A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE MENU...
The main goal of all chapter consultations is to make a chapter better. The menu format allows groups the flexibility to customize a consultation to fit their chapter’s needs and goals. Menu consultations have replaced chapter "visits," during which chapters have traditionally had little choice in the focus areas and items addressed, and rarely developed a lasting and continuing relationship after the staff member left. "Consultations" start long before the consultant arrives and continue throughout the academic year. The main role of the consultant is as a facilitator, or "someone who makes progress easier." By guiding the chapter through a process, he will increase the chapter's strength and effectiveness.
Review the "Menu" order form or continue reading to learn more about our leadership consultant program and to prepare for a chapter consultation.
Additional Officer Meetings – These meetings will consist of one-on-one meetings to address the basic responsibilities and resources of appropriate position.
PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM (PEP) WORKSHOPS
These workshops are designed to help a chapter improve in areas directly related to the PEP. Brief descriptions of each workshop are provided, as well as the intended audience and projected duration.
- Pursuit of Excellence Program Strategy Session - Designed to help a chapter develop goals and action plans for the upcoming year based on the results from your chapter's previous PEP submission. (Ideally facilitated at the beginning of the academic year with the entire chapter.)
- Pursuit of Excellence Program Self-Assessment Session - Designed to help a chapter complete the Chapter Self-Assessment Booklet. (Ideally facilitated in April with the entire chapter.)
VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP
Sigma Nu transforms society through the commitment of its members to the Fraternity's founding principles, leadership and ethical living.
SERVICE AND PHILANTHROPY
- Helping Hand Initiative - Assess your chapter's current service and philanthropy plan and develop any needed improvements. (45 min. with Community Service and Philanthropy committee(s))
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP
- Response Ability - Participate in a program that could bring value to your campus community by eliminating groupthink and bystander behavior. (1 hour with chapter)
- A Different Look at Hazing - Participate in a program that could change the way organizations on your campus address the problem of hazing. (1 hour with chapter)
VALUES CONGRUENT ENVIRONMENTS
- Living the Ritual - Increase understanding of the Ritual and reassess your chapter's commitment to its values. Develop a plan to incorporate the Ritual into everyday life and the operations of your chapter. (1 hour with chapter)
- Value of Fraternity - Discuss how the chapter can add more value to members' lives and the stakeholders that support them. (45 minutes with chapter)
- <What is hazing? What is not? - Properly identify activities that are seen as hazing and develop various activities that do not constitute hazing. (45 minutes with chapter)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERSHIP VALUE
Through the development of the organization and the individual, the Fraternity adds value to the experience of its members by fostering the personal growth of each man's mind, heart, and character. This added value perpetuates a lifelong commitment to the organization.
CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT
- Candidate Education - Create or revamp your chapter's candidate education program. (1 hour with Marshal, LEAD Chairman, Executive Committee and/or chapter)
BROTHER DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter Retreats - Understand the benefits of retreats and how to effectively organize one. (45 minutes with Executive Committee)
- LEAD Planning - Create or revamp your chapter's LEAD plan. (1 hour with LEAD Committee, Executive Committee and/or chapter)
- Teambuilding - Understand how to effectively incorporate teambuilding activities into chapter operations. (45 minutes with LEAD, Brotherhood and/or Executive Committees)
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
- Scholarship Planning - Create or revamp your chapter's scholarship plan. (1 hour with Scholarship and/or Executive Committees)
ALUMNI DEVELOPMENT
- Alumni Relations - Create or revamp your chapter's alumni relations plan. (1 hour with Alumni Relations and/or Executive Committees)
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Sigma Nu's organizational structure and internal operations will provide for the effective deployment of resources to deliver excellence in every facet of the Fraternity.
RECRUITMENT AND MANPOWER
- Chapter-Level Recruitment - Assess and improve your chapter's current recruitment strategy. Learn how to incorporate Sigma Nu's Values-Based Recruitment Program. (1 hour with chapter)
- Recruitment Committee - Revamp the structure of your recruitment committee and create a year-round recruitment plan. (1 hour with Recruitment and/or Executive Committees)
- Recruitment Skills - Review the best skills for recruiting at the interpersonal level. (1 hour with Chapter)
CHAPTER OPERATIONS
- Budgeting - Assess your chapter's current budgeting process and develop any needed improvements. (1 hour with Finance and/or Executive Committee)
- How to Create a Functioning Committee - Create or revamp your chapter's committee structure. (1 hour with Executive Committee)
- Officer Transition - Plan and implement an effective officer transition. (45 minutes with Executive Committee)
- Motivation - Discuss and develop strategies to improve the motivation of your chapter members. (45 minutes with Executive Committee)
- Goal Setting - Identify the areas of needing improvement in your chapter and begin the process of establishing effective goals. (1 hour with Chapter)
- Strategic Planning - Define the mission and vision of your chapter and develop a comprehensive plan to achieve them. (1-2 hours with Chapter)
GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- Honor/Judicial Boards - Understand the accountability mechanism of Sigma Nu and plan their implementation into chapter operations. (1 hour with Executive Committee and current Honor Board)
In addition to the PEP workshops mentioned above, consultants encourage each chapter to select at least one LEAD session. These sessions include those the consultant is most prepared to facilitate. However, chapters are more than welcome to select any LEAD session from the program and inform the consultant prior to his visit.
Phase I: The Way of Honor
Session 1: Fraternity
Session 3: Leadership & Working in Groups
Session 4: Sigma Nu: International Organization & Chapter Operations
Session 5: Risk Reduction
Session 6: Values
Session 7: Ethics
Session 8: Leadership: The Basics
Session 10: Ritual: The End...The Beginning
Session 11: Community Service
Session 12: Time Management
Phase II: The Life of Love
Session 1: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Session 3: Visionary Leadership
Session 4: Effective Change
Session 7: Controversy with Civility
Session 8: Living Our Values
Phase III: The Light of Truth
Session 3: Effective Change
Phase IV: The End… The Beginning
Session 3: Servant Leadership
Session 5: Conflict
Session 6: Success Tips for the First Year on the Job
All-Chapter:
Module A: Personal Development
Session 3: Scholarship
Session 6: Diversity
Module B: Chapter Operations
Session 1: Goal Setting
Session 2: Delegation
Session 3: Effective Meetings
Session 5: Officer Transition
Session 7: Accountability
Session 8: PEP Chapter Self-Assessment Session
Session 9: PEP Strategy Session
Prepare for your next chapter consultation by downloading and completing the "Menu" order form. Completed order forms should be emailed to your chapter’s leadership consultant for review prior to the on-site consultation.
