Are You a Leader? We firmly believe that you are! Every person has the capacity to be a leader. We offer various programs throughout the academic year to ensure that every CSUMB student has the opportunity to develop their own leadership identity. Leadership is an important university learning outcome and something that all employers are looking for in applicants. Be sure to take advantage of all we have to offer to help make yourself the best you can be. Want to Learn More? Sign Up
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Leadership Development at CSUMB offers a wide variety of workshops that can be delivered to many different audiences: classes, student organizations, athletic teams, or student, staff, and faculty training's.
Emerging Otters
The Emerging Otters Leadership Certificate (EOLC) is an innovative leadership program for CSUMB students. We believe everyone can be a leader, so whether you already think of yourself as a leader or want to increase your leadership skills, this leadership program is for you. EOLC encompasses regularly scheduled workshops, fun socials, engaging campus experiences, and the experience culminates in developing a personal leadership statement. EOLC is an 8-week certificate program free of charge to students. The goal of EOLC is to help students explore their leadership style, to foster a sense of belonging, and to encourage student engagement at CSUMB.
Registration will open for spring semester around December/January.
Request a Workshop
Leadership Development at CSUMB offers a wide variety of workshops that can be delivered to many different audiences: classes, student organizations, athletic teams, or student, staff, and faculty trainings. Below you can view a list of pre-set workshops that can be catered to your direct needs, but if you have an idea for a more specific leadership training that you would like conducted, please let us know! We are always eager to be creative and try new things.
This workshop can be tooled based on what your group is looking to get out of it. Mock interviews can be very helpful when preparing for a professional job interview in a specific field. If just starting to think about interviewing, the discussion will focus on interview etiquette and offer tips to succeed while preparing for and on the day-of interviews.
Leadership Theory Education
These workshops take participants through the basics of many of the premier leadership theories. Through involvement in these workshops, participants will have a fundamental understanding of one of the following theories (each theory is delivered as its own workshop):
- Social Change Model
- Leadership Identity Development Model
- Relational Leadership
- Authentic Leadership
- Transformational Leadership
- Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
- Servant Leadership
Situational Supervision
Managing people can be challenging - especially when every person has a different work and learning style. This workshop takes participants through the concept of situational supervision, giving them the opportunity to explore both how they prefer to be supervised and how best to supervise others who are different from them.
Take the Stage!
A part of good leadership is high quality oral communication. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to practice some fun and energizing exercises that will help them be more comfortable speaking publicly and develop their capacity to do so well.
Please Email dburfeind@csumb.edu to request a workshop.