Emerging Leaders II: Leadership Development

Catalog description

Emerging Leaders II is designed to provide students with the tools and skills they need to become effective leaders. Students participate in a series of sessions entitled Speak as Well as You Think, based on the work of John Vautier. These sessions are designed to improve the speaking and message delivery of leaders. Students are videotaped and provided one on one feedback regarding their message and delivery of the message. Students participate in designing news ways of thinking about challenging the process and innovation through a series of sessions around lean thinking, value stream mapping, problem solving, and innovation. Lastly, students participate in a series of sessions, based on the book by Kouzes and Posner entitled The Leadership Challenge. Students lead each of the sessions and engage their colleagues in discussions and experiential exercises to more deeply understand and practice the behaviors necessary to be an effective leader.