Dr. Joe D. Townsend ’67 ALEC Leadership Fellows
Texas A&M University
Vision
ALEC Leadership Fellows change the world through enhanced leadership capacity and positive relationships with the global community.
Mission
The Leadership Fellows Program is a prestigious, rigorous, and unique environment where selected students enhance their leadership skills in an arena – beyond the university -- that supports the fellows’ trials, errors, and successes. Leadership educators accept the fact that many people are socialized leaders who learned from experience and, consequently, shaped their leadership future accordingly. However, it is also accepted that leadership education augments achievement by initiating conscience decisions to focus on skill development and increase strengths to hasten leadership accomplishments. The Leadership Fellows Program systemizes executive leadership development.
Background and Purpose
The Leadership Fellows Program was created to bridge the educational gap between learning/understanding and grasping/implementation. Undergraduate university students who desired to expand their knowledge of leadership theory and application proposed the creation of the program. With the support of several donors, the program was initiated for launch in Spring, 2009.
Program Goals
The Leadership Fellows Program will contribute to the world through graduates with enhanced leadership capacity for positive relationships in the global community. The program is organized to explore four leadership competencies: Expanding One’s Vision, Developing Self and Others, Serving Organizations, and Reinforcing Positive Values.
Expectations of Fellows
The students selected for the Leadership Fellows Program represent those who excel and/or have a keen desire to enhance their global leadership skills. The selected fellows demonstrate a/an
- Desire to Learn Leadership
- Engagement in Leadership
- Service Orientation
- Passion for Excellence
- Sense of Responsibility
- Knowledge of Leadership
- Team-orientation
The Leadership Fellows register for a 3 credit hour Spring, 2009 class – Advanced Professional Leadership Development. One feature of the class is weekly guest leaders who guide a provocative discussion about his/her leadership experiences. The fellows contribute their thoughts, inquiries, and ideas during these critical sessions. The fellows also participate in a retreat prior to the semester. One field trip (Houston, Austin, San Antonio, or Dallas) is planned for fellows to visit several organizations that exemplify successful leadership. Develop an executive leadership approach to their current leadership contexts
- Relate to a mentor to facilitate relevance to future contexts
- Shadow an outstanding leader to enhance understanding of current reality
- Engage in a social system to practice leadership responses to community needs
- Develop a model for crisis leadership as a part of systems thinking
- Enhance public leadership presence through planned media training
- Formulate a leadership model through common readings among the fellows
- Design an executive leadership philosophy
For more information contact Dr. Jen Williams, Texas A&M University, (979) 862-1423, dr.jen@tamu.edu
Application Form: Download Dr. Joe Fellows 2012 Application Here...