Leading from the heart

This course is designed to examine frameworks and models for understanding the factors that influence the effectiveness of individuals, teams, and organizations. Topics include Leadership, motivation, team dynamics, communication, and organizational culture and change. Leadership is neither a job title nor an authoritative state of mind and action, therefore, effective leaders are unique in understanding what it takes to impress followers. Peoples' buy-in into a leader's vision happens only when that leader master's the art of strong relationships with his or her followers. This course will teach you the kind of leadership needed to motivate your followers for your organization's growth and success. Additionally, this course will the address the contemporary perspectives on leadership. The content of the course are lectures that will enhance developing your skills as a leader. Motivating individuals and teams requires a well-crafted leadership style that envelops an assortment of persistent attributes when adopted a leader can create a cohesive organization. A basic idea behind understanding and managing organizations is to create business environments that operate efficiently and effectively. People are a strategic resource that make organizations more effective; you will learn what you need to do to be a better leader and team member.

At some point, you will be asked to help improve the health of your organization. We will learn that helping organizations become healthy first requires the same scrutiny on ourselves as individuals. As we get better leading ourselves, we get better at leading others.