Interdisciplinary Leadership Development Seminar

Catalog description

The seminar is predicated on the six-pillar leadership model of the Center for Leadership Studies, built on the foundation that effective leaders must at once visionary, ethical, engaging, tactical technical (including sub-expert conversancy for team development), and reflective (including formal assessment and redirection, as well the core competencies of a reflective practitioner. The components of the experience include assigned media of 120’, including note taking, delivered via written, video and audio (podcast) media. The first of two meeting days each week (T/R) will include focused discussion and elucidation of the topic of the week, buttressed by these assigned media. The second of two meeting days per week will include special guests, case studies, role plays, and other experiential opportunities to deepen student understanding and to practice their underlying leadership skillset. (The special guests are CEO’s, leaders and influencers in a variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations, reflective of the disciplines reflected in the course composition.) Each week will also include two hours of “experiential opportunities” (EO’s) to allow students to tailor experience to their own personal and professional ambitions. (These include joint experiential opportunities spanning all sections facilitated centrally, as well as individual one:one sessions with the Executive Fellows leading each seminar.) Lastly, each week culminates with a 2-hour (1,200 word +/-) reflective journal that is submitted for detailed Executive Fellow feedback, allowing each student to document and exposit on their own leadership progression. Requires faculty approval - contact Michael Murphy at [email protected]