Practical Leadership

Readings

LEC #	TOPICS	SUBTOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction and Overview	Set the baseline. What understanding of leaders and leadership have each of us already acquired? Brief overview of the theories and themes in this course
2	Leadership Frameworks	Trait Theory Distributed Leadership Model Brief Discussion of Action Plans Leadership Traits Role Play	Kouzes, James and Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge. 3rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002, pp. 13-22, 25. Goleman, Daniel. “What Makes a Leader.” Harvard Business Review (November-December 1998): 93-102. Ancona, Deborah. “Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty.” Managing for the Future - Organizational Behavior and Processes, Instr. Manual. 2nd ed. South-Western College Publishing, 1999, pp. 1-21. Welch, Jack. “Four E’s (a Jolly Good Fellow).” The Wall Street Journal, Friday, January 23, 2004. Tischler, Linda. “IBM’s Management Makeover.” Fast Company (November 2004): 112-3.
3	Communication	Different Communication Styles and Structures Giving Good Feedback: How to be a Good Coach Journal Entries Distributed Leadership Assessment Results Giving/Receiving Feedback Role Play	Caproni, Paula. The Practical Coach: Management Skills for Everyday Life. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001, Chapter 4. Optional Reading: Kroeger, Otto with Thuesen, Janet and Rutledge, Hile.  Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine your Success on the Job.  New York: Tilden Press, 2002.
4	Situational Leadership	Explore Leadership Types Journal Entries Situational Role Play	Goleman, Daniel. “Leadership that Gets Results.” Harvard Business Review (March-April 2000): 78-90.
5	Influencing Others	Leading without Authority Journal Entries Leading from Any Chair Role Play	Zander, Rosamund Stone and Benjamin Zander. “Leading from Any Chair.” In The Art of Possibility. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000, pp. 66-77.  Optional Reading:  Heifetz, Ronald.  Leadership without East Answers_._  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press, 1994.  Chaps 8, 9.
6	Decision-making	Decision-making Models Decision-making Styles Recommendations for Changes to this Course Decision-making Role Play Brief Summary of Results of Action Plans	Williams, Gary and Robert Miller. “Change the Way You Persuade.” Harvard Business Review (May 2002): 64-73.