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Chapter 1. Being a Leader
Chapter 2. Recognizing Your Traits
Chapter 3. Recognizing Your Philosophy and Style of Leadership
Chapter 4. Attending to Tasks and Relationships
Chapter 5. Developing Leadership Skills
Chapter 6. Creating a Vision
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What is a personal brand? Have students check out Dan Schwabel’s interactive website http://personalbrandingblog.com/. Besides the commercial aspect of the site, there are several brief articles, blogs and Twitter streams to follow. Have students watch Schwabel’s 7 minute video clip on YouTube and discuss the importance of branding for leadership.
Dr. Stephen Covey’s website (https://stephencovey.com) offers a blog with interesting entries by Covey on leadership. To access other features of the site, users need to register (for free).
These sites offer suggests for creating a vision statement for oneself or for an organization.
http://www.missionexpert.com
http://humanresources.about.com/cs/strategicplanning1/a/strategicplan.htm
http://ezinearticles.com/?Three-Simple-and-Fun-reativity-Exercises-For-Your-Team&id=1584683 This is a good source of creativity exercises with links to other sites and activities.
http://www.nationalreview.com. This online newsmagazine features news of politics and business from a conservative perspective, and offers blogs, links to other sites, video and photo content. Instructors can ask students to read certain content before class and come prepared to discuss, or use the site in class to introduce a topic. By perusing the site and reading several articles, students can identify components of a conservative vision of government and economics. In class, compare this news source with the Huffington Post, and discuss the difference between leadership vision and ideology.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/ftn/main3460.shtml. Face the Nation is the longest-running television news program in the U.S. It focuses on government and politics and offers weekly interviews with leaders on the latest issues. Videos of interviews are available for viewing. Viewers can also connect to the site via Twitter.
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine. This will connect you to an archive of past issues, most of which profile celebrities and other prominent persons. The cover article on Lady Gaga offers insight into the vision of a controversial figure. The wide range of interviews (the arts, media, entertainment, etc.) offers a broad range of leadership perspectives.
National Public Radio (http://www.npr.org) offers several excellent talk shows, including the Diane Rehm show and Fresh Air. Search the archives for thoughtful and unhurried interviews with musicians, writers, scientists, and other leaders.
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Chapter 7. Setting the Tone
Chapter 8. Listening to Out-Group Members
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All Things Considered (http://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/) a program on National Public Radio, offers a mix of news, interviews and the “disparate voices of its commentators.” Programs can be searched for by broadcast date or topic. Typing “exclusion” or “cliques” into the search box yields numerous results. A special series on “Fractured Culture” is applicable to this chapter of our textbook as it extends the interpersonal process of exclusion to broader social phenomena.
Organizational fit is an important topic related to out-groups. The AllBusiness website offers a scholarly article that provides good background information
for the instructor (http://www.allbusiness.com/management-companies-enterprises/1182039-1.html). The article explains the difference between actual fit and perceived fit, and uses three different theories to test hypotheses about fit: met expectation theory, value congruence theory, and social construction theory. The site has links to numerous other articles.
Being proactive in hiring “the right people” based on organizational fit is
highly relevant to this chapter. This article gives good suggestions for how to
include questions measuring fit in the interview process, and distinguishes
between person-organization fit and person-job fit. www.buildaninterview.com/the_value_of_person_organization_fit.asp Many links to related articles.
Appreciative inquiry is a novel and inclusive approach to social change. It involves many community members in discovering what is positive in their situation and the potential for growth, instead of diagnosing problems and potential threats. The Appreciative Inquiry Commons shares resources related to positive change (http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu).
http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/empathic_listening/ In-depth article on empathic listening. The site offers many good links to related topics such as active listening and dialogic listening.
www.outsiderart.info/
www.rawvision.com/outsiderart/whatisoa.html These two sites offer different definitions of outsider art. Connect art to chapter 8 by discussing what an outside vision can contribute to the mainstream, in art or organizational life.
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Chapter 9. Handling Conflict
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The Conflict Information Consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder (http://conflict.colorado.edu/) is a gateway for teaching resources, current consortium projects, and links to related websites. Slideshows (4-8 minutes) illustrating several of their projects would make good topics for class discussion. Even if one doesn’t sign up for a project, the topics list can inform classroom discussion. For example, the “Real World Challenge Focus” addresses topics such as rumor identification and control, building trust, dealing with difficult people, and anticipating conflict.
The University of Wisconsin offers conflict resolution resources
at http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/onlinetraining/resolution/index.asp. The webpage is divided into sections including definitions of conflict, common problems involving conflict and 8 steps to managing conflict. The piece on the role of perception in conflict adds an important dimension to our understanding of conflict. The 8 steps to managing conflict would make good individual or small group projects. For example, ask students to develop a training module for learning how to assert one’s needs clearly and specifically during conflict, or how to manage emotional arousal during conflict.
