Leadership Education & Development
Winona State wants to teach students the skills they need to become strong leaders. There are many opportunities for aspiring student leaders, including the Warriors Lead & Serve.
If you want hands-on leadership experience, Winona State offers plenty of roles to do so.
You can run for Student Senate or lead a campus club. You can sign up as team captain for an intramural sports team.
You can make students’ on-campus housing experience memorable as a resident assistant. You can help students succeed in their classes as a tutor —and so much more.
You may develop new skills and experience the community in a new way through volunteering with campus departments and local non-profit organizations.
Each year, over 500 students contribute over 1,000 hours to the Winona State and the local community. This is over $24,000 in value to the community!
You can volunteer individually or through one of the large service days.
Find Volunteer Opportunities
The overnight retreat is held at an off-campus location where students engage in strategic planning for student campus engagement, learn leadership skills, and bring back team-building activities to their student organizations.
The Winona State President and Student Activities staff lead the development activities.
You can attend as many presentations that interest you. Past topics include:
- mental health
- women’s empowerment
- leaving your leadership legacy
Every Spring semester, Warriors Lead and Serve invites the Winona State community to nominate students and recognized student organizations for a variety of awards.
Let’s acknowledge the outstanding work and contributions they have made this academic year to improve our campus, community, and our world.
2025-2026 Awards
You can read a book on your own or checkout a set of books for a book club group read.
Browse Our Leadership Library
| Book Title | Author(s) | Book Type | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Braving the Wilderness" | Brené Brown | Book Club | 11 |
| "Dare to Lead" | Brené Brown | Solo | 1 |
| "Daring Greatly" | Brené Brown | Solo | 1 |
| "Atomic Habits" | James Clear | Solo | 1 |
| "First, Break All the Rules" | Gallup | Solo | 1 |
| "Strengths Based Leadership" | Gallup | Solo | 1 |
| "The Power of Positive Leadership" | Jon Gordon | Solo | 1 |
| "Permission to Screw Up" | Kristen Hadeed | Book Club | 11 |
| "The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day" | Amy Jen Su | Solo | 1 |
| "The Five Disfunctions of a Team" | Patrick Lencioni | Solo | 1 |
| "Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't" | L. David Marquet | Solo | 1 |
| "Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements" | Tom Rath and Jim Harter | Book Club | 11 |
| "Radical Candor" | Kim Scott | Solo | 1 |
| "The Infinite Game" | Simon Sinek | Solo | 1 |
| "Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't" | Simon Sinek | Solo | 1 |
| "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action" | Simon Sinek | Book Club | 11 |
| "Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team" | Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker | Book Club | 11 |
If you have any questions, please reach out to Warriors Lead & Serve.