Leadership Studies Commons^™

Affinity Groups, Gonzaga

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Affinity groups are a space for you to connect with others with shared identities and interests. The origins of affinity spaces was to bring together individuals together where they are in the minority, such as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks for community, belonging and authenticity. At our SLC, affinity groups are an invitation. They are based on social identities and interests. If you would like to propose an affinity group, please submit a request during the opening plenary.

• BIPOC
• Queer + LGBTQ+
• Immigrants
• White Accountability

Creativity As Dialogue: Navigating Change Together, Chantell Cosner

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2Theoretical physicist David Bohm described group creativity as “thinking together,” linking it to the practice of dialogue. In ambiguous and challenging environments, our connection to each other can help us produce new ideas, engage in creative action, and facilitate innovation. In this session, we will explore the idea of social creativity, its link to dialogue, and how these principles can be applied in our teams at work, school, and home. We will also learn how leaders can play a crucial role in fostering creativity within their teams and communities, even when faced with the unknown.

Mastering Your Inner Dialogue, Adie Segadelli

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2I propose the idea of crushing your inner critic and embracing your inner mentor to live a more full and hopeful life. I will present in a workshop style with activities to open people's eyes to the critic. My goal is to help people understand how much our critics can control our lives and how sometimes we haven't met our mentor. I recently took a weekend class that presented this idea, and it provoked a lot of change in me and how I approach my life now.

Leading With Nuance: How To Lead With Love, Compassion And Courage, Elysée Kazadi

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

The world we live in has its simplicities and its complexities. In leadership learning how to make tough decisions even when it's not popular is crucial for leadership. I will talk about how nuanced thinking enhances decision-making, communication, and resilience, particularly in times of change and uncertainty. This presentation is also to offer practical strategies for cultivating these qualities in leadership, emphasizing the importance of cura personalis (care for the whole person) and its manifestation in authentic and impactful leadership.

"Knowing What I Know Now…" A Panel Of Undergraduate Students Sharing Wisdom, Stories, And Insights, Gonzaga

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2Some things are meant to be learned by doing it yourself. But, not all of it. In this session, you will meet seasoned students who have been involved in a variety of leadership spaces. They will engage in a conversational style panel to share with attendees lessons and experiences that might help you avoid mistakes and pitfalls to achieve success and change. You might also be inspired by the ways that these peer leaders have found and cultivated their hope in times of change and uncertainty.Presenters to be announced.

Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2This presentation would give students the tools to know and exercise their rights in the current political and social environment. Topics that will be covered include: people's rights when interacting with law enforcement (including immigration/border enforcement agencies), but we will also discuss people's rights when protesting and how to be civil advocates. The goal is to make sure students are aware of their voice and know how to use it to the greatest effect for the purpose of enacting change in their community at the local and federal level.

Conflict Management, Giona Hoaglund, T J. Aguma, Zion Vaoifi

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2Navigating conflict in a predominantly white institution and understanding multiple perspectives of conflict. People have different conflict styles, and it is important to learn how those apply to real life conflicts, as well as how those tie in to justice and career.

Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1This presentation would give students the tools to know and exercise their rights in the current political and social environment. Topics that will be covered include: people's rights when interacting with law enforcement (including immigration/border enforcement agencies), but we will also discuss people's rights when protesting and how to be civil advocates. The goal is to make sure students are aware of their voice and know how to use it to the greatest effect for the purpose of enacting change in their community at the local and federal level.

Liberating The Whole Self Through Leadership, Abby Morioka, Stefanie Marlow, Nick Peralta

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1Liberation is the freedom from limits, thoughts, and/or behaviors that would keep us stuck or imprisoned. The work of leadership is the act of looking to the needs of others that you lead by fighting for their good and well-being. The starting point of this leadership style focuses on freeing ourselves from thoughts, limits, and/or behaviors that keep us stuck. Liberating leadership is the act of bridging a gap between personal change and systematic change through authentically showing up powerfully and consistently for yourself and others.

Wellness For Student Leaders: Peer Health Educators’ Approach To The Eight Dimensions Of Well-Being, Katie Warnke, Amelia Stabler, Zia Meyers

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1Student leaders play an important role in holding conversations around health and wellness on a college campus. Knowing about the Eight Dimensions of Well-Being—social, environmental, spiritual, financial, physical, emotional, intellectual, and occupational—and understanding how they impact people that leaders serve is imperative. It is also critical that student leaders are informed about these eight dimensions for endorsing their own wellness. Supporting and leading others can be a daunting task that demands a lot of people, especially student leaders. Peer Health Educators encourage student leaders to invest in strategies to develop self-care and resiliency. Informed student leaders take …

Cross-Cultural Leadership: Coping With Change And Uncertainty With A Global Perspective, Duoyu Zhang

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1

In a globalized and ever-changing world, cross-cultural leadership is more vital than ever. This presentation explores how the concept of Cura Personalis can guide leaders to effectively navigate change and uncertainty in multicultural environments.Participants will gain practical skills in cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and adaptability. Through interactive discussions and activities, they will build a foundation for inclusive leadership and discover ways to create meaningful, positive impacts within their global communities.

