Bruin
Leaders Project
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105 Kerckhoff Hall
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The Bruin Leaders Project is a leadership program open to all UCLA students, sponsored by the Division of Student & Campus Life and the Center for Student Programming. We aim to provide accessible, effective leadership training for participants by offering interactive seminars and other activities that cover a wide range of knowledge, concepts, and interpersonal skills. By creating opportunities for personal growth, leadership experience, and involvement in community service, the program cultivates an environment that fosters each individual's unique leadership abilities. We are committed to preparing students to be among the pre-eminent leaders of the 21st Century.
The Bruin Leaders Project envisions a campus environment in which leadership is understood as a collaborative process based upon respect and the valuing of difference. In addition, the Bruin Leaders Project envisions a seamless, cohesive framework within which campus-based leadership opportunities are organized and presented to students.
The Bruin Leaders Project seeks to realize its vision by honoring those leadership values set forth in A Social Change Model of Leadership Development.
The Social Change Model of Leadership Development is the result of a creative
and collaborative effort by various members of the higher education community to
develop an innovative and untraditional approach to leadership development. The
purpose of the Model is to mold the concept of leadership as an inclusive
process by which change is effected for the betterment of others. It is a
value-based model of leadership development that revolves around a core of
service as the vehicle for social change. The Model is divided into three
domains: the individual, the group, and the community. Corresponding to and
interacting within the domains are seven principles: Consciousness of Self,
Congruence, Commitment, Collaboration, Common Purpose, Controversy with
Civility, and Citizenship.
The goals of the Model are two-fold. First, it is designed to promote the
increase of self knowledge, an understanding of one's interests, talents, and
values. Second, the model seeks to increase leadership competence by which the
capacity to mobilize the individual and group to work collaboratively is
developed.
The Bruin Leaders Project uses the Social Change Model as its foundation for
several reasons. First, the Model views leadership as a process rather than a
position, thus recognizing that every individual has the potential to be a
leader. Moreover, leadership as a process also distinguishes the actions,
influences, and growth that comes about in the journey of effecting change
rather than focusing on the product itself. The Social Change Model is also
values-based. That is, an integral aspect of the "process" involves exploring
and enacting social and moral principles that lead to augmentation not only of
the self, but also the greater community. Finally, change, specifically social
change, is an important goal of the Model. Congruent with the emphasis on
process and values, this Model seeks to bring about change as the result of
leadership whereby both the individual and the community benefit mutually.
Although the Bruin Leaders Project focuses on the Social Change Model of
Leadership, we also consider other leadership models.
For questions or comments regarding this web site, send an email to
blpdesk@ucla.edu.
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