1. Peer Leaders on Campus:
Strengths Quest and Improving
Student Leadership Outcomes

2. Purpose
• To introduce a framework for peer leadership
• To suggest a three-hour agenda for identifying and
improving strengths
• To offer student leaders an opportunity for resource
sharing and peer support
• To demonstrate institutional investment in students

3. The Workshop
 Student Group: Any gathering of student leaders
 Student Organization: Any campus organization
 Skill Area: Peer leadership
 Focus: Strengths Quest

4. Strengths Quest
• Quantitative tool to self-assess and self-identify
dominant leadership characteristics
• Four domains: Relationship Building, Strategic
Thinking, Influencing, Executing
• Out of 34, five traits are assigned, for example:
• Achiever, Activator, Woo, Empathy, Analytical
• Positive in nature: Results offer leadership strengths

5. Strengths Quest Results

6. Delivery Format
• Lecture
• Administration of Strengths Quest instrument
• Large group discussion
• Small group sharing
• Post-workshop assessment
Please refer to the three-hour agenda in the handout

7. Evaluation and Assessment
 Mixed-methods tool administered to RA participants
prior and subsequent to the workshop gauging:
1. Self evaluations appraising leadership readiness
2. Usefulness of workshop related to peer leadership
3. Satisfaction with campus support for training and
preparing student leaders

8. Questions?