Schedule

Prequarter Assignments

• Resources
• Wasabi Learning, “The Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking”
• MACAT, “What is Critical Thinking”
• Discussions
• Introduction Presentation

Unit 1: What Is Transformative Leadership?, –

Topics

1. Leadership: Defining Leadership
2. Critical Thinking: Thinking for Yourself
3. Human Progress: Through the Lens of Technology
4. Risk Management: Risk Management in a Risk-Filled World

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Daniel Goleman, What Makes a Leader:
• Introduction
• Article: “What Makes a Leader?”
• Article: “Leadership That Gets Results”
• Larry Alton, “7 Mental Exercises to Make You a Better Critical Thinker”
• Inc., “4 Secrets of Great Critical Thinkers | Inc. Magazine”
• Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie, “Technological Progress”
• Exercises
• Exercise 1: Human Progress: Technology
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk-Management Planning
• Critical Thinking
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Exercise 1: Human Progress: Technology
• Assessments
• Unit 1 Quiz

Unit 2: The Insightful Leader as Coach, –

Topics

1. Leadership: Leader as Coach
2. Critical Thinking: Gaining Consumer Insight
3. Human Progress: Through the Lens of People
4. Risk Management: Risk versus Reward

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Daniel Goleman, What Makes a Leader:
• Article: “The Leader’s Triple Focus”
• Article: “Not Just Smart but Wise”
• Collier Broderick, “The Inner Game of Tennis and the GROW model”
• Exercises
• Exercise 2: Human Progress: People
• Exercise 3: Coaching Practice
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk Management: Financial Risk
• Seminar: Risk Management: Geopolitical Risk
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Exercise 2: Human Progress: People
• Exercise 3: Coaching Practice
• Assessments
• Unit 2 Quiz

Unit 3: The Leader of Change and Culture, –

Topics

1. Leadership: The Cultural Leader
2. Critical Thinking: Change Model
3. Human Progress: Through the Lens of Business and Markets

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Daniel Goleman, What Makes a Leader:
• Article: “Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance”
• Article: “Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership”
• Nima Sanandaji, “Capitalism was born in Iraq and Syria, not invented by Adam Smith”
• Max Roser, “Economic Growth”
• Exercises
• Exercise 4: Human Progress: Business and Markets
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk Management: Health and Safety
• Seminar: Risk Management: Reputation and Brand
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Exercise 4: Human Progress: Business and Markets
• Assessments
• Unit 3 Quiz

Unit 4: The Emotionally Intelligent Leader, –

Topics

1. Leadership: Emotional Intelligence
2. Critical Thinking: Transitional Management
3. Human Progress: Through the Lens of Transformative Ideas

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Chapters 1 – 4
• Exercises
• Exercise 5: Human Progress: Transformative Ideas
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk Management: Security
• Seminar: Risk Management: Cybersecurity
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Exercise 5: Human Progress: Transformative Ideas
• Projects
• Project B, Part 1: Emotional Intelligence Assessment
• Assessments
• Unit 4 Quiz

Unit 5: Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader, –

Topics

1. How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Chapters 5 – 6
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk Management: Macroeconomics
• Seminar: Risk Management: Human Capital
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Project A and Project B Discussions
• Projects
• Project A, Part 1: Problem Definition
• Project B, Part 2: Individual-Competence Plan
• Assessments
• Unit 5 Quiz

Unit 6: Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader, Continued, –

Topics

1. How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence: Part II
2. Three Skills to Master

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Chapters 7 – 8
• Discussions
• Seminar: Risk Management: Career
• Seminar: Risk Management: Environment
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Project A and Project B Discussions
• Projects
• Project A, Part 2: Change-Management Plan
• Project B, Part 3: Social-Competence Plan
• Assessments
• Unit 6 Quiz

Unit 7: High-Performance Leaders, –

Topics

1. Leadership: What Is a High-Performance Leader?
2. Critical Thinking Through Systems Thinking

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Albert Rutherford, The Elements of Thinking in Systems, Chapters 1 – 4
• Leyla Acaroglu, “Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking”
• Discussions
• High-Performance Organizations and Leadership
• Seminar: Risk Management: Technology
• Seminar: Risk Management: Legal, Political, and Governmental
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Project A, Part 3: Problem Review and Voting
• Projects
• Project A, Part 3: Problem Review and Voting
• Assessments
• Unit 7 Quiz

Unit 8: When Leadership Fails and Performing Root-Cause Analysis, –

Topics

1. Leadership: When Leaders Fail
2. Systems Thinking: Root-Cause Analysis

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Albert Rutherford, The Elements of Thinking in Systems, Chapters 5-9
• Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Chapters 11 and 12
• Discussions
• Archetypes in the Real World
• Leadership Failure
• Seminar: Risk Management: Business Continuity
• Seminar: Risk Management: Freedom and Markets
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Assessments
• Unit 8 Quiz

Unit 9: The Engaged Leader and Developing a Systems-Thinking Mind-Set, –

Topics

1. The Engaged Leader
2. Developing a Systems-Thinking Mind-Set

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Albert Rutherford, The Elements of Thinking in Systems, Chapters 10 – 14
• Exercises
• Exercise 6: Systems Analysis
• Discussions
• Archetypes in the Real World
• Seminar: Risk Management: Crisis Management
• Seminar: Risk Management: Operating Performance
• Wall Street Journal Reading Exercise
• Assessments
• Unit 9 Quiz

Unit 10: : Putting It All Together, –

Topics

1. Becoming the Transformative Leader
2. Risk, Thinking, and Progress
3. Lead and Innovate, or “Die”

Tasks and Assignments Due

• Resources
• Nick Bostrom, “Existential Risks”
• Discussions
• Learning Reflection
• Reading Reflection
• Seminar: Risk Management: “Existential Threats”
• Exercise 6 Discussion