Advanced Communication for Leaders

Readings

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS AND VIDEOS
1	Introductions: Course and Colleagues Storytelling in Leadership	Mind Tools Team, Business Storytelling.
2	Leadership Communication: Understanding Your Communication Style	George, Bill, Peter Sims, et al. “Discovering Your Authentic Leadership.” Harvard Business Review, February 2007. Cain, Susan. The Power of Introverts. TED Talk. TED.com. February, 2012.
3	Leadership Communication: Crafting Your Vision of Leadership	Ulrich, Dave, and Norm Smallwood. “Five Steps to Building Your Personal Leadership Brand.” Harvard Business Review, March 2010. Cuddy, Amy J. C., Matthew Kohut, et al. “Connect, Then Lead.” Harvard Business Review, July-August 2013.
4	Leadership Communication: Speaking to Motivate and Inspire	Conger, Jay A. “Inspiring Others: The Language of Leadership.” Research Gate 5, no. 1 (1991). Kinni, Theodore. “Is One-dimensional Communication Limiting Your Leadership?” Harvard Business Review, May 2003. Sinek, Simon. How Great Leaders Inspire Action. TED Talk. TED.com. September, 2009.
5	Leadership Communication: Motivational Speeches	No readings
6	Leadership Communication: Listening and The Power of Inquiry	Schein, Edgar Henry. Chapters 1 and 3 in Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2013. ISBN: 9781626567344. [Preview with Google Books]
7	Leadership Communication: Maximizing Feedback Conversations	Erickson, Tammy. “The Double Meaning of “Feedback”.” Harvard Business Review, November 2008. Flatt, Michael. “How to Give Feedback That Works.” Inc., December 2011. London, Jonathan. “The Secret to Giving Transformational Feedback.” Learning as Leadership, 2013.
8	Leadership Communication: Handling Hostility	Bierck, Richard. “Managing Anger.” Harvard Business Review, November 2001. Brooks, Alison Wood. “A Better Path to High Performance.” Harvard Magazine, May-June 2014.
9	Leadership communication: Working in teams: Part I	Pentland, Alex. “The New Science of Building Great Teams.” Harvard Business Review, April 2012. Hartman, Neal. “Seven Steps to Running the Most Effective Meeting Possible.” Forbes Leadership Forum, February 2014. McClure, Laura. “How to Brainstorm for Introverts (And Extroverts Too).” TED Blog, 2014. Gallo, Carmine. “How to Run a Meeting Like Google,” Bloomberg, September 27, 2006.
10	Leadership Communication: Presenting to a Hostile Audience	No readings
11	Leadership Communication: Presenting to a Hostile Audience	No readings
12	Leadership Communication: Working With Teams: Part II	Schein, Edgar Henry. Process Consultation: Its Role in Organization Development. Vol. 1. FT Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780201067361.
13	Leadership Communication: Making Group Decisions	Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. “A Note on Team Process.” Harvard Business School. Case: 402–032, October 2001.
14	Leadership Communication: Communicating with Diverse Audiences	Brett, Jeanne, Kristin Behfar, et al. “Managing Multicultural Teams.” Harvard Business Review, November 2006. Phillips, Katherine W. “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter.” Scientific American, October 2014. Ibarra, Herminia, Robin J. Ely, et al. “Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers.” Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (2013): 60–66. Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Alex Radu. “Carla Ann Harris at Morgan Stanley.” Harvard Business School. Case: 415–029, September 2014.
15	Leadership Communication: Managing a Crisis	Useem, Michael, Rodrigo Jordan, et al. “How to Lead Durging a Crisis: Lesons from the Rescue of the Chilean Miners.” MIT Sloan Management Review, August 2011.
16	Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Data Visualization	Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim. “4. Communicating and Acting on Results.” Harvard Business Review, June 2013.
17	Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Social Media Within Organizations	Kane, Gerald C. “Enterprise Social Media: Current Capabilities and Future Possibilities.” (PDF) MIS Quarterly Executive 13, no. 2 (2014): 97–113.
18	Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Intercultural Communication	Brett, Jeanne, Kristin Behfar, et al. “Managing Multicultural Teams.” Harvard Business Review, November 2006.
19	Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Dispersed or Virtual Teams	Cramton, Catherine Durnell. “Finding Common Ground in Dispersed Collaboration.” Organizational Dynamics 30, no. 4 (2002): 356–67.
20	Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Emerging Communication Technologies	Yates, JoAnne, Wanda J. Orlikowski, et al. “The Six Key Dimensions of Understanding Media.” MIT Sloan Management Review, January 2008.
21	Giving and Receiving Intra-team Feedback	No readings
22	Presenting Lessons from Leadership Interview	No readings
23	Presenting Lessons from Leadership Interview	No readings
24	Class Finale: Review and Reflection	No readings