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TMU Leadership
Each student possesses the potential to become a leader in their own community! Our programming aims to empower students to discover this potential within themselves.
TMU Leadership assists students in exploring, tracking, and reflecting on their experiences, enabling them to effectively capture their skill development and communicate it confidently in their personal, academic and professional pathways.
The Six Pillars
This pillar is designed to:
- Boost your confidence to voluntarily take charge of a situation when you have the opportunity to do so.
- Emphasize the importance of exhibiting a positive outlook and attitude.
- Create awareness around the impact personal attitude has on inspiring others and maximizing output and trust.
This pillar is designed to:
- Emphasize the importance of effective verbal communication when informing, inspiring, and influencing others.
- Provide you with the skills necessary to communicate with others one on one, in group settings, and in front of large audiences.
- Share strategies used to manage disagreement or conflict effectively.
Self-Awareness & Development
This pillar is designed to:
- Develop a greater understanding of oneself to engage authentically and productively.
- Connect personal values to the influence of individual values when inspiring a shared vision.
- Highlight the importance of acting in alignment with personal values.
This pillar is designed to:
- Give you an opportunity to make a difference in your community by contributing your time and talent.
- Highlight the importance of acting in ways that benefit society and its members.
- Participate in the creation and maintenance of a thriving community that results from personal engagement.
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
This pillar is designed to:
- Emphasize the importance and value of exposure to different backgrounds, values, beliefs, and experiences.
- Discover new ways to include others in roles, processes, and experiences.
- Cultivate a welcoming environment in an effort to encourage shared goals and aspirations.
This pillar is designed to:
- Provide you with strategies to cultivate relationships and connections with others.
- Share approaches used to share power to encourage a sense of ownership and accountability to a process or within a group.
- Communicate feedback in a manner that improves effectiveness, productivity, or interactions with others.
TMU Leadership programming provides opportunities to build essential skills including communication, teamwork, and problem-solving, preparing students for success in their academic journey and future careers. All of our programming is linked to leadership development which instills a sense of responsibility and social awareness, encouraging students to contribute positively to their communities and make a lasting impact on the world.