You don’t need a title to have influence. This workshop shows you how to lead from wherever you are—whether you’re a new member, committee lead, or the informal “go‑to” person on your team. You’ll explore practical ways to build trust, mobilize peers, and move ideas forward when you don’t control the org chart. Through real‑world examples and guided activities, you’ll learn how to use credibility, relationships, and communication—not position—to drive positive change.

Some choices are easy—others aren’t. This workshop gives you a simple, repeatable framework for navigating gray-area decisions where values, relationships, and responsibilities collide. You’ll work through realistic student leadership and workplace scenarios, practice spotting ethical red flags, and learn how to slow down, ask better questions, and think about who is impacted before you act. You’ll leave with practical tools you can actually use when you’re under pressure and everyone is looking to you for a call.

Ideal for: RSO officers, supervisors, peer mentors, and anyone who makes decisions that affect others.

Leadership doesn’t end when the meeting does—you’re always on stage. When you’re wearing a symbol of an organization—whether it’s the University of Memphis, your fraternity or sorority, or another group—you represent something larger than yourself. This workshop explores what it means to represent your student organization, department, or employer in public, online, and in everyday interactions. You’ll examine the “fishbowl effect” of leadership, unpack real examples of reputational wins and missteps, and learn how to align your choices with your organization’s values and expectations. You’ll leave with practical strategies for managing visibility, setting boundaries, and owning mistakes without making them worse.

Ideal for: RSO presidents and officers, orientation leaders, ambassadors, and any student who is a public face of a group or program.

Technology should make leading easier—not more confusing. This hands-on workshop walks you through the core Microsoft Teams features student leaders actually need: scheduling and running meetings, organizing channels and files, using chat effectively, and collaborating on documents without chaos. You’ll also learn simple norms and boundaries for digital communication so your group stays organized and no one feels overwhelmed. Bring your laptop or tablet so you can follow along and set things up for your own team.

Ideal for: All students working in groups—RSO leaders organizing events, academic group projects, student employees coordinating across departments, and anyone seeking to create a single, organized digital space where all team communication, files, and decisions live in one place for maximum efficiency and minimum confusion.

Progress doesn’t happen by accident—it happens because someone is willing to ask, “Why are we doing it this way?” This workshop, based on Challenge the Process from The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, helps you learn how to question the status quo without burning bridges. You’ll practice spotting improvement opportunities, running small experiments, and learning from failure in low-risk ways. The focus is on practical tools that make change feel possible—for you and for the people you lead.

Ideal for: Student leaders trying to fix “the way we’ve always done it,” event planners, committee chairs, and anyone ready to improve systems on campus.