Team and Leadership Fundamentals I

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. It is imperative that students are taught from the beginning that there are many layers to leadership, including aspects that are not immediately obvious. Such things include listening, understanding themselves, being a good follower, and efficient problem solving. The students will apply these leadership perspectives when completing team building activities and discussing topics such as conflict management. Students will demonstrate basic verbal and written communication skills. The purpose of communication studies curriculum is to develop leaders with effective thinking, writing, and speaking skills. The course will begin to build on that foundation by providing opportunities to complete both briefing and writing assignments in accordance with Air Force requirements and will prepare students for the more rigorous assignments in future courses. As students mature and become more comfortable with the increasing requirements, the demands to write and speak increase as well.