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LTLC-553: The Leadership Challenge Report a Broken Link

This course focuses on helping you develop your leadership potential and encouraging you to accept The Leadership Challenge. Developing leadership potential involves acquiring proficiencies in key areas that leverage pre-existing skills and expertise. It is fostered by raising personal awareness, developing personal understanding, and learning new ways to do things at work. Leadership is about change mastery, which begins with changing your own perceptions.
 

Required Readings

Lesson 1

Reading 1: Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2010). Leadership truths. Leadership Excellence, 27(8), 15.
Reading 2: Goleman, D. (2013). The focused leader: How effective executives direct their own—and their organizations’ attention. Harvard Business Review, 91(12), 50–60.
Reading 3: Quinn, R. E. (2005). Moments of greatness: Entering the fundamental state of leadership. Harvard Business Review, 83(7/8), 74–83.
Podcast 1: Kouzes, J. (2008, July 3). James Kouzes on rising to the leadership challenge. [Audio file]. https://www.amanet.org/assets/podcasts/AMA_Edgewise_0827.mp3

Lesson 2

Video 1: Posner. B. (2015, February 5). Why credibility is the foundation of leadership. TEDx: University of Nevada. [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmMcSBQvQLQ
Reading 4: Galford, R., & Drapeau, A. S. (2003). The enemies of trust. Harvard Business Review, 81(2), 88–95.
Reading 5: Groysberg, B., & Slind, M. (2012). Leadership is a conversation. Harvard Business Review, 90(6), 76–84.
Reading 6: Gobble, M. M. (2017). The value of followership. Research Technology Management, 60(4), 59–63.
Reading 7: Kellerman, B. (2007). What every leader needs to know about followers. Harvard Business Review, 85(12), 84–91.

Lesson 3

Reading 8: Denning, S. (2008). The secret language of leadership. Leader to Leader, 2008(48), 14–19.
Reading 9: Conger, J. (1991). Inspiring others: The language of leadership. Executive (19389779), 5(1), 31–45.
Video 2: Dudley, D. (2010, September). Everyday leadership. TEDx: Toronto. [Video File]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAy6EawKKME
Reading 10: Newman, J., & Grigg, D. (2008, March 19). Company suffers when leaders abuse power.National Post. https://nationalpost.com/news/company-suffers-when-leaders-abuse-power
Reading 11: Tardanico, S. (2011, December 21). Five steps to increase your influence. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/12/21/five-steps-to-increase-your-influence/#f832677372c8

Lesson 4

Video 3: Edmondson, A. (2014, May 4). Building a psychologically safe workplace. TEDx: HGSE. [Video File]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8
Reading 12: Ross, J. A. (2008). Make your good team great. Harvard Management Update, 13(2), 1–5.
Reading 13: Tenney, M. (2014, October 4). 6 tools for creating high performance teams. HUFFPOST [Blog Post]. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-tenney/6-tools-for-creating-high_b_5647908.html
Reading 14: Flanagan, T. A., & Runde, C. E. (2008). Hidden potential: Embracing conflict can pay off for teams. Leadership in Action, 28(2), 8–12.
Reading 15: Kohlrieser, G. A. (2018). How to manage conflict: Six essentials. Lausanne, CH: International Institute for Management Development. https://www.imd.org/research-knowledge/articles/how-to-manage-conflict-six-essentials/