Hospitality & Social Enterprise Leadership
The premise of Authentic Leadership Development (ALD) is that leaders who know themselves well, and consciously develop their leadership abilities throughout their lifetimes, will be more effective and more successful leaders and will lead more satisfying and fulfilling lives. To do so, leaders must take responsibility for their own development, rather than relying entirely on their organizations. Hospitality & Social Enterprise Leadership will provide students with ideas, techniques, and tools to assist them in their leadership development journeys, exploring concepts such as lifelong leadership development, the power of your life story, the impact of your crucibles, discovering your authentic self, knowing your values, leadership principles, and ethical boundaries; understanding your motivated capabilities, building support teams, leading an integrated life, purpose-driven, empowering leadership, and improving leadership effectiveness through your style and use of power. Each student will be required to participate in the three streams of learning:
The learning development groups (LDGs) are a crucial element of the course and represent the third class meeting of the week. These groups enable students to discuss personal materials in a more intimate group setting and to encourage a higher level of openness and reflection than may be possible in the classroom setting. Specific assignments for each week’s group meeting will have the same theme as the classes but different preparation materials. Finally, there are different educational materials being presented throughout this class. This is not a regimented system. This is an enlightened framework designed to be both flexible and strong. To that end, a certain level of chaos must be embraced so as to allow room for the natural ebb and flow of life. This means that each student must be ‘on their toes’ to earn the oh-so-coveted A+ grade. |
M1_Self LeADERSHIPLeadership development concepts used in the course will be immediately applicable for students and useful for the rest of their lives.
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M2_ORG BEHAVIORAuthentic Leadership requires personal curiosity and reflection from students; as well as personal openness and sharing in classroom discussions
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M3_LEad by ValuesLeaders who know themselves and who consciously develop their leadership abilities throughout their lifetimes will be more effective leaders.
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M4_HumanisticAuthentic Leadership enables students to understand their leadership journeys by reflecting upon and framing their life stories and experiences to date.
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M5_EcologicalAuthentic Leadership entails a level of personal development. For when we speak of authenticity, we also speak of transparency and vulnerability.
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M6_ScientificAuthentic Leadership requires that you participate fully in open classroom discussions about the reflective exercises you have undertaken.
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