Leading in a Complex Environment

Leading in a Complex Environment

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80 h
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  • 10 Sequences
  • Intermediate Level

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Syllabus

MODULE 1: THE PLANET, PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP
Focuses on human responsibility for the planet and the underlying need for leadership virtue, considering broader social issues.

MODULE 2: THE PLANET
Examines a range of philosophical concepts as frameworks to understand and address global leadership challenges.

MODULE 3: LEADING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Successful and virtuous leadersprovide insight onhow tobecome a reflective and virtuous leader when faced with the challenges of working in organizations that are largely oriented to short-term, profit-based criteria that often reward the wrong leaders.

MODULE 4: PERSUASIVE LEADERS: AVOIDING GREENWASH AND SPIN
Considers authentic persuasion as an important leadership characteristic, and explores how inauthentic persuasion in organizations and in politics using greenwash and spin leads to a loss of public trust.

MODULE 5: BEING ‘POLITICAL’
Considers the real issues of power, how leadership theory rarely deals with these andhow an authentic leader negotiates situations and uses power virtuously to achieve life-affirming outcomes.

MODULE 6: COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP
Considers different types of courage, namely physical and moral courage. Alsoexplains the the concept of conation, which is moving from intention to action, in defining courageous leadership.

MODULE 7: WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Focuses on the enablers needed for women to achieve positions of influence within their organizations and society at largeand identifies success factors and opportunities for the current and emerging generations of women leaders.

MODULE 8: THE WISE LEADER
Introduces the concept of wise leadership, providing an understanding of how wisdom is theorized in contemporary times and its relevance to leading for sustainable global development and fair organizations in order to promote human flourishing.

MODULE 9: PRACTICAL WISDOM IN ORGANIZATIONS
Considers how wisdom can be practically applied in organizational leadership settings and draws attention to the difficulty of being wise as organizations become more complicated by bureaucratic discourses.

MODULE 10: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP
Considers ancient wisdoms that have been retained within Indigenous cultures despite having suffered devastating oppression and exclusion.

Prerequisite

  • English writing/reading proficiency (required)
  • Some experience in managing people (recommended)

Instructors

Bernard McKenna
Associate Professor
The University of Queensland

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The University of Queensland is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland Parliament, UQ is one of six sandstone universities, an informal designation of the oldest university in each state. 

Combining the three world rankings of the most established universities in 2023, the University of Queensland is ranked 2nd in Australia and 42nd in the world. UQ is also a founding member of edX, Australia's leading group of eight and the international research-intensive association of Pacific universities.

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