![Participants in the 2019 Levitt Leadership Institute gather on day one in KJ.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mediacdn.hamilton.edu/images/16:9/980/lli2jpg.jpg)
Twenty-five Hamilton students returned to campus a week early to participate in the 8th Levitt Leadership Institute (LLI). The focus of the week-long program is understanding how teams and team leadership works.
Students will develop and practice key skills such as active listening, asking powerful questions, problem-solving, working in groups and managing difficult conversations. Then, they’ll apply lessons and skills in preparing and conducting interviews with Utica-area leaders.
More than 180 students have participated in LLI since its inception in 2012.