Institute for Leadership Studies

Dominican University of California’s Institute for Leadership Studies is housed in the School of Business and Leadership, and serves the entire University, the Bay Area community and beyond.

Vision
The Institute seeks to be nationally recognized as a premiere center for leadership development. It facilitates positive organizational and societal change, engaged citizenship, and socially responsible leadership. Through research, education, and community services, it benefits business, government, non-profit organizations, and the Dominican community.

Mission
We help people become better leaders. ILS advances the study, teaching, and practice of effective, ethical leadership in our world.

Programming and Services
As a consortium of faculty and students, with business and community leaders committed to providing leadership development opportunities, the Institute serves as an incubator for leadership learning ideas and actions. It serves as one of the University’s portals to and from the community and business world to contribute expanding options for leadership practice, to facilitate constructive change in our society and its organizations. The programs and services offered are in three main areas:

Leadership Research and Planning Services

• Think Tank to advance leadership theory and practice
• Faculty and student research
• Consultation services for planning and program evaluation
• Research projects for business, government, and non-profit organizations
• Leadership impact assessment and organizational analysis and intervention
  

Leadership Education and Training

• Training and development
• Facilitation, coaching, and strategic planning services
• Student Leadership Academy
• Partner with a variety of academic departments offering leadership degrees, minors and certificates
• Focused Leadership Projects: e.g. Diversity Leadership, Community Leadership, Ethics and Leadership, Women in Leadership, non-profit, healthcare, government and small business leadership

Leadership Practice and Community Service

• Community Leadership: service learning and internship projects advancing social justice
• Public Lectures: Leadership Lecture Series
• Dominican Leadership Learning Laboratory
• Leadership Practicum and Global Ambassadors
  
• Symposia and workshops advancing leadership theory and practice

We are proud of Dominican’s tagline, “This place changes people.” The Institute for Leadership Studies seeks to assert that, "Our people change this world." The Institute serves as a partner to our campus and our community as we strive toward continuing to achieve our Dominican values of service and community based on knowledge and reflection.

The Institute is led by a faculty member in the School of Business and Leadership and is supported by an Advisory Council of faculty representing a variety of academic disciplines, student development leadership and community leaders from private, independent and government organizations.