Making Space for Leaders to Lead Change: An Abbreviated Facilitator’s Guide

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Description: 

This interactive workshop explores group experiences through self-reflection in a way that engages leaders to create space to cultivate more inclusive, connected, and healthy group environments. Connections will be made between leaders, groups, group behavior, and the opportunities to foster change to build a greater sense of belonging. This session also connects to discussions around mental health and overall well-being and belonging.

Duration: 60-75 minutes

Learning Outcomes: 

  1. Make connections between ethical leadership and group members’ sense of belonging.
  2. Gain familiarity with hazing and the ways in which it can affect group leadership and can impact the communities to which we belong. 
  3. Consider group behaviors related to ethics, personal, group, and community values, and how shifting group behaviors can create space to positively change a group culture.

Overview of Training:

  1. Introductions, Learning Outcomes, and Community Guidelines 
  2. TRIZ Activity 
  3. Hazing Prevention Education 
  4. Connections to Leadership 
  5. Wrap-up

Note: This builds on an evaluated workshop the University of Texas at Austin created as an evaluation case study in the Hazing Prevention Consortium (HPC).