Catalyst modules are designed to focus on a single leadership competency, allowing students to further develop their unique skill sets.
Option 1: Tuesdays 2/11 & 02/25 at 6-8 PM
Option 2: Saturdays 2/22 & 3/7 at 1:30 - 3:30 PM
*Facilitators: Michael Landrum and Sarah Sullivan
Option 1: Wednesdays 2/5 & 2/19 at 6 - 8 PM
Option 2: Saturdays 1/25 & 2/8 at 9 - 11 AM
Option 3: Thursdays 2/27 & 3/12 at 6 - 8 PM
*Facilitator: Melinda English
Option 1: Wednesdays 2/26 & 3/11 at 6 - 8 PM
*Facilitator: Eddie Turner
Option 1: Tuesdays 2/4 & 2/18 at 6 - 8 PM
Option 2: Saturdays 2/22 & 3/7 at 9 - 11 AM
Option 3: Mondays 3/9 & 3/23 at 6 - 8 PM
*Facilitator: Elitza Ranova
Option 1: Saturdays 1/25 & 2/8 at 9 - 11 AM
Option 2: Tuesdays 3/24 & 4/7 at 6 - 8 PM
*Facilitator: Juliana Ashley
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
All questions regarding Catalyst may be directed to Stephanie Taylor at Stephanie.Taylor@rice.edu.
Are you looking to build stronger connections, understand your peers more deeply, or looking for ways to better understand what’s really happening on your team?
If so, this module is for you. After exploring six strategies for listening you will have the opportunity to practice the art of listening to understand.
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
Do you want to learn how to create a shared experience that launches a focused and invested team from the beginning?
Join this highly interactive module to learn strategies that will lead to a strong shared goal setting process and a team all “singing from the same hymn sheet” with a shared mental model.
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
How skilled are you in sharing input that drives behavioral change in others? Are you able to share feedback with someone without creating defensiveness or resistance?
Strong feedback can positively impact an entire team’s culture, outcomes, and motivation. In this module, you will learn a concrete framework for how to provide meaningful and positive feedback to others.
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
What do you do when you encounter conflict or tension with others? Do you tend to shrink back and withdraw, or do you enter into confrontations with an open mind?
This highly interactive module addresses how to recognize your conflict triggers, how to uncover the different values that can lead to conflict, and provides role playing to proactive positive responses to conflict. You will also learn how to address conflict in a way that preserves and improves relationships, creates new opportunities, and increases productivity.
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
Leaders make important decisions every day.
In this module, participants will explore a six-part framework that will help them increase the quality of their decision making process. There will be opportunities to practice making decisions, explore the most common biases that exist in decision making and get peer-coaching on an upcoming personal decision.
Please note that each module meets twice for two hours. You must be able to attend both sessions to sign-up.
The deadline to sign-up is 48 hours prior to the first session of a module.
How aware are you of your own leadership tendencies and habits? Do you take time to understand the needs of the current situation and adapt your approach to meet the context?
In this interactive module, you will identify insights into your leadership tendencies to increase your self-awareness. Additionally, you will analyze situations to practice building situational awareness and flexibility in your leadership style.
*This module is not currently being offered this semester but please check back at the beginning of each academic semester to see our updated program offerings.
How skilled are you in gaining commitment from your faculty advisor and peers?
This module will teach you the components of effective influence and increase your awareness of others’ needs and motivations. You will learn how to apply influence techniques to real life situations, helping you build and sustain momentum for your research and group projects.
*This module is not currently being offered this semester but please check back at the beginning of each academic semester to see our updated program offerings.
