Course: Leadership Challenges: Exercises in Moral Courage (BADM 4830-801)
Department: Leeds School of Business
Professor: Donna Sockell (lead instructor) and聽Michael Leeds听(贵颈苍鈥74)
Course description: This yearlong, highly selective course focuses on values and leadership at the top level of organizations. Six high-level executives visit the class to speak about critical business dilemmas they have faced, and students prepare solutions for the executives to evaluate.
Abbreviated reading list:
James A. Autry and Peter Roy鈥檚聽The Book of Hard Choices: How to Make the Right Decisions at Work and Keep Your Self-Respect聽(Morgan Road Books)
Stephen R. Covey鈥檚聽Principle Centered Leadership听(贵颈谤别蝉颈诲别)
Bill George and Warren Bennis鈥櫬础耻迟丑别苍迟颈肠听
Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value聽(John Wiley and Sons)
Sockell says:
鈥淭hese students have tremendous potential, and the class challenges them to explore the kinds of business leaders they seek to become from people who have lived real-world examples.鈥
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