Leadership Development and Adaptive Performance

Catalog description

In this course, executive students will gain knowledge of traditional and contemporary leadership theories and their roles in a global environment. In the first part of the course, we explore multiple approaches to leadership while developing workplace relationships and leading with increased confidence. Students will gain an understanding of individual strengths and challenges, a personal development plan, and have an opportunity to collaborate with others. In the second part of the course, we focus on performance, using techniques and training methods developed from the field of applied improvisation in support of building adaptive leaders. Executive students spend most of these classes on their feet engaged in exercises designed to help them become more creative, heighten awareness, think faster, build confidence, and improve expression and leadership skills. Students maintain an individual journal and group reflections on their growth and learn to manage the unexpected through a variety of thought experiments, physical activities, and debriefs.