{"id":40562,"date":"2018-11-28T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T13:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=40562"},"modified":"2018-11-28T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T21:59:53","slug":"mentorship-class-offers-grad-students-and-their-mentors-insights-into-organizational-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/mentorship-class-offers-grad-students-and-their-mentors-insights-into-organizational-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorship class offers grad students \u2014 and their mentors \u2014 insights into organizational leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

A veritable \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d of executive leadership assembles each year to aid graduate students in Eastern Mennonite University’s\u00a0MA in Organizational Leadership<\/a> (MAOL) program as they expand their management and empowerment capacities in a two-unit mentorship class.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m both grateful for the time and resources these professionals, many of them alumni, are offering our students,\u201d said program director David Brubaker<\/a>. \u201cAnd since this is the first time I have joined them, I\u2019m also learning from them myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The MAOL program, designed for working mid-career professions, provides skills and training in conflict transformation, decision-making and strategic planning, individual and team leadership, financial management and mentoring.<\/p>\n

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Some of the students and mentors in the 2018-19 two-semester mentorship class taught by Lee Snyder in the MA in organizational leadership program: Back from left, student Sheldon Rice ’02; mentors Tammy Torres, Devon Anders ’88 and Jim Krause. Front row, from left: students Steve Ericksen, Deb Lokrantz, Marilda Bardhi and Sandra Quigg. (Photo by Andrew Strack)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the mentorship course, mentors and mentees use readings, DiSC and Enneagram activities to explore personality traits, and discuss concepts of leadership through personal stories and reflection on topics such as self-management, authenticity, experience, emotional response, and life balance. Additionally, the student participates in a 360-degree review to assess personal leadership strengths and areas for improvement through a confidential survey of supervisors, co-workers and those s\/he supervises. Over both semesters, the course involves combined classroom sessions and several one-on-one meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n

This fall, Lee Snyder<\/strong>, president emeritus of Bluffton University, is the lead instructor. A recent guest speaker was attorney and alternate dispute resolution expert <\/span>Marshall Yoder MA ’10<\/b> (conflict transformation). This year\u2019s mentors, each paired with an MAOL student for a one-credit course each semester, include Brubaker and the following (all are Harrisonburg-based unless otherwise noted):<\/span><\/p>\n