The Canisius Leadership Institute (CLI) is a four teir comprehensive leadership development program that focuses on the development and enhancement of leadership qualities. Focusing specifically on 34 Skills and Attributes. Through the participation in the CLI, students recieve leadership level certificates upon completion of the criteria for that level. Additionally, this is a great method to meet new students and to become further involved within the campus environment.
The CLI defines leadership as:
Leadership is the relational and ethical process of developing a vision, articulating that vision, empowering people to actively pursue that vision with confidence and integrity, and inspiring them to become advocates for and agents of change.
Any Canisius College student may participate in the institute by filling out the Statement of Intent and submitting it to Campus Programming & Leadership Development (basement of the student center).
Every participant of the Canisius Leadership Institute is paired with a coach. The coaching relationship is one of the most critical aspects of the CLI program. The purpose of the coaching relationship is to guide the student through the process of completing the Institute. Students are encouraged to be proactive within the relationship and use the coach as a helpful resource. The coach provides insight and assists in the development of the Skills and Attributes identified by Leadership Development. We highly recommend that coaches and participants meet at least two times per semester.
Leadership Levels:
Emerging Leaders
This is a student who is just beginning their leadership experience. These leaders are new to role of leadership,and are prone to make the most mistakes. Some good skills for this level would be time management,organization...etc.
Established Leaders
This is a student who has gone through one or two leadership roles. They have made their initial mistakes, andhopefully learned from them. They are now beginning to think globally about their leadership positions, focusingon not only their organization but the campus community as well.
Experienced Leaders
This is a student who is a veteran leader, and is beginning to think about sharing his/her experiences withpotential leaders. This student begins to reflect on their leadership experiences, and evaluates themselves as anaffective leader.
Capstone Leaders
This is the highest level of leadership. These leaders have truly evaluated who they are as a leader, and havegrown into an effective role model for up and coming leaders. They think globally about not only the campuscommunity, but the surrounding community as well. These leaders begin to evaluate how they will fit in theworld, and start to create their visions of change.