Green Leadership Certificate Journals and Suggested Questions

Each journal is intended to be reflective based on the participants’ leadership development experiences within the realm of the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. Journals will be discussed at monthly mentor meetings.

Journal 1
Content Area: Consciousness of Self /
  • What personal qualities do you possess that enhance your interactions with others in your group to work towards a common goal?
  • What are your strengths?
  • What are your weaknesses?
  • How do your strengths and weaknesses help/hurt you as a leader? What would you like to work on individually?

Journal 2
Content Area: Congruence /
  • How do your values influence your role as a person, student and leader?
  • What ethical challenges can you anticipate as being a leader and how do you plan on maintaining ethical behavior?
  • How do your values influence your thinking, feeling and behavior towards others?

Journal 3
Content Area: Commitment /
  • How do your individual values/strengths/interests motivate you to act?
  • What are some things that you would like to change in the community and what are some ways you can improve the overall community?
  • How can you utilize your strengths and interests to motivate others towards a common goal?
  • How can you work with others who do not share the same values/interests towards a common goal?

Journal 4
Campus/Community Event 1 /
  • Briefly describe the event you attended and why you and your mentor thought you should attend the particular event
  • What did you learn after attending the event?
  • How did the event challenge or affirm your individual values? How did attending the event make you feel?
  • How did the event affect you as a leader?
  • How did it enhance your leadership abilities?

Journal 5
Campus/Community Event 2 /
  • Briefly describe the event you attended and why you and your mentor thought you should attend the particular event
  • What did you learn after attending the event?
  • How did the event challenge or affirm your individual values? How did attending the event make you feel?
  • How did the event affect you as a leader?
  • How did it enhance your leadership abilities?

Journal 6
Community Service /
  • What event did you attend and why did you choose to participate in that event?
  • How did your participation enhance the community?
  • As a student leader, what is your individual and group role in community service?
  • When thinking about your individual believes/values/interests/passions, what future community service projects are you interested in being part of (new or existing)?
  • How did your participation in the community service event help you develop as a leader?

Journals must be submitted to mentor via email prior to monthly meeting.