1. HOW TO “LEAD ON” IN
PEER MANAGEMENT
Dorothy Stromdahl
Graduate Assistant – SRC Facilities
Devin Smith
SRC Manager/ Student Educator

2. Learning Objectives
Understand the difference between Manager
and Leader
Identify a leadership style that is adjustable
Dissect their current of future leadership role
and apply principles to become a better leader

3. Focus Question
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a
student leader?
How do you use them to make yourself an
effective manager?
Handout page 1

4. Student Leader Values Auction
Handout page 2

5. What do we already know?
What is Management?
Responsibility for controlling or administering all or part of a company
or similar organization, activities, business dealings, trainings and
other aspects of a career. (Harvard Business Review, Dec. 2001)
What is a Leader?
A visionary, who is able to motivate others using passion and
charisma toward the right thing. They set direction, build an inspiring
vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out
where you need to go to “win” as a team or an organization; and it is
dynamic, exciting, and inspiring. (Harvard Business Review, Dec.
2001)

6. The Difference Between Leadership and Management

7. Answering the Question
Focus Question:
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a
student leader?
How do you use them to make yourself an
effective manager?

8. What is a Leadership Role?
Role/ Position
Relationship/ Example
Developer/ Respected

9. Difficult Peer Management Scenarios
Disciplining Friends
Enforcing Policy on Friends
Supervising older peers

10. Thank You
Dorothy Stromdahl, GA – SRC Facilities
dpstrom@bgsu.edu
Devin Smith, SRC Manager
devinds@bgsu.edu