Transformational Leadership and Governance

Name: Transformational Leadership and Governance
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How to develop integral leadership for an increasingly complex world

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Created byPeter Merry

Last updated 3/2018

English

What you'll learn

Express clearly the nature of transformation as compared to other types of change
Reflect constructively on their own and others’ leadership capacity
Improve their transformational leadership capacity by taking concrete steps
Analyze and describe an organization in terms of its level of development and agility
Choose appropriate implementation tools for large-scale collaboration
Design a strategy for enhancing the transformational quality of leadership and governance in an organization

Course content

14 sections • 55 lectures • 10h 11m total length

Course overview and context in program (Module 1 Session 1)18:40
By the end of this session, you should be able to locate the parts and whole of the course in a societal context.
The Challenge of the Times (Module 1 Session 2)15:28
By the end of this session, you should be able to feel the importance of this course to society's needs and recall the key elements that compose today's global challenges.
An Integral Approach Part 1 (Module 1 Session 3 Pt1)8:50
By the end of the session, you should be able to frame perspectives on leadership through Ken Wilber's Integral quadrants and levels.
An Integral Approach Part 2 (Module 1 Session 3 Pt2)18:00
By the end of this session, you should be able to frame perspectives on leadership through Ken Wilber's Integral quadrants and levels.
Leadership Theories (Module 1 Session 4)7:54
By the end of the session, you should be able to identify the core beliefs behind a particular leadership approach.
An Integral Approach to Leadership

Natural Life-cycles (Module 2 Session 1)12:34
By the end of this session, you should be able to name the key phases in natural lifecycles.
Organizational Life-cycles (Module 2 Session 2)12:26
By the end of this session, you should be able to outline the stages of Adizes' organizational lifecycle and related leadership styles.
Types of Change (Module 2 Session 3)10:54
By the end of this session, you should be able to name and describe the different types of change in the Spiral Dynamics model.
Emergence (Module 2 Session 4)6:19
By the end of this session, you should be able to list the defining characteristics of emergence.
What is Transformation? quiz

Systems Thinking (Module 3 Session 1)9:23
By the end of this session, you should be able to name the main elements and practices in systems thinking
Personal Mastery Part 1 (Module 3 Session 2 Pt 1)20:36
By the end of this session, you should be able to describe eight main life areas for personal mastery.
Personal Mastery Part 2 (Module 3 Session 2 Pt 2)3:47
By the end of this session, you should be able to describe eight main life areas for personal mastery.
Mental Models (Module 3 Session 3)9:13
By the end of this session you should be able to outline the importance of mental models and give some examples.
Shared Vision and Team Learning (Module 3 Session 4)9:07
By the end of this session you should be able to outline why vision is important and name the successful elements for team learning.
The Learning Organization

Leadership for Sustainability (Module 4 Core Material)14:00
This module explores what it means to play a leadership role explicitly committed to ecological and social sustainability. By the end of the module you should be able to describe what differentiates leadership for sustainability.

Note – this module contains no video lectures so you are requested to review the articles and videos listed. The links in the pdf do not work - please see them in the resources list.

Measuring Leadership Development (Module 5 Session 1)5:18
By the end of this session you should be able to summarise the principles of developmental stages in leadership.
Stages of Leadership Development (Module 5 Session 2)11:46
By the end of this session you should be able to recognize the defining qualities and competencies of Strategist, Alchemist and Ironist leadership levels.
3 Stages of Transformational Leadership (Module 5 Session 3)12:06
By the end of sessions 3 & 4, you should be able to understand the key practices of leading in times of emergence.
15 Competencies of Advanced Leaders (Module 5 Session 4)10:45
By the end of sessions 3 & 4, you should be able to understand the key practices of leading in times of emergence.
Leadership Stages and Competencies

The Ground of Being: Concept and Practice (Module 6 Session 1)19:26
By the end of this session you should be able to recognize a feeling of connection with the ground of being.
5 Tenets and 4 Qualities for Evolutionary Leadership (Module 6 Session 2)15:23
By the end of this session you should be able to recall five tenets and four qualities related to freedom in action.
Physical vitality (Module 6 Session 3)10:10
By the end of this session you should be able to summarize key aspects of physical vitality.
Energy and resilience (Module 6 Session 4)6:38
By the end of this session you should be able to list examples of energy practices for personal development.
Being and Becoming

Mapping Personal Effectiveness (Module 7 Session 1)4:55
By the end of this session you should be able to differentiate between effective, smart and conscious working.
Getting Things Done (Module 7 Session 2)7:55
By the end of this session you should be able to explain the core practices in Getting Things Done .
Session 3 - Zen to Done (Module 7 Session 3)14:42
By the end of this session you should be able to summarise the habits of Zen to Done.
Session 4 - David Byrd's Nine Keys (module 7 Session 4)7:07
By the end of this session you should be able to compare David Byrd's Nine Keys to GTD and ZTD.
Personal Effectiveness Quiz

