Leadership Development of Self, Teams, and Organizations

Catalog description

To begin their journey of leadership development, students navigate presentations, self-assessment tools, and engage in interactive sessions with peers and faculty to identify their personal leadership style and personal leadership plan. Activities include promoting mindfulness needed to support resilience and change. Students are challenged to seek feedback from others and to identify implicit biases and motivators impacting professional growth. Leadership skills needed to lead teams, organizations, and collaborate across organizations requires advanced skills and self-reflection. Students apply leadership principles to team and organizational behavior and policy analysis with an emphasis on influencing change and facilitating social justice. Unique skills sets required for rural, urban, and other distinct communities are discussed. Students examine case reports, platform and poster presentations related to physical therapist education and practice.