| Investment Relationship | One-to-One relationship between a Leadership Mentor and Leadership Mentor. The pair meets weekly, with the goal of the Leadership Mentor identifying and developing strengths in the Leadership Mentee, in order for the Leadership Mentee to use those developed strengths to build positive relationships with others. |
| Leadership Mentor | Outstanding college student leader who is paired with an outstanding 7th-12th grade student in the Lincoln area. In the Investment Relationship Model, the Leadership Mentor is the "Investor." |
| Leadership Mentee | 7th-12th grade student in the Lincoln area, specifically identified as a high potential leader. In the Investment Relationship Model, the Leadership Mentee is the "Investee," with the goal of investing in others. |
| Investment | The time and energy spent by a difference maker in order to help another person become better in some way. The difference maker, or investor, invests in the other person (investee). |
| Reinvestment | When the Investee (Leadership Mentee) uses his/her developed strengths to invest in or be a difference maker for someone else. The Investee must spend significant time and energy on that person’s development. Thus, the investee becomes the investor, reaching the ultimate stage of the Investment Relationship: reinvestment. Reinvestment is the formal term for the Ripple Effect (see below). |
| Ripple Effect | The end goal of NHRI. The Ripple Effect happens when an investor (Leadership Mentor) invests in the investee (Leadership Mentee), and the Leadership Mentee takes what they have learned from the Leadership Mentor to invest in someone else, who use their developed strengths to invest in another, and the cycle continues, like the ripple that forms from dropping a pebble into a still body of water. |
| Difference Maker | Someone who spends significant time and energy to help someone else become a better person. In the context of the Investment Relationship, a Difference Maker can also be referred to as an Investor. |
| Spark Point | A topic of conversation that a person could talk about all day. People tend to be visibly excited when their spark points come up in conversation. Finding spark points by asking open-ended questions is a key way of developing an investment relationship. |
| Project | A sub-division of NHRI. NHRI has seven Leadership Mentor-Leadership Mentee projects. Some projects are grade-specific (Junior Projects are for 7th - 9th grade students, Teenage Project for 10th - 12th grade students), and some are school-specific (LDP at Lincoln High School, LDP Southeast at Lincoln Southeast High School, East Project at East High School). |
| Staff Advisor | Responsible for shepherding the investment relationships within each project, and reporting on project happenings to the other staff advisors and the Program Director at Staff Meetings. A Staff Advisor is the 'CEO' of an NHRI Project. |
| Tri-Chair | A project Tri-Chair is responsible for the logistics of the project's meetings and retreats, and has added responsibility to provide support and feedback to the counselors as they share one-on-ones at project meetings. |
| Retreat | When an entire project (both Leadership Mentors and Leadership Mentees) gathers to build relationships among Leadership Mentors and Leadership Mentees, and have fun learning NHRI leadership principles. Retreats typically happen once per semester. |
| ARD | Annual Recognition Day—a yearly celebration where all Leadership Mentors, Leadership Mentees, and their families are invited to celebrate another outstanding year of difference-making. Leadership Mentors and Leadership Mentees create a symbol of their investment relationship, which is on display at ARD. |
| LDP | Leadership Development Project. Originally based out of Lincoln High School, LDP now exists at both Lincoln High and Lincoln Southeast. |
