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Katie School Student Leadership Program in Risk Consulting

The Katie School Student Leadership Program in Risk Consulting brings together 20 of the top students from the College to participate in an eight-month program culminating with a student risk consulting project for one of several local not-for-profit organizations. Students earn a scholarship and certification upon completion. This program begins during the fall semester and ends in late spring. It is facilitated by a combination of industry executives and faculty from various disciplines. Components of the program include the following:

 

Personal Discovery

  • Communication styles assessment
  • Personal character, personal risk profile, and personal motivators assessments with executive coaching

 

Leadership Principles Exposure

  • Conflict resolution and negotiation
  • Working effectively in teams
  • Critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Business communication
  • Insurance industry issues
  • Risk management and risk consulting
  • Transitioning from student leader to industry employee

 

Experiential Leadership in Action

As a capstone to the leadership training, students participate in a risk consulting project for a not-for-profit organization.  The project allows students to exercise the knowledge gained through the insurance and actuary curriculum as well as build on the leadership training offered during the program.  Throughout the consulting project students are accountable for:

  • Identifying and assessing an organization’s risk
  • Developing risk treatment alternatives
  • Presenting recommendations to an organization’s senior executives/and or Board of Director's

In order to successfully complete the risk assessment students will often interview members of the assigned organization, visit the company's location for a physical inspection, and analyze current insurance policies and coverages.

 

Request Risk Consulting Services

The Katie School Student Leadership Program in Risk Consulting is always looking for organizations to offer the risk consulting services of these extraordinary students.  By becoming involved with the leadership program your organization will be helping these students develop their risk assessment skills as well as their leadership skills...all while receiving a free risk consultation!

Feedback from previous years' participating organizations has been overwhelmingly positive.  To increase the learning potential, students work under the direction of Katie School Director Jim Jones throughout the risk consulting project.  To view an example of a student risk consulting project from a previous year, follow the link below:

For more information or to request risk consulting services please contact Jim Jones, Director of the Katie School of Insurance for more information.

Jim Jones
COB 432D
(309) 438-3021