Introduction to Community Leadership and Development

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to leadership by focusing on what it means to be a good leader who facilitates community development. Emphasis in the course is on the practice of leadership within organizations. The course will examine topics such as: understanding leadership and leadership styles, recognizing leadership traits, engaging people’s strengths, attending to tasks and relationships, creating a vision, establishing a constructive community climate, listening to out-group members, handling conflict, addressing ethics in community leadership, overcoming obstacles, and ensuring inclusion of racial and disability justice frameworks in various community leadership approaches. Students will assess their leadership traits and skills to improve their own leadership performance.