8274  Leadership When it Really Counts

“Leadership When It Really Counts" will prepare you to act effectively and with integrity under pressure. The elective is based on a pioneering new approach- using pre-scripting and rehearsal-to prepare business managers/leaders for values-driven decision-making and action.Rather than simply talking about these difficult decisions and conversations, you will have the opportunity to practice them. The approach called "Giving Voice To Values" (GW) has been used in over 1,035 pilots at schools and organizations on seven continents and has been featured in McKinsey Quarterly; Harvard Business Review (twice); Financial Times; Stanford Social Innovation Review; BusinessWeek; Washington Post; Huffington Post; etc. Leading corporations like Lockheed Martin, Prudential and Unilever, among others, have used or are exploring pilots of the approach.Drawing on both the actual experience of business practitioners as well as cutting edge research,GW fills a long-standi ng and critical gap in our understanding of how to enable emerging leaders to effectively enact their values. Rather than a focus on ethical analysis,GVV focuses on ethical action and asks the question: "What if Iwere going to act on my values? What would Isay and do? How could Ibe most effective?"

Academic Course Objectives

· Master the key lessons of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) approach to values-driven leadership

· Discover conditions that empower and/or tend to inhibit our effective voicing of values

· Navigate the most common and intractable of arguments against ethical and responsible management.

· Learn effective strategies and action plans to influence others around values

· Practice persuading & coaching others

· Work in teams, creating GW cases in your chosen industry/functional area

Elements of the Course Grade

· Participation 25%

· Development of Case Study 45%

· Presentation & Workshop  30%