Students who declare Fall 2024 or after
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop awareness in self and others
- Promote behavior in oneself and others that is respectful and inclusive
- Use effective influencing strategies to achieve measurable results
- Work effectively with others to tackle organizational opportunities and challenges
Description:
Leadership, People and Organizations
Over the last two decades, we have learned much about how to help people change and develop in sustainable ways that bring out the best in people in terms of human performance in the workplace and beyond. These empirical findings from converging disciplines such as organizational science, neuroscience, psychology, social psychology, and talent management are reshaping what we think about leadership and how best to develop leaders and improve organizations. Fortunately, these insights arrive when organizational life is becoming increasingly more complex, ambiguous, volatile, and uncertain. Traditional approaches to developing others and leading organizations are proving insufficient and ineffective over the long-term.
With that in mind, to lead in a multicultural world, the leader’s core competencies must include their ability to communicate, make ethical decisions, demonstrate empathy and inspire people, and influence in ways that build upon the passions and motivation of others. Leaders must be able to develop productive relationships with others which allow for making decisions and executing those decisions. Above all, leaders must know themselves well, embrace personal development, consider, articulate, and model personal values that drive behavior and help build a positive, empathic organizational climate.
The Leadership, People and Organizations concentration is designed for students who want to become more effective and influential in working with others in uncertain, complex and challenging organizational settings, ranging from small to large organizations, and whether they aspire to be in a formal leadership role or not. Those environments could also include, family firms, consulting, not for profits, government, sports, and health care institutions, to name a few. This concentration also focuses on students who are interested in careers in talent management, managerial consulting, leading others and roles that build on similar interests.
The courses in the Leadership, People and Organizations concentration provide real-world applications to help students develop a plan tailored to their specific needs while strengthening their leadership competency and building a leadership tool kit for the future.
Effective leaders are change-makers, but changing the world begins with changing oneself first.
Sponsored by: Management Division
Faculty Contact: Bob Bonnevie