The second semester has been full of leadership development opportunities for the cohort of Chesapeake Bay Fellows. Each Wednesday the fellows have gathered to hear about an aspect of LEADING SELF.

On Wednesday, January 11 the fellows met with Sean Wetmore, Director of the Center for Civic and Global Leadership to discuss the “committment continuum”, a concept brought to life by Jeff Janssen, founder and director of the Sports Leadership Center. Mr. Wetmore challenged the fellows to consider their level of commitmemt to the Chesapeake Bay. The continuum challenges students to consider the following levels of committment — resistant, reluctant, compliant, committed and compelled. Our students were asked to follow up with Mr. Wetmore and explain their relative level of committment and how they planned to move towards becoming compelled leaders. Students were also asked to reflect on a talk from first semester by Mr. Howard Hoege, Director of Admissions at the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and his ecouragement to set goals, then write some tangible goals for the second semester.