at 太阳城娱乐.
  7. Students will become more emotionally intelligent leaders.
  8. Students will explore their personal mission, vision, and purpose in this world.
  9. Students will examine their search for meaning, spirituality, vocation, and faith and reflect on how this impacts their life as a leader.
  10. Students will more deeply connect with the Mission and Vision of 太阳城娱乐 and understand how our Ignatian and Mercy traditions, or their own personal faith traditions, call us to step out into the world as servant leaders.
  11. Students will recognize the value of every person, the human community, and how spiritual beliefs can shape their leadership identity and vocation in life.
  12. Students will explore and understand contemporary theories about leadership.
  13. Students will understand the evolution of ideas about leadership and where research in the field currently stands.
  14. Students will become better leaders and followers in the groups, teams, and organizations to which they already belong.
  15. Students will understand the role of early family experiences and how these impact leadership styles and practices.
  16. Students will discover their leadership style and appreciate those of others.
  17. Students will know and understand conflict styles and how and when to use each.
  18. Students will be able to identify destructive and toxic leadership, how it happens, and how it can be prevented.
  19. Students will understand dysfunctions of teams and learn strategies to fix them.
  20. Students will be able to recognize toxic triangles and how to manage them.
  21. Students will know and practice the skills of having difficult conversations—critical in holding self and others accountable.
  22. Students will gain experience in campus community service through participation in a variety of volunteer activities--working with the Office of Student Life, Alumni Relations, TENN, Fr. Tim Hipskind, and others.
  23. Students will learn to lead people who aren't like them.
  24. Students will explore how differences in race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, ableness, family background, and culture impact leadership.
  25. Students will be able to articulate how becoming a better leader can improve society as a whole exploring how they can use their increased leadership capacity to create communities that are more fair and just.
  26. Students will create leadership ePortfolios that will serve as personal resources for years to come.
  27. Students will complete a Capstone project or experience that allows them to pull together their leadership journey in a way that engaged and improves their community.

• The Model We Use

  The Social Change Model of Leadership

  Adapted from the HERI Social Change Model of Leadership Development (1996), this model serves as the theoretical framework for the Leadership Minor and Leadership Academy at the University of Detroit Mercy. It focuses on developing leadership skills and competencies at three interconnected levels: individual, group and community.

  Individual Leadership Skills and Competencies

  • Self-Awareness and Reflection
  • Personal Development and Growth
  • One's Character, Values and Integrity
  • Developing Emotional Intelligence
  • Compassion for Others
  • Personal Responsibility and Accountability
  • Exploring Your Mission, Vision and Vocation

  Group Leadership Skills and Competencies

  • Developing Trust and Relationships
  • Building Strong Teams with Purpose
  • Effective Interpersonal Interactions
  • Productive Communication
  • Successful Facilitation
  • Managing Conflict
  • Dealing with Dysfunction
  • Leading People Who Aren't Like Me
  • Strategic Planning

  Community Leadership Skills and Competencies

  • Service to the Greater Good
  • Making the World Better through Social Justice and Social Change
  • Engagement and Respect for Diverse Communities
  • Knowing My Civic Responsibilities
  • Engaging the Community in Meaningful Ways

  The Seven C's of Leadership

  The Social Change Model identifies seven core leadership values:

  • Consciousness of Self
  • Congruence
  • Commitment
  • Collaboration
  • Common Purpose
  • Controversy with Civility
  • Citizenship

  Change is the central goal that connects these values.

  Source: Komives, S. R., and Wagner, W. (Eds.). (2017). Leadership for a Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. John Wiley & Sons.

  Adapted for University of Detroit Mercy. DiPaolo, D. (2026).