History

Responding to student interest in leadership development opportunities, NACOE's Tau Beta Pi Chapter leaders worked with leaders in other college student organizations and advisors to organize the NACOE Leadership Network. This program includes four components determined to enhance classroom learning by providing experiences simulating real world environments.

Leadership workshops use industry methods to support the development of evolving leaders in engineering and comuter science. Participants are encouraged to actively engage in NACOE student organziations aligning with their major and/or interests to maximize on the benefits the program offers for their development as professionals.

Vision

To empower engineering and computing students with leadership skills and integrating expertise with emotional intelligence, global competencies, and teamwork for the purpose of excelling in diverse professional environments.

 

NACOE Evolving Leader Model

NACOE Evolving Leader

Program Model

Consisting of 4 core components, this model guides the organization of events and opportunties. These include: leadership workshops, applied experience workshops, professional mentoring opportunities, and requests for speaker series candidates.

Leadership Foundation & Identity

Core 1

Leadership Foundation and Identity

Developing one's identity as a leader is supported through using frameworks to create a common language, definitions, and the layers involved with the journey. Following are a few resources used to accomplish this objective.

  • The Student Leadership Challenge (Kouzes, J. M., and Posner, B.Z., 2024)
  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Bradberry, T., and Greaves, J., 2009)
  • Global Fitness for Global People (Spencer-Oatey, H., Franklin, P., and Lazidou, D., 2022).
  • Making Working Relationships Work  (Spencer-Oatey, H., and Lazidou, D., 2024).
  • Making Better Choices and Wicked Problems  (Madhavan, G., 2021, 2024)

  • Real Colors® (NCTi®, 2025)

Workshops for Technical Skills

Core 2

Applied Workshops for Technical Skills

Student organizations host hands-on activities to practice technical skills. These often incude projects simulating real-world applications.

Mentorship with Field Experts

Core 3

Mentorship with Field Experts

Mentor connections include networking opportunities, career advice, college-to-industry transition advice, and one-on-one professional mentoring. 

Student Events

Core 4

NACOE Student Events

Student events include leadership summits, speaker series visitors, and panel dicussions. Events may focus on particular organizations but are designed to include a wide audience from the NACOE.