The Milestone for Leadership was previously associated with a learning outcome and was principally developed by a national working group — a team of faculty and staff from different law schools. These resources were developed by the working group and reviewed by the Holloran Center. A PDF Version of the Milestone can be found to the right, alongside a bibliography of sources that contains scholarship on Team Leadership and ideas for classroom implementation.
Team Leadership Milestone
The Leadership Working Group analyzed the most important capacities and skills needed for leadership in a recent book on leadership for lawyers, (Leah W. Teague, Elizabeth M. Fraley, Stephen L. Rispoli, Fundamentals of Lawyer Leadership (2021), and then created Milestone Models for four of the important sub-competencies where Holloran Center did not already have Models created.
| Sub-Competencies | Novice Learner | Intermediate Learner | Competent Learner | Exceptional Learner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Communicates clear and positive purpose | Rarely develops and communicates clear and positive purpose and goals. | Sometimes develops and communicates clear and positive purpose and goals. | Often develops and communicates clear and positive purpose and goals. | Consistently develops and communicates clear and positive purpose and goals. |
| 2. Actively listens and acknowledges others’ viewpoints | Rarely engages in active listening and acknowledging others’ viewpoints. | Sometimes engages in active listening and acknowledging others’ viewpoints. | Often engages in active listening and acknowledging others’ viewpoints. | Consistently engages in active listening and acknowledging others’ viewpoints. |
| 3. Engages in continuous learning | Rarely engages in continuous learning including learning from experience and reflection. | Sometimes engages in continuous learning including learning from experience and reflection. | Often engages in continuous learning including learning from experience and reflection. | Consistently engages in continuous learning including learning from experience and reflection. |
| 4. Positions each team member to maximize strengths | Rarely positions each team member to maximize his or her strengths for best performance. | Sometimes positions each team member to maximize his or her strengths for best performance. | Often positions each team member to maximize his or her strengths for best performance. | Consistently positions each team member to maximize his or her strengths for best performance. |
| 5. Fosters the development of each team member | Rarely fosters the development of each team member by giving frequent feedback and coaching them. | Sometimes fosters the development of each team member by giving frequent feedback and coaching them. | Often fosters the development of each team member by giving frequent feedback and coaching them. | Consistently fosters the development of each team member by giving frequent feedback and coaching them. |
| 6. Motivates diverse ideas including equal conversational turn-taking | Rarely motivates diverse ideas and creates psychological safety for all to participate including roughly equal conversational turn-taking. | Sometimes motivates diverse ideas and creates psychological safety for all to participate including roughly equal conversational turn-taking. | Often motivates diverse ideas and creates psychological safety for all to participate including roughly equal conversational turn-taking. | Consistently motivates diverse ideas and creates psychological safety for all to participate including roughly equal conversational turn-taking. |
| 7. Manages team time well | Rarely manages team time well including encouraging of systematic thinking about team projects and clear delegation on specific steps. | Sometimes manages team time well including encouraging of systematic thinking about team projects and clear delegation on specific steps. | Often manages team time well including encouraging of systematic thinking about team projects and clear delegation on specific steps. | Consistently manages team time well including encouraging of systematic thinking about team projects and clear delegation on specific steps. |