MLD-364: Leadership on the Line

Semester: January

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Ronald Heifetz

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day 1/4
Meet Day M/T/W/R/F 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM L140
Review
meets daily Jan 4-15 except weekends

Description

To lead is to live dangerously. Although it may be exciting to think of leadership as inspiration, decisive action, and powerful rewards, leading requires taking risks that can jeopardize your career and your personal life. It requires putting yourself on the line, disturbing the status quo, and working with hidden conflicts. And when people resist and push back, there is a strong temptation to play it safe. Those who choose to lead take the risks and sometimes are neutralized for doing so. This course has three parts: (1) the sources and forms of danger in leadership; (2) diagnostic, strategic, and tactical responses to these dangers; and (3) how to stay alive, not only in your job, but in your heart and soul. Structured daily into large and small group discussions, the course draws on student cases and case-in-point teaching – using the classroom process to understand role and system dynamics. Prerequisite: MLD-201 or permission of the instructor.

Course meets intensively from 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., January 4–15 (except Saturday and Sunday).