The Association for Conflict Resolution (www.acrnet.org) offers classroom tools, training and certificate programs for mediators and negotiators. Students can also be asked to research corporate conflict management companies such as Safe2Speak (http://www.safe2speak.com) to learn about the types of training offered for mediators. Discuss in class when it would be advantageous or necessary to bring in an outside mediator to resolve an internal company conflict. Besides the skills mentioned in chapter 9, what other skills might professional mediators need?
http://helpguide.org/mental/eq8_conflict_resolution.htm Helpguide is an ad-free site that offers free online resources related to mental and emotional health, family and relationships. Besides the resources offered on conflict resolution, the founders’ story is an excellent example of leadership growing out of tragedy.
A useful article for class discussion is “How to help employees get along” at
http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC11/Crocket.htm
Conflict resolution worksheets are available at the following site:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/3558962/CONFLICT-RESOLUTION-WORSHEETS
www.selfesteem2go.com offers articles and resources for building self-esteem, one of the causes of relational conflict.
Broadcast journalist Charlie Rose’s television interviews with notable thinkers, writers, politicians, and leaders in the arts and entertainment, are available online at his website www.charlierose.com. Interviews can be searched by guest, recency or topic. The “current affairs” topic offers numerous interviews with cultural and political leaders on conflict issues around the world.
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Chapter 10. Overcoming Obstacles
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The challenge of employee engagement is addressed in this article (www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4044076.html.) Though tailored for the hospitality industry, the 12 factors relate to other occupations as well. Focus on the factors not mentioned in chapter 10. This makes a good homework assignment as well as discussion starter for class.
Examiner.com is a citizen journalism site, welcoming articles from its readers (http://www.examiner.com). Users can find news related to their local area. Within the site, click on the for “Careers and workplace” to find numerous articles on mentoring, leadership education, coaching, bad behavior by co-workers, etc. Within the subsection called “Workplace culture,” the article by Courtney Barnes on how to reduce turnover by challenging employees makes a good discussion starter for class.
http://www.adeak.com This blog offers numerous posts on specific questions concerning management communication. Look for “How Can I Best Give Directions to My Employees?” In class, discuss which of the suggestions sound most doable. How do they relate to the motivation levels of subordinates?
These sites offer free goal-setting forms and tools:
http://www.achieve-goal-setting-success.com/goal-setting-forms.html
http://www.settinggoals101.com/goal-setting-forms.html
http://www.about.com offers a vast collection of articles on numerous topics. Browse for articles under “Human Resources” and in that section look for articles on how to motivate employees. Browsing for articles under “Management” will pull up topics such as project planning and project management, which address leadership for complex tasks.
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Chapter 11. Addressing Ethics in Leadership
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The website associated with the Tavis Smiley show (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/)
offers an archive of past interviews and panel discussion, most of which feature diverse participants. The panel discussion on “America’s Next Chapter” was aired over three nights but can be viewed in its entirety online or read in transcript form. The panel was asked, “Is there a brighter future for the next generation?” and discussed at length the values that have made America great and how they are being compromised today. Panelists include Arianna Huffington and Cornel West.
The Fetzer Institute (http://www.fetzer.org) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster the power of love, forgiveness and compassion within individuals and communities. Ask students to peruse the site and the projects and events the organization sponsors. Students can also sign up for the Fetzer newsletter. Resources include articles, podcasts and videos. Some intriguing video clips include Karen Armstrong explaining the “Charter for Compassion” and authors in a recent writer’s retreat exploring the human condition.
http://being.publicradio.org/ This show hosted by Christa Tippett identifies itself as “a spacious conversation…about the questions at the center of human life.&rdquo It includes a range of perspectives – religious, spiritual, and non-belief. The site offers articles, transcripts of interviews, a blog and podcasts (which require iTunes software).
One of the signature programs of the Templeton Foundation (http://www.templeton.org) is the “Big Questions Essay Series.” Topics relevant to ethics include: Does moral action depend on reasoning? Does the free market corrode moral character? Does evolution explain human nature? The essays are useful for class discussion or reflection papers.
www.AesopFables.com This online collection of over 600 fables can be used for opening exercises and to illustrate different character traits, actions and values described in chapter 11.
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/chared.htm This site is a collection
of links to resources for character education.
www.goodcharacter.com Excellent resource for teaching
character development at the K-12 level. The high school resources include videos for purchase, discussion questions, writing assignments and self-assessment quizzes on the six pillars of character, which can be adapted for adult learners.
The Levan Institute for Ethics at the University of Southern California offers online teaching resources and cases at http://college.usc.edu/ethics-in-the-classroom. The lesson plans include topics such as human rights, executive compensation and the ethics of eating.
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