The Michigan Leadership Collaborative is a community dedicated to advancing leadership learning and removing institutional barriers for students who seek to develop and progress as leaders. The collaborative is composed of staff and faculty from across the university that offers leadership education to students.
If you would like to join the collaborative, please email mleadinfo@umich.edu.
Member Benefits:
- Access to leadership and leadership education research.
- Access to University of Michigan student data from the 2018 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership.
- Access to a rich network of experts in leadership education and supporting-content areas
- Cross-unit promotion of your leadership learning courses, conferences, events, or workshops.
- Professional development opportunities
- Representation at the Big 10 Leadership Conference.
- Opportunity to collaborate on programming or co-sponsor/ co-host speaker
Member Commitment:
- Attend 8-12 MLC meetings annually, typically convened monthly
- Cross-promote MLC partner events/activities in your existing marketing/communications and referral networks
- Recognize the uniqueness/lens of leadership that each group brings to the table
- Host one meeting at a location in your office/department
- Model collaboration for our students by how we work together
- Collaborate on strategies to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership training across units
Offices
- Sanger Leadership Center – leadership center for Stephen M. Ross School of Business
- Barger Leadership Institute – leadership center for College of LSA
- LSA Opportunity Hub – career exploration center to help students book one-on-one coaching appointments, apply to internships, and register for recruiting/networking events
- U-M Athletics Leadership Development – leadership development for U-M Athletes
- Leadership Initiative, Ford School – offers leadership development opportunities integrated across curricular and co-curricular activities, including courses, leadership coaching, assessments, and programs
- Center for the Education of Women+ – navigate circumstantial barriers by providing academic, financial, and professional support
- Spectrum Center – dedicated to serving and supporting members of the U-M LGBTQIA2S+ communities
- Ginsberg Center – community and civic engagement center with a mission to cultivate and steward equitable partnerships between communities and the University of Michigan