Simplicity Is The Ultimate Sophistication: Ume Lessons From Trauma-Focused Simulation, Victoria-Marie Berlandi-Short, Kelsey Yang, Jonmark Dolendo, Grace Hwang, Brianna Kuhse, Samuel Blees, Sherli Koshy-Chenthittayil, Brad Haubrich

Annual Research Symposium

Purpose: Simulation-based training has become essential in preparing medical professionals to manage high-stakes situations effectively before encountering them in real-life clinical settings. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of Cut Suit Week (CSW), a high-stress, trauma-focused simulation training for second-year military medical students hosted by Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine in San Diego, California. As members of the 2024 cohort, our team from Touro University Nevada (TUN) and Touro University California (TUC) sought to address three questions: (1) Does CSW improve confidence in managing stressful situations? (2) Does it enhance clinical and leadership skills? (3) Would similar training …

Architecting A More Gender-Inclusive Curriculum For Graduate Leadership Education, Galen J. Talis

Libraries

Graduate leadership education is an important context for increasing gender-inclusivity. Incoming students are increasingly likely to support an all-gender approach; transgender and nonbinary graduate students report safety concerns on campus; and leadership scholars have identified serious discrimination against trans and nonbinary employees in the workplace as well as the need for greater gender-inclusivity in leadership education. Cis women and men are more widely recognized as gender-diverse, whether due to intersections with other identities or due to within-gender complexity. Yet researchers often fail to identify a gender theory when researching gender and leadership, most commonly assume a gender-binary frame, and do …

Casar Public Lecture: Will Trump End The Ukraine War?, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar

Performances, Events, and Presentations

Trump wants to become the world’s Peace Maker, the Master of the Art of Making Deals. He promised to end this war in 24 hours. Yet the real question is whether Putin wants to end the war, or whether he is ready for a deal ? If so, then what kind of a deal? Could it be that Putin might have a different deal in mind than the deal Trump is willing to offer?? So what happens then??? The lecture deliberated about the possible answers to this very question from several perspectives, analyzing the impact on Egypt, the region & …

“But How Do I Start?” A Beginner’S Guide To Your First Qualitative Project, Jason B. Whiting Phd, Bria Nicole Davies

The Qualitative Report

Many new qualitative researchers feel overwhelmed and struggle to find direction in existing books and articles about qualitative methodology. Qualitative methods have a long history that includes different philosophies, practices, and methods, and there are endless ways to interpret and use these tools within these traditions. This article introduces basic qualitative methods with the intent to guide a first-time researcher through a first social science research project, such as a thesis or dissertation. It frames the process as a five-step journey with guidelines to follow and additional resources that can be accessed related to each phase. Although the craft of …

Lack Of Diverse Leadership In A Highly Diverse Culture In A Military Unit Within The U.S. Armed Forces: Promoting Diversity And Inclusivity, Renika J. Pruitt

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The problem addressed was the potential lack of diverse leadership in a highly diverse culture within a military unit in the U.S. Armed Forces. Despite a demographic variety among service members, leadership roles remain primarily dominated by the majority, white males. I explored systemic barriers to leadership diversity, including implicit biases, traditional selection practices, and limited mentorship opportunities for diverse service members. The research included a sample of 30 leaders as the primary population and 30 survey responses from junior service members for triangulation purposes. A flexible, single-case study design was chosen to explore this issue thoroughly. Key findings revealed …

Are Positive And Negative Leader Humor Two Different Coins? A Meta-Analysis, Xiaohong Xu, Richard Hayes, Lixin Jiang, William P. Jimenez

Psychology Faculty Publications

Scholars disagree on the distinction between positive and negative leader humor, which may hinder the integration and advancement of the leader humor literature. Thus, we meta-analyzed the correlation between positive and negative leader humor, as well as their shared nomological networks (k = 161; follower N = 45,759; leader N = 7,820). Our meta-analysis indicates that (1) there is a very small but significant correlation between positive and negative leader humor (ρ = -.07); (2) positive and negative leader humor have differential relationships with most antecedents (e.g., positive affectivity) and outcomes (e.g., innovation and citizenship behavior); (3) positive affect …

Primal Leadership In Healthcare: A Phenomenological Study Of Emergency Medicine Physicians And Their Perspective On Effective Leadership, Zoe Zaidi

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and describe how emergency medicine (EM) physicians in leadership roles use the six EI leadership competencies related to relationship management (inspiration, influence, developing others, change catalyst, conflict management, and teamwork and collaboration) to lead teams and accomplish effective results. Methodology: This phenomenological study described the lived experiences of emergency medicine (EM) physician leaders in San Bernadino, Riverside, and Orange counties in Southern California. The participants were selected through nonprobability purposeful sampling and met the criteria “as leaders” for achieving effective results. Data were collected through semistructured interview questions and analysis …

Proximity In Pixels: The Moderating Roles Of Structural And Psychological Distance On Behavioral Leadership Effectiveness, Ethan J. Ray

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

With a sharp increase in virtual working arrangements in recent years, there is a distinct need to reevaluate what constitutes effective leadership at a distance. Although research on virtual leadership exists, it has often lacked a focus on specific leader behaviors and the psychological intricacies unique to virtual work settings. The present study examines followers' perceived effectiveness of two enduring leadership behavior categories: task-oriented and relationship-oriented. Utilizing dyadic distance theory, the study tested whether perceived effectiveness of these behaviors is contingent not only on the tangible effects of virtual work, referred to as structural distance, but also on the intangible …

When Leaders Self-Sacrifice In Times Of Crisis: The Roles Of Employee Emotional Suppression And Leader Coping Strategies, Xingyu Wang, Xueqi Wen, Zihan Liu, Yixing Lisa Gao, Juan M. Madera

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

While literature articulates the relevance of self-sacrificial leadership to crisis situations, little attention has been paid to employees’ attitudinal and behavioral responses to self-sacrificial leadership. This is a particularly salient gap in the scholarship, given the decisions leaders must make to address challenges in the hospitality industry (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic). Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this pair of field and experimental studies examines how individual differences in employee emotional suppression and leader coping strategy moderate the impacts of self-sacrificial leadership on employee perceptions of leader effectiveness. By sampling U.S. hospitality employees, the studies reveal that leaders who display …