Author name: Darin Eich

The National Leadership Symposium is one of my favorite small conferences for leadership educators. Here is the key information for the July 9-12 2009 Conference at University of Richmond from the NCLP website: Now in its 19th year, the National Leadership Symposium is a professional development experience designed for faculty members, student affairs professionals and …

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I did a short interview recently about developing leadership retreats. Here is the text from Magna Publications: Student Affairs Leader recently interviewed Eich about the topic in preparation for the live event. SAL: What advantages do retreats have over other leadership development experiences? Eich: In traditional leadership program activities, students might meet on campus only …

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I have another article from my dissertation on high quality leadership programs published in the January 2009 issue of Student Affairs Leader. The title is: Accelerating Learning and Development with Student Leadership Retreats. A well-designed leadership retreat can be one of the most memorable, powerful parts of a student leader’s college experience. You can learn …

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I’ll be doing another online seminar with Student Affairs Leader on January 29th. The one I did in the Fall was about high quality leadership programs and this upcoming one will focus on leadership retreats. Here is the description they created about the seminar. I’m looking forward to digging deeper on a favorite topic: Student …

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Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age I would like to highlight this book from Juana Bordas as being a refreshing contribution to the world of leadership books. I read it for the National Leadership Symposium and was very engaged with turning the pages. It was filled with excellent stories and metaphors and …

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Recommended Leadership Books from CollegeMotivation.com Bennis, W.G. (1989). On becoming a leader. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing. Bennis, W. & Nanus, B. (1995) Leaders: The Strategies of Taking Charge. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Bolman, L., & Deal, T. (2001). Leading with soul. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Burns, J.M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper & Row. Covey, …

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I spent two weekends in June helping with a couple of leadership retreat type conferences for high school students. I was the closing speaker for both the HOBY (Hugh O’Brien Youth Program) conference in Madison, Wisconsin as well as WILS, the Wisconsin Leadership Seminar, which is held in Milwaukee. I made it through the Wisconsin …

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