I’d like to introduce you to what I’m calling, The Principle Of The Group Picture. It’s really simple. You are in a group picture. The picture comes back. When you see the actual picture, the law goes into effect… The first person you will look for and look at in a group picture…is you. Come on. Admit it. You look …

In the student leader year, momentum naturally occurs at the beginning. There is a lot of energy and excitement and a sense of “newness.” The buzz and dynamics of having everyone back on campus creates a strong sense of togetherness. But momentum will soon fade if it’s not nurtured, managed, and fed with an intentional plan. If you think about …

At the beginning of your student leadership year, you see the potential in everything. You see the problems that plague the current student leaders as possibilities to make something better. Your team is loaded with people who will do something greater than what’s been done before. Your events will be bigger and better than what was offered last year. I …

There is a valuable resource that each of us possess. In fact, everyone gets the same amount of it. But we don’t use or invest it in the same way. The resource is time. Time is a fixed entity. Everyone experiences 24 hours in a day. No matter how you measure it or market it – we all have the …

One of the most overused cliche’s out there is the phrase, “At the end of the day…” People use it as a way to sum up an argument. They use it to make their point (or point of view) appear to rise above all of the confusion and chaos that exists “during the day.” With that disclaimer, I’m going to …

After we elect and select students for our student leadership positions, we gather them together and give them name-tags and t-shirts and bestow upon them the title of student leader. Yet I am always quick to tell them that the title comes with an asterisk (*)… You may bear the title of student leader, but you aren’t a student leader …

When you consider the opportunity to serve in a student leadership position, you begin to imagine all of the things you could do in that position. You see yourself in it. Now that you’ve been elected or selected, you need to take the next step. It’s time to decide. Out of all of those things you could do, what are …

If a student leader starts out well, it increases his or her chances of having a great year. There’s a lot to learn as we go along, but preparation on the front end will pay off big during the harder parts of the year. This is the first in a series of posts called, Just Starting Out! 7 Priorities For …