Leadership Capital is a new approach to leadership development, defined as “the wisdom to decide when to manage and when to lead, together with the courage and capacity to act on your choices.” This course builds on conceptual knowledge from the discipline of experimental social psychology, supplemented with the domain knowledge and experience you gain outside the classroom. You will use this knowledge to practice and develop your action and insight skills. This course will provide opportunities to reflect, draft, and test frameworks for managing and leading, allowing you to learn from the data of your experience.
This course is meant to serve as a point of departure. Your primary task as a student of leadership is to develop your own perspective on themes of leadership that matter most to you. You will also learn to appreciate how that point of view evolves with experience and increased self-understanding. One of the bigger lessons from this class may be your ability to have an impact by putting social psychology into practice. You will learn about the power of strong situations on people and this will allow you to make better choices for you and for others. The goal of the course is to provide this framework in class, and leave you with tools you can use to put leadership capital to work in your own life for many years to come.
Summer 2024 Dates: 8/5, 8/6, 8/8, 8/9, 8/10
