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Accenture Leadership Center Kicks Off Spring Semester

The Accenture Leadership Center (ALC), which was launched in fall 2006 to provide opportunities for undergraduate students to develop leadership skills outside the classroom, co-sponsored a six-day session of LeaderShape in January with the UW-Madison College of Engineering. Twenty-four business students participated in the six-day leadership immersion program focused on the interpersonal, intrapersonal and service components of leadership. (LeaderShape is a national program devoted to teaching college students to lead with integrity, now in its tenth year on the UW-Madison campus.)

Over the spring semester, students who participated in the immersion program will have the opportunity to put their newly acquired skills into practice. They will meet regularly with their Accenture mentors and work on one of four group projects to benefit the School of Business, UW-Madison or the Madison community. Students are currently working on projects for Executive Education, the UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium and Grassroots Leadership College. A project group is also working on the promotion and marketing of the August 2007 LeaderShape session, to be hosted by the Accenture Leadership Center and the School of Business. (Students who return from an August session of LeaderShape also will have the opportunity to participate in group projects.)

The ALC will provide various leadership workshops and events throughout the spring semester. Guest speakers will include Mike Eaves, UW-Madison Men’s Hockey coach, who will talk on “Leading a High-Performance Team”; Chris Hinrichs, who specializes in human relations, leadership and team development, who will discuss “Experiential Approach to Teamwork”; and Barb Reindl Pjevach, vice president, change implementation at Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management; who will discuss “What Is Leadership? What Kind of Leader Do I Want to Be?” For up-to-date information on ALC events, visit http://www.bus.wisc.edu/alc/