Leadership Program

Check out this link from the Gallup organization about the business and economic benefits of fighting poverty.

Fighting Poverty: The Business Case.

LDA Opportunity!

The Junior League of Austin is hosting their annual Coats for Kids clothing drive during the next few weeks.  The McCombs School of Business offers many dropoff areas for you to donate any new or gently used coats.  Coats of all sizes are needed, as they will be distributed to teenagers as well.  On Saturday, December 5, the Junior League of Austin will coordinate the distribution of the coats.  As a volunteer, you can help sort the donations during the week of Nov 30-Dec 4, or on Dec 5 help families to find the perfect coat.  If you are interested in volunteering, please visit the Junior League’s Website:

To Volunteer (Work 4 hours, counts as LDA):  http://www.jlaustin.org/?nd=cfk_help

To Donate Coats: November 12-December 3.

• MPA Program Office - GSB 4.112C
• The Carpenter Center - GSB 3.142
• BBA Undergraduate Program Office - CBA 2.400

POLICY CHANGE

We have changed the policy regarding studying abroad and LP Events.  If you study abroad during the fall or spring semester, your experience abroad will count as the LP Event for that semester.  Previously, study abroad only counted as an LDA.  If you study abroad during the summer semester, your experience abroad will count as an LDA (because we do not offer LP Events in the summer).  Note that you must submit a reflection for your time abroad to receive credit for the LP Event or LDA.

We hope you all have the chance to study abroad during your time at McCombs, and we look forward to the global trip during your last year in LP!

LDA Opportunity! 

Join members of the University community in a fantastic community service Leadership Development Opportunity.  Waller Creek is one of the most beautiful parts of our campus, but also an area that receives a great deal of litter.  Volunteers will be provided with trash bags and gloves.  Be sure to stay hydrated and wear long pants/closed toe shoes.

Date/Time:  Saturday, November 14 from 8:30AM-11:30AM

Location:  24th St. and San Jacinto (near the San Jacinto Parking Garage)

More information: http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/waller/

Release Form:  http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/waller/pdf/2009/release11.14.09.pdf

Lately, I have received a few questions about the difference between LDA’s and LP Events.  Of course, please feel free to email me questions, but also spend some time on the blog.  My goal is to have every bit of LP information on the blog - so let me know if there is something else you would like to see!

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The Leadership Series hosts session on ethical leadership
Description: The University of Texas Leadership and Ethics Institute will host the Leadership Series “Walk the Walk” with Dr. Meme Dumwright, associate professor in the colleges of Communication and Liberal Arts. Join us for the fourth session of the Leadership Series for a conversation on how to apply ethical and responsible leadership to everyday life and to learn more about how to articulate and promote your skills.
Time: Wednesday, November 3 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: RecSports Center Games Room (2.104)
Admission: Free and open to all UT undergraduate and graduate students
URL: www.utlei.com

Join other LP Students and the LP Staff for a meet & greet on Wednesday, November 4. We will be in CBA 3.304, the room next to the atrium, from 11:30AM-1PM. Feel free to drop by between classes, ask any questions you have, and bring your lunch! We will have giveaways for students that attend!

My first class as a freshman in college, as I was taking my seat in the back row, my professor kindly started class with a statement that has set the tone of the rest of my life, “Where you sit determines what you see.” Just as with any situation, every person brings a different and interesting perspective to the table. In MIS, this is referred to as a mental model, but no matter what it’s deemed, every individual obtains a unique view point, story, and opinion. As a leader, acknowledging, accepting, and encouraging voices to arise from every seat is fundamental. From the seminars, conferences, classes, book reviews, and conversations I’ve had while being in the Leadership Program at McCombs, my definition of leadership has grown and evolved to mean the ability to guide, direct, or show the way to a certain course of action or thought within oneself, the community, the nation, and the world. In order to lead a group, we must first be able to lead ourselves. Leadership is an ever-changing journey that will never end and keeping this in mind, be sure to grow, explore, and learn. John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Take this quote and your leadership to the next level: inspire yourself, the community, the country, and the world to dream more, learn more, do more and become more. Through this, never stop; keep leading.

Civic engagement in contemporary urban communities 

Join Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, professor of communication and sociology in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and principal investigator of the decade-long research program “Metamorphosis: Transforming the Ties That Bind,” for a lecture about civic engagement in contemporary urban communities.
Time: Tuesday, November 3rd from 3:30-5 p.m.
Location: Jesse H. Jones Communication Center - Building A (CMA), Burson Conference Room, 5.160
Admission: Free and open to the public
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/oncampus/calendar/20091103/e9220