MISSION

In collaboration with other departments, divisions, and community partners, SLD seeks to provide high quality leadership development experiences through programs such as workshops, retreats, and conferences, and by serving as a resource. SLD seeks to:

• identify, promote, and provide experiences to support the development of competencies associated with effective leadership
• provide students with opportunities to examine their personal values, talents, and passions and explore how they relate to leadership
• prepare students to be engaged in ethical leadership for the purpose of promoting positive social change

PHILOSOPHY

SLD is guided by a philosophy that is values-based and experiential. We understand leadership to be an ethical, inclusive, and collaborative process in which people work together for positive change. At Loyola University Chicago, we believe that people engaged in leadership:

• are guided by a sense of purpose and a set of core values
• serve as role models by behaving ethically and responsibly, and encouraging others to do the same
• are committed to working for social justice
• are creative and adaptive, and see change as an opportunity for growth
• seek God in all things by promoting faith, justice, and service, by understanding that privilege entails moral and ethical obligations, and by making decisions with a commitment to furthering the common good
• understand multiple leadership models (such as the Social Change Model, servant leadership, and others), and draw on them effectively
• are discerning and are able to reflect on, and learn from, experience
• are committed to Loyola University's Student Promise