Better Leader, Richer Life

This course is about growing as a leader in all parts of your life and having fun while doing so. You watch video lectures, do weekly assignments (including conversations with important people in your life and real-world actions you take to improve your performance in all parts of your life), and take a final exam. 

You have the option of doing this course on your own (Individual Track) or in concert with others (Community Track). In the Individual Track you answer assignment questions in a journal for your own use. In the Community Track you post answers to these same questions and exchange feedback on them with your classmates.

Week 1:  Starting Total Leadership

 

• 1.1: Launch your Total Leadership experience
• 1.2: Learn the Total Leadership principles and method
• 1.3: Assess your skills and define your goals
• 1.4: Review our course plan

 

Week 2:  Clarifying What's Important

• 2.1: Tell the story of your values 
• 2.2: Share your leadership vision
• 2.3: Take the four-way view
• 2.4: Give and receive coaching 

 

Week 3:  Seeing Your Life as a System

• 3.1: Identify key stakeholders
• 3.2: Understand performance expectations
• 3.3: See your life as a system you can change 
• 3.4: Consider the media you use

 

Week 4:  Talking to Your Stakeholders

 

• 4.1: Understand the purpose of stakeholder dialogues   
• 4.2: Chart your course and then adjust it          
• 4.3: Look through their eyes and find common ground  
• 4.4: Build and restore trust

 

Week 5:  Thinking About Creating Change

• 5.1: Glean insights from dialogues 
• 5.2: Learn about Total Leadership experiments
• 5.3: Generate ideas for your experiments   

 

Week 6:  Designing Experiments

 

• 6.1: Choose the most promising idea 
• 6.2: Set your game plan and scorecard
• 6.3: Get in the game! 

 

Week 7:  Bringing Others Along With You

 

• 7.1: Be artfully political    
• 7.2: Build social capital
• 7.3: Make a difference, beyond what you can see

 

Week 8:  Leading the Life You Want

• 8.1: Learn how exemplary leaders integrate work and life  
• 8.2: Choose the skills you want to focus on next  

 

Week 9:  Looking Back, Looking Forward

 

• 9.1: Reflect on your progress and distill lessons
• 9.2: Tell your leadership story 

 

Week 10:  Continuing the Journey

 

• 10.1: Share the big ideas         
• 10.2: Commence