Members of both the synchronous and asynchronous cohorts of the Rockefeller Leadership Fellows Class of 2021 attended the annual fall retreat on September 25-26, 2020. RLF Retreat Day 1 (September 25, 2020)
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For the third session of the program, the Fellows were joined by Dr. Stephen Gonzalez, the Assistant Athletic Director for Leadership and Mental Performance at Dartmouth College. With the week’s assignments focusing on leadership philosophies and values, Stephen’s focus on leadership theories was apt. Stephen began by introducing the evolution of leadership theories through time, from the “Great Man Theory” that supported monarchies to the more modern theories that are endorsed today. Central to the discussion was the differences between leadership traits and leadership skills.
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For the second session of the Fall 2020 term of RLF, the Fellows were joined by their first guest speaker, Nate Fick ’99, whose session was titled “Into the Arena: Translating Thought to Action as a Young Leader.” Prior to the session, the Fellows were asked to read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance” and a speech given at West Point by William Deresiewicz. The focus of both articles was the power and importance of solitude, in all its connotations, to leadership.
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Welton Chang '05, a Nelson A. Rockefeller Center Board of Visitors member, has recently been featured in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine as well as published on the Defense One Website.
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As technology gets embedded into nearly every facet of society, studying the intersections of engineering and public policy has become critical for the next generation of leaders. That’s why Thayer School in 2008 introduced a modified major in engineering and public policy in partnership with the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.
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