Next Offered |
Registration Deadline |
Status |
July 25 - August 29, 2008 |
July 23, 2008 |
OPEN |
The Role of Effective Leadership in Sustainable Community
Development
GSLL 1511
2 CEUs - $345
Description:
“Don’t push; pull.” General Eisenhower used to teach leadership with a piece of string. He would put it on a table and say, “Pull it and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it and it will go nowhere at all. It’s just that way when it comes to leading people."
Leadership development is an ongoing learning experience irrespective of one’s age, gender and status in life. Leadership development denotes mental strength and tenacity, decision-making ability, owning responsibility of the decision on one hand and, on the other, it denotes inspiring, guiding and empowering others to achieve their greatest potential.
Leadership development is important at the personal level (in one’s own home) and at the professional level (in the work place and in the community). In this instructor’s opinion, the ability to stay the course is of utmost importance in being an effective leader. Effective leadership is the backbone of success.
In this course students will cover:
- Promoting Leadership qualities and competencies
- Case studies of historical and contemporary leaders
- Self image analysis
- Developing a positive, proactive (winner’s) mental attitude
- Understanding the role of empathic listening and effective communication as a key element toward improving interpersonal skills
- Managing conflicts
- Discerning organizational climate
- Aligning an unaligned group toward cohesiveness
- Creating a shared vision
- Analyzing core problems
- Building action plans to overcome the problems
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