Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
JWMI-0001
Organization's ID:
050
Organization:
Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI)
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
6 weeks (18 -- 24 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 2 Foundations Of Leadership
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to learn how to lead, motivate, coach, and inspire with confidence, avoiding the common mistakes made by most new managers, rewarding values-driven behaviors, and ultimately mastering the art of leadership for today and tomorrow.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Recognize and analyze core motivations and behaviors of great leaders
  • Internalize leadership mindset requiring shift from self to other
  • Integrate soft and hard performance metrics to perform holistic individual evaluations
  • Develop clear articulation of core strategic direction for a project or group
  • Enhance the consistency and effectiveness of activities to motivate desired team outcomes
  • Develop clear, justifiable linkages between evaluations and personnel actions
  • Build consensus around values, expressed as clear, detailed expected individual behaviors
  • Understand the leader's role in forging relationships, shaping attitudes and motivating behaviors
  • Recognize achievements in an authentic and timely manner
  • Map and link how leaders behave to specific contextual and behavioral team outcomes
  • Adapt leadership approaches and behaviors to specific classes of circumstances

General Topics:

  • Leadership strategies, team building, establishing vision and values, and achieving results
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials