Developing Interpersonal Skills for Leading

Catalog description

This course is designed for students who want to increase their understanding of interpersonal and team dynamics. It will help you build more open and effective relationships and improve your ability to cooperate with and lead others unlike you--whether from biology or life history--to work effectively in today's increasingly team-oriented organizations. The emphasis of this course is on learning about oneself in the context of others, learning about diverse others, and using these insights to facilitate growth in skills in the groups you lead. The course revolves around student-led conversations, courageous expression of needs and concerns, and written reflections. Listening is valued as highly as speaking. Due to its many opportunities to be exposed to others' experiences, views, and needs, this course satisfies the Human Diversity and Commonality Perspective Requirements of the GER. Counts as a Human Diversity & Commonality course. Prereq: At least sophomore standing.