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This highly-interactive course leverages a broad foundation in the social sciences to explore what it takes to be a great leader, enabling meaningful collaboration even when you lack formal authority. This includes focus on the individual, the team, the context, and the structures of effective leadership. The course is grounded in four pillars of leadership: taking initiative, instilling confidence, exercising influence, and achieving results. Both cutting-edge and seminal research is used to provide a foundation of understanding that focuses on being real in applicability and bringing the concepts of leadership to life in our complicated and ever-changing world. Expect to increase both the depth and breadth of your leadership knowledge through engaging class discussions, practical exercises, group projects, leader profiles, individual reflection, and more.
Course Requirements:
See syllabus for more information.
Intended Audience:
Freshman and Sophomore students interested in theories of leadership and organizations.
Class Format:
Two 1.5 hour lectures/week plus one hour-long discussion