NSLS Leadership Development Program | About Our Program

OUR PROGRAM

A TURNKEY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WORKS

The NSLS provides everything you need to build the leadership, career, and life skills of students on your campus. Whether you’re looking to enhance your current leadership program or implement a new one, we provide the tools and resources you need to create lasting positive change in your students' lives and broader community.

Engage students and drive participation
Integrate with your current student engagement strategy
Improve student retention
Offer fully virtual programming options

THE NSLS DIFFERENCE

A program truly made for developing leaders

We build on the traditional honor society model by providing colleges the opportunity to recognize their students for achievements beyond their GPA. In addition, the NSLS is the only accredited leadership honor society providing administrators with leadership development programming to measurably impact student development and engagement. Students also have the opportunity to take their learning with the NSLS deeper and earn academic credit recommendations with our programs.

95% of our chapters continue with us every year.

STUDENT OUTCOMES

Inspiring personal and professional growth

By delivering engaging and interactive technology-based learning tools, students experience these outcomes after completing our program:

Can identify their personal strengths
Believe they are a leader
Know how to motivate others to achieve more
Identify with new people and find common ground
Know how to set goals
Are able to motivate themselves
Build core purpose, confidence, and problem solving

Steps To Induction

AN ENRICHING STUDENT EXPERIENCE

To complete the NSLS leadership development program and achieve induction, students must complete our five Steps to Induction below.

Orientation is the first event on campus for new members. During orientation, students get introduced to other members, learn the steps they need to take to complete the program, and review the schedule of events for the semester.

On leadership training day, students attend an interactive video training session where they identify their goals and work on a plan of action to achieve them. During this session, they learn various leadership skills, recognize strengths and weaknesses, and create a path for overcoming obstacles.

Students attend live streamed and pre-recorded speaker events where they get to interact with and learn from leaders, celebrities, and best-selling authors. Hosted six times per year, topics include leadership fundamentals, identifying goals, facing challenges, personal growth, and successfully transitioning from college to career.

Students meet bi-weekly in small groups to work together and set goals for future success. In these meetings, students discuss their goals and hold each other accountable by setting timelines and expectations. After each meeting, students submit a reflective journal entry online, providing advisors the opportunity to coach and mentor in a format which actively engages students.

In their final step toward induction, a formal induction ceremony will be held where students are presented with their Certificate of Leadership Training, honoring their achievement and official membership into the NSLS.

Student Success

HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

Our program helps you attract and develop new student leaders, boost engagement, increase retention, and involves faculty in student development.

We’ll guide you through the process and help you run your NSLS chapter seamlessly, with:

Regularly scheduled calls.
Access to a dedicated area on the website to manage your chapter.
Training on setting up a student executive board.
Free regional conferences for you to attend to learn best practices and network with other chapter advisors.
Tools to promote and track attendance for your events, including full-color glossy posters, flyers, press releases, promotional emails, personalized invitations to students and assistance in getting faculty support.

The NSLS provides you with everything you need to build the leadership, career, and life skills of students on your campus from start to finish. Our world-class, accredited leadership development program saves you valuable time so you can seamlessly implement it across your organization.

Leverage technology that allows you to track, capture, organize, and build community with students through your admin portal.
Use ready-to-go content, including videos and presentations.
Offer member benefits such as scholarships, an online job bank, and a personalized recommendation letter.
Encourage sustainability through grants, cash-back programs, and best-practices based discounts.

The Chapter Success Team effortlessly connects chapter leaders to their members through NSLS programs and resources. We foster continuous chapter growth through consistent member recruitment and provide curriculum and events that keep students engaged. To enable chapter success, we distribute induction kits, handle account renewals, and regularly communicate program updates.

EDUCATION AFFILIATES

RECOMMENDED BY

ACE

ACE-Blue

NSLS courses have been reviewed and recommended for credit reciprocity by ACE.

Recommended By

NCCRS

NSLS courses have been reviewed and recommended by NCCRS for credit reciprocity.

Accredited By

Cognia

cognia

NSLS is the only honor society providing accredited leadership development programming.

Partnered With

NASPA

NSLS has worked with NASPA to serve student affairs professionals since 2017.

PARTNERED WITH

CHEA/CIQG

NSLS established a partnership with CHEA/CIQG in 2020.

PARTNERED WITH

CHEL

NSLS works in partnership with the Center for Higher Education Leadership.

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The NSLS on your campus

Interested in learning more about our program and how it can work for your campus? You can connect with us by filling out the form at the top of this page or choosing a date and time to connect. If you have any concerns about funding, please share this with our team, as there are grants and financial support available.

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Learn more about how the NSLS program can support your goals and integrate with current initiatives.