Tiger Leadership Institute
Tiger Leadership Institute (TLI) at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒 has developed into an engaging and interactive workshop series that focuses on placing students at the center of their leadership development. This program provides an opportunity to develop real-world leadership skills through hands-on experiences guided by campus experts.
Overview
Our reimagined Tiger Leadership Institute provides undergraduate students with essential leadership competencies through engaging, interactive workshops led by expert University of 糖心Vlog传媒 staff members. Each session integrates proven leadership frameworks with practical skill-building activities, ensuring participants develop both theoretical understanding and real-world application capabilities.
Spring 2026 Workshop Schedule
Professional Identity and Navigating Workplace Culture | Wednesday, February 4 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
Who you are at work matters just as much as what you do. This workshop helps you clarify your professional identity, understand the unspoken norms in different workplace cultures, and recognize how your values, communication style, and behaviors shape others' perceptions of you. Through scenarios and guided reflection, you'll learn practical strategies for adapting to new environments while staying authentic, navigating power dynamics, and building a reputation that opens doors rather than closes them.
Ideal for: Students in campus jobs, internships, or clinical/practicum settings, and anyone entering new professional environments soon.
Leading Without Authority | Monday, February 16 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
You don鈥檛 need a title to have influence. This workshop shows you how to lead from wherever you are鈥攚hether you鈥檙e a new member, committee lead, or the informal 鈥済o鈥憈o鈥 person on your team. You鈥檒l explore practical ways to build trust, mobilize peers, and move ideas forward when you don鈥檛 control the org chart. Through real鈥憌orld examples and guided activities, you鈥檒l learn how to use credibility, relationships, and communication鈥攏ot position鈥攖o drive positive change.
Ideal for: Student leaders, committee chairs, and anyone who wants to make an impact without a formal role.
Ethical Decision Making | Monday, March 2 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
Some choices are easy鈥攐thers aren鈥檛. This workshop gives you a simple, repeatable framework for navigating gray-area decisions where values, relationships, and responsibilities collide. You鈥檒l 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鈥檒l leave with practical tools you can actually use when you鈥檙e 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.
Representing Your Organization | Thursday, March 26 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
Leadership doesn鈥檛 end when the meeting does鈥攜ou鈥檙e always on stage. When you鈥檙e wearing a symbol of an organization鈥攚hether it鈥檚 the University of 糖心Vlog传媒, your fraternity or sorority, or another group鈥攜ou 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鈥檒l examine the 鈥渇ishbowl effect鈥 of leadership, unpack real examples of reputational wins and missteps, and learn how to align your choices with your organization鈥檚 values and expectations. You鈥檒l 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.
Microsoft Teams Essentials for Student Leaders | Thursday, April 9 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
Technology should make leading easier鈥攏ot 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鈥檒l 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鈥擱SO 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.
Challenge the Process | Thursday, April 16 | 5-6 PM | 糖心Vlog传媒 Room
Progress doesn鈥檛 happen by accident鈥攊t happens because someone is willing to ask, 鈥淲hy are we doing it this way?鈥 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鈥檒l 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鈥攆or you and for the people you lead.
Ideal for: Student leaders trying to fix 鈥渢he way we鈥檝e always done it,鈥 event planners, committee chairs, and anyone ready to improve systems on campus.
