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Student Organizations and Leader Development


Leader Resources

Organization Consultations:

Staff from the Office for Student Organizations & Leader Development (SOLD) attend meetings of student organizations and assist with problem-solving specific concerns or issues with the organization.

Topics from past consultations have included:

  • Assisting with re-structuring the organization
  • Getting an advisor more active with your group
  • Retaining the membership of your organization
  • Re-working meeting processes and agendas to gain more participation
  • Diversity training for your members
  • Creative approaches to fundraising, etc.
  • Consultations are focused on the identified needs of the organization.

Call (207) 581-4183 to make arrangements for a consultation.


Planning a trip with your organization?

Check out the University of Maine Student Handbook for student travel guidelines. Click Here!

The following documents are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.  To request a hard copy of any of these documents, please contact 581-1736.

Domestic travel: complete the following forms and file them with the SOLD office:

International travel: visit the SOLD office or call 581-4183 for more information

****Note: Until the appropriate paperwork is filed with the Office of Student Organizations and Leader Development, student groups cannot rent motor-pool vehicles, or receive funding for travel.


Advisors

Visit our Advisor's Corner to learn how you can best assist your student organization!


Web Sites:


Books on Leadership:

  • Adams, Scott. The Dilbert Principle. New York: Harper's, 1996.
  • Armstrong, Steve, ed. Facing Up to Radical Changes in Colleges and Universities. London: SEDA, 1997.
  • Astin, A. W., and Astin, H. L., Leadership Reconsidered: Engaging Higher Education in Social Change. Battle Creek, MI: W.K. Kellogg Foundation [133]
  • Bennis, Warren, and Bert Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. New York: Harper, 1985.
  • Birnbaum, Robert. Management Fads in Higher Education: Where They Come from, What They Do, and Why They Fail. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.
  • Campbell, David. If I'm in Charge Here, Why Is Everybody Laughing? Greensboro: Center for Creative Leadership, 1980.
  • Campbell, David. If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else. Allen, TX, 1974.
  • Fullan, Michael. Leading in a Culture of Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
  • Galford, Robert, and Drapeau, Anne S. The Trusted Leader: Bringing out the Best in Your People and Your Company. New York: Free Press, 2002. [171]
  • Goleman, Daniel, R. Boyatzis, and A. McKee. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. [180]
  • Greenleaf, Robert K. The Servant Leader Within: A Transformative Path. New York: Paulist Press, 2003. [176]
  • Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Review on Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 1998. [179]
  • Hesselbin, Frances, ed. The Leader of the Future. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.
  • Kotter, J. P., A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management. New York: The Free Press, 1990. [105]
  • Kouzes, J. M., and Posner, B. Z., Academic Administrator's Guide to Exemplary Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. [116] [116a] [116B]
  • Kouzes, J. M., and Posner, B. Z., Leadership Practices Inventory: Participant's Workbook, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001. [159]
  • Kouzes, J. M., and Posner, B. Z., The Leadership Challenge, Third Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. [140]
  • Kouzes, J.M., and Posner, B. Z., The Leadership Challenge Workbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003 [141]
  • Leaming, D. R., Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 1998. [29]
  • Lieberman, David J. Make Peace with Anyone: Breakthrough Strategies to Quickly End Any Conflict, Feud, or Estrangement. New York: St. Martin's, 2002. [170]
  • Lucas, A. F. and Associates, Leading Academic Change: Essential Roles for Department Chairs. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 2000. [70]
  • Lynch, D., Connect the Dots…To Become an Impact Player. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc., 2003. [103]
  • Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leaders Around You Workbook: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2003. [167]
  • Maxwell, John C. Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002. [168]
  • Maxwell, John C. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2002. [169]
  • Miller, M. T., Improving Faculty Governance: Cultivating Leadership and Collaboration in Decision Making. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press, 2003. [155]
  • Rawlins, M., The Green Bench. Oregon: Amuzement Publications, 1999. [145]
  • Rubino, J., The Magic Lantern: A Fable about Leadership, Personal Excellence, and Empowerment. Boxford, MA: Vision Works Publishing, 2001. [94]
  • Ruderman, M., et al., Learning From Life: Turning Life's Lessons into Leadership Experience. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 2000 [91]
  • Soder, R., The Language of Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001. [3]
  • Ulmer, W. F. Jr., Inside View: A Leader's Observations on Leadership. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 1997. [93]
  • Useem, Michael. The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. [181]
  • Wilms, W. W., and Zell, D. M., Awakening the Academy: A Time for New Leadership. Bolton: Anker Publishing, 2002. [19]
  • Wilson, J. M., et al., Leadership Trapeze: Strategies for Leadership in Team-Based Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994. [102]

 

Student Organizations and Leader Development
5748 Memorial Union
Orono, ME 04469
Phone: (207) 581-1736


The University of Maine
, Orono, Maine 04469
207-581-1110
A Member of the University of Maine System