Understanding Organizational Culture (Module 8 Session 1)14:56
By the end of this session you should be able to define culture and key elements that help people thrive.
Vision, Mission and Values (Module 8 Session 2)9:32
By the end of this session you should be able to illustrate what is meant by vision, mission and values.
Culture as a Field of Relationships (Module 8 Session 3)10:32
By the end of this session you should be able to summarize invisible influences on culture from the iceberg model.
You and the Other (Module 8 Session 4)12:43
By the end of this session you should be able to explain how your own judgements influence your relationships with others.
Creating a Transformational Culture Quiz

Releasing Collaboration & Co-Creativity for Transformation(Module 9 Session 3)6:50
By the end of this session you should be able to explain the importance of collaboration.
Open Space Technology Part 1 (Module 9 Session 2 Pt 1)14:32
By the end of this session you should be able to name the elements of an Open Space Technology session.
Open Space Technology Part 2 (Module 9 Session 2 Pt 2)7:18
By the end of this session you should be able to name the elements of an Open Space Technology session.
Circle Practice (Module 9 Session 3)12:28
By the end of this session you should be able to describe the main principles and practices of Circle meetings.
World Cafe (Module 9 Session 4)14:31
By the end of this session you should be able to list the steps and critical success conditions for a World Cafe.
Large-scale Collaboration Quiz

Managing Levels of Organizational Development? (Module 10 Sessions 1&2)11:28
By the end of this session you should be able to explain what levels of development are in an organizational context and compare two different methods for mapping levels of organizational development.
7 Levels of Organizational Development (Module 10 Session 1&2)14:14
By the end of this session you should be able to list and define seven levels of organizational development.
Levels of Organizational Development Quiz

Requirements

This course does require you to get your thinking hat on and engage in some mind-stretching!
The course involves over 15 hours of video so you will need a decent internet connection and the software on your computer to be able to watch video comfortably.
Being familiar with a context involving people collaborating together to achieve a collective goal helps you to ground these ideas in a real context. That could be an organization, community or group that you are involved in.

Description

In today’s rapidly changing world, learning to lead and design our communities and organizations to ride the turbulence creatively is critical to our ability to make a positive impact. This course covers the subject of evolutionary change, and the implications for us as individual leaders, as well as for our organizational cultures and structures. It combines intellectual rigor with personal challenge, collaboration with creative expression. Students engage with integrative maps of organizational and leadership development, as well as instantly applicable practices for becoming more effective and dynamic as individuals and collectives.

This course has over 10 hours of professionally produced educational video, a wealth of learning resources including pdfs of all the slides used in the presentations and comprehensive multiple choice quizzes to help you test your progress and integrate your knowledge. This course is also available for academic credit with Ubiquity University - contact registrar@ubiquity.university and see www.ubiquity.courses.

You can also engage with others in the Facebook group for this course. Search for transformationalleadershippetermerry on Facebook and request to join the group!

The main subjects covered include:

Transformation and Change
The Learning Organization
Levels of Leadership Development
Practices for Transformational Leadership
Personal Effectiveness and Resilience
Organizational Culture
Tools for Collaboration
Levels of Organizational Development
Creating an Agile Organization
Practices from the Future

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone who realises that our current forms of leadership and organization are inadequate to the complexity of change we are facing. It is for anyone already in a leadership role or wanting to play one. It is not for the faint-heart and requires significant brain-power and openness to your own personal development.
14 modules with over 15 hours of course material and multiple-choice quizzes to help you integrate your learning - you can work through it at your leisure and find what is most relevant to you.
There is much new thinking and many leading-edge practices described in the course so an open mind and willingness to experiment is important!
This course is available for undergraduate and graduate credits at Ubiquity University. For the full Ubiquity experience including small-group interaction, creative assignments with faculty feedback, extra self-mastery modules, mission change-project support and academic credits, contact registrar@ubiquityuniversity.org

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Module 1 - Introductions and Framing5 lectures • 1hr 9min

Module 2 - What is Transformation?4 lectures • 42min

Module 3 - The Learning Organization5 lectures • 52min

Module 4 - Leadership for Sustainability1 lecture • 14min

Module 5 - The Transforming Leader4 lectures • 40min

Module 6 - Being and Becoming4 lectures • 52min

Module 7 - Personal Effectiveness4 lectures • 35min

Module 8 - Creating a Transformational Culture4 lectures • 48min

Module 9 - Tools for Collaboration5 lectures • 56min

Module 10 - Levels of Organizational Development2 lectures • 26min

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