Visiting Leadership Fellows
About
The Teevens Center's Visiting Leadership Fellows program brings accomplished leaders to campus for immersive, multi-day residencies that provide students with unparalleled access to real-world leadership insights. Through classroom visits, small-group discussions, fireside chats, and informal mentoring, Fellows engage directly with students across Dartmouth, sharing lessons from leading organizations through innovation, change, and complexity.
Inaugural Fellow - Jeff Immelt
Our inaugural Visiting Leadership Fellow was Jeff Immelt. During his residency, Jeff met with students, faculty, and campus leaders across the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business, and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship. Programming included classroom discussions, student leadership roundtables, a campus-wide fireside conversation on leading through change, entrepreneurship events, and informal networking opportunities, giving students unique access to one of the world's most experienced business leaders.
Leading Through Change with Jeff Immelt
What does it take to lead when the path forward is uncertain? In this fireside conversation, Jeff Immelt, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric and the inaugural Teevens Center Leadership Fellow, joins Dr. Duncan Simpson, Director of the Teevens Center for Peak Performance, for a candid discussion on leadership, adaptability, failure, decision-making, and helping people and teams move forward through rapid change.
“When I was nominated to attend the student roundtable with Jeff Immelt, I didn’t really know what to expect. What stuck with me was how much he talked about the importance of trusting the people around you: that as a leader you’re going to have to make hard decisions and hold others accountable, and that you’re going to go through tough times, but you stick together and come out the other side. Those are all things I can apply to my team this fall. I’m grateful the Teevens Center is creating opportunities like this, and I hope I get to be part of more of them.”
Jackson Ashford ’28, Dartmouth Football
LE@D - Leadership Education @ Dartmouth
Leadership is learned, practiced, and strengthened over time, and Dartmouth offers students many ways to develop it. The Teevens Center has been directly involved in Leadership Education at Dartmouth (LE@D), a cross-campus initiative that brings together programs, resources, and people from across the College to help students identify, explore, and engage in leadership opportunities.
Through the Leadership Hub, students can browse programs by area, search a sortable table of opportunities, and use tools to understand and chart their own leadership path. Staff and faculty who run leadership programs will also find resources to support their work.
We strongly encourage anyone who wants to learn more about this cross-campus effort to
visit the Leadership Hub.