The Leadership Identity Development Model (LID) as a Framework for Leadership Programs

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The Leadership Identity Development Model (LID)
as a Framework for Leadership Programs
Leadership Educators Institute College Park,
MD December 6, 2008

• LID Team
• Susan R. Komives (Univ. of Maryland) Felicia C.
  Mainella (Peace College) Julie E. Owen (George
  Mason Univ.) Wendy Wagner (Univ. of Maryland)
• LID Campuses
• Michelle Etchart (Seattle Univ.) Jessica Manno
  (Lehigh Univ.) Nancy Mathias (St.
  Norbert College) Tom Matthews (SUNY Geneseo)

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Relational Leadership Model

• Leadership is
• a relational and ethical process of people
  together attempting to accomplish positive change
• Komives, Lucas McMahon (2007). Exploring
  Leadership (2nd ed.), San Francisco Jossey-Bass.

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1998 2007
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Relational Leadership Model
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Stop and Think

• What did you used to think leadership was?

What do you think it is now?
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Leadership Identity Development

• Developing a Leadership Identity A Grounded
  Theory
• Susan R. Komives
• Julie E. Owen
• Susan Longerbeam
• Felicia Mainella
• Laura Osteen
• Funding from Burns Academy of Leadership
• ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation
• 2001-2002

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Leadership Identity Development

• 13 diverse students
• Nominated using intensity sampling
• three interviews (1-2 hours each)
• Constant comparative method

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Leadership Identity Development
Core Category DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP IDENTITY

• Awareness
• Exploration/Engagement
• Leader Identified
• Leadership Differentiated
• Generativity
• Integration/Synthesis

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Leadership Identity Development
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Leadership Identity Development

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Leadership Identity Development

• leadership identity moved from
• a hierarchical, leader-centric view
• to one that embraced leadership
• as a collaborative, relational process.

I can be A leader even when I am not THE
leader.
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Leadership Identity Development

• Campus Practices with LID
• SUNY Geneseo
• St. Norbert College
• Seattle University
• Lehigh University

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Leadership Identity Development
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Three Core Leadership Certificates

• Bronze Life Skills and Leadership
• Silver Practicing Leadership
• Gold Personal Leadership Model
• Each certificate includes four required workshops
  and four options from a large menu.
• At the Gold level, the four required workshops
  are
• A New Look at Diversity
• History of Leadership
• Leadership Identity Development
• Developing a Personal Leadership Model

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The LID workshop format includes

• Asking participants to reflect on their multiple
  identities
• sharing with one or two other participants
• asking participants to recall their earliest
  recollections of leaders and leadership
• sharing with one or two other participants
• offering a brief explanation of the LID research
  citing the Exploring Leadership book
• distributing the four-page LID handout
• selecting volunteers to read ACPA Journal quotes
  and summaries of each stage
• asking participants to figure out where they
  think they are on the chart
• sharing their stages with one other participant
• asking participants to share in an open
  discussion
• directing students to write about their reactions
  in their journal

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Journal reflections

• Anna concluded that "I plan to revisit this
  chart. I realized that although there are six
  stages marked on the sheet, the process of
  developing myself as a leader never really ends.
  I hope that by viewing this information from time
  to time and evaluating my growth in different
  groups and organizations, I can continue to grow
  in new ways.
• Molly said, "By looking at the leadership
  identity development model, I discovered that I
  am a level three out of six for my leadership
  abilities. This means that I am identifying the
  skills that I need to be a good leaders, while
  getting things done and managing others."

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Leadership Identity Development
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Leadership Development

• Leadership Programs

• Alternative Break Trips

• Emerging Leaders
• Retreat
• Workshops
• Campus project
• Portfolio (start)
• Leadership Mentors
• Lead campus projects
• Group meetings
• Leadership Certificate
• Seminar
• Portfolio (completion)

• Trip Participants
• Education sessions
• Workshops
• Trip Leaders
• Retreat
• Workshops
• Group meetings
• Trip Interns
• Weekly meetings

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Goals
Serve - Offer direct service to the members of
their group AND the community they
travel to serve Learn -Gain a deeper
understanding of social issues through ongoing
personal and group action and reflection Live
Responsibly - Experience shared community
responsibility and simple life style Seek Wisdom
- Explore the call to service from multiple faith
and value perspectives Understand Differences -
Value diverse cultures and perspectives
introduce students to new experiences and
viewpoints that may challenge their faith,
understanding and values Lead - Strengthen
individual and shared leadership through
service Act - Return to St. Norbert College
motivated to continue working in direct service
or political action.
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Numbers

• In 2008-09
• 2 staff
• 2 interns
• 13 trips
• 22 trip leaders
• 110 participants

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Using LID in TRIPS
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Leadership Identity Development
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Leadership Identity Development
"Im not here singularly to go to class and learn
content for my major, but to also learn about
life, different cultures, and most importantly,
about myself."- Scott Wojciechowski 09?biology
and secondary education major
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The LID Model at Lehigh

• The Test True Method
• P.E.E.R Leadership
• Puzzle Activity, Personal Story, Create a Story
• Leadership Identity Development Worksheet
• The New Experimental Method
• Leadership Lehigh, Phase 4
• Leadership Identity Development Journey Project
• Connections Reflections

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Leadership Identity Development

• How are you using LID?
• How do you use any other developmental models?

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Leadership Identity Development

• How do other developmental theories inform
  leadership design?
• Critiquing the LID model
• What challenges have you found applying the LID
  Model?
• What benefits has the model provided?

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Leadership Identity Development

• Other uses of LID
• Forthcoming assessment instrument!!
• (Wagners dissertation)
• LID as framework for International Leadership
  Association Guidelines for teaching and learning

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The Leadership Identity Development Model (LID)
as a Framework for Leadership Programs
Leadership Educators Institute College Park,
MD December 6, 2008

• LID Team
• Susan R. Komives (Univ. of Maryland) Felicia C.
  Mainella (Peace College) Julie E. Owen (George
  Mason Univ.) Wendy Wagner (Univ. of Maryland)
• LID Campuses
• Michelle Etchart (Seattle Univ.) Jessica Manno
  (Lehigh Univ.) Nancy Mathias (St.
  Norbert College) Tom Matthews (SUNY Geneseo)