Leadership Across the Lifespan

Catalog description

Analysis and application of models, theories and strategies for developing an individual's full leadership potential at different life stages. LEAD 501 Leadership across the Lifespan (3) LEAD 501 explores and analyzes the requirements for positive leadership of the self and others, recognizing the way people change along the way from early adulthood to old age. Students will be introduced to the various components of the self-leadership, including personal meaning, optimal experiences (flow), emotional intelligence, moral development, how a leader's (and his/her followers') life stream of biographic and deomgraphic elements influence leadership processes, and followers' perceptions the leader's behavior. Students will learn how to display psychologically empowering positive leadership based upon information obtained through discussions, 360-degree and moral development leadership assessments, participation in field projects observing leadership "in vivo," analysis of relevant popular movies by applying theories of leadership and adult development, and readings. Emphasis in this course is placed on learning from the life streams of "real world" leaders to bring to life the material covered in the course. As the course progresses, new knowledge and skills are integrated into a more sophisticated framework for understanding positive leadership across the lifespan.