Leadership is not about personality, authority, position, influence, or power as such. Leadership is an art, a craft, a practice, to which everyone is called sometime or other, in widely different situations. Leadership can be practiced with varying degrees of authority, from any position, at varying scales of influence, and with varying access to different sources of power.
The kind of leadership that we will learn and practice in this course has to do with diagnosing and addressing the toughest problems experienced by organizations, communities, institutions, and societies. This kind of leadership demands political skill: the skill to discern the overt and covert concerns and interests, agendas, and alliances within the organizations, institutions, and societies we serve, and to give each their due while not failing to pursue the common good.
We will learn a leadership language, try out a set of tools and frameworks, and workshop our fresh insights and skills.
All-online (August 17-21, 2020)
ICSD 132504 S20
Dr. Gideon Strauss
Distance (Online)
(MA-EL, MWS)
Syllabus
