What is the Leadership Focus?
These leadership area courses are designed to provide actionable takeaways for participants to improve their ability to foster and lead change in organizations. It also helps participants understand and foster innovation as a tool for change. Finally, it helps leaders activate their personal network and form a framework for leading ethically. The learning outcomes for the communication focus include:
- Create organizational norms and sustain a culture of high performance during times of change
- Identify and mitigate organizational constraints on change plans
- Articulate strategic plans in a way that gains commitment
- Build your network and how to effectively use Linked-in
- Identify strengths and values and align them with organizational goals
- Identify cultural and structural factors that foster or block innovation in enterprises
- Analyze how innovation affects business results
Course Descriptions:
Leading Change (MG 7812). This course introduces the skills prerequisite to designing, implementing, and leading change in complex organizational environments. Leadership development topics include creating vision, soliciting involvement, catalyzing actin, transforming resistance, and tracking/evaluating change results. (1 credit hour)
Networking (MG 6098). This course reveals strategies for building more meaningful, more authentic professional connections by establishing and nurturing mutually beneficial, long-term relationships. (1 credit hour)