Concordia's Competitive Leadership Team wins 2024 championship

Concordia's Competitive Leadership team took the top two spots in the recent Collegiate Leadership Competition, which took place on April 4 and 6. Twelve students competed in total, forming two teams - Concordia Platinum and Concordia Cobalt.

The CLC was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit organization where students can engage in a digital practice space to apply what they're learning as part of their undergraduate education. Each April, they host a national virtual competition. Schools up to five times as large as Concordia compete, including the University of California - Riverside, Old Dominion University, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and more.

Dr. Curt Beck was the first to start a competitive leadership team at Concordia in 2017. Since then, Beck and other members of the business faculty have engaged in its leadership, allowing it to grow and flourish as a consistent national contender. Concordia's CLC team uses curriculum that allows its students to learn the attributes of effective leaders, creative problem-solving methods, conflict resolution, ethical decision-making, and more.

This year's virtual Collegiate Leadership Global Challenge ended with Concordia Platinum and Concordia Cobalt taking the top two spots and maintaining their title as national champions.