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Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making SpecializationDartmouth College

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Lessons on Wisdom: Personal Leadership for Your Life is the culmination of four decades of studying and sharing about leaders and life for Professor Sydney Finkelstein. This course will teach you how to be a wise leader both personally and professionally. It is a personal, meaningful course that encourages all participants to change and grow. In it, you will be asked to think differently about who you are and what you do, so that you can take charge of your own life. By understanding nuance and paradox, by learning who you are as an individual, you will find yourself a wiser—and perhaps even happier—person.

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Participants must have only a willingness to change and grow, both personally and professionally.

Approx. 19 hours to complete

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What you will learn

How to fulfill your leadership potential by changing how you think
How to make creativity and observation a meaningful part of your life
Practical hacks for overcoming the challenges of daily life
How to be great in everything you choose to do

Skills you will gain

People Development
Change Management
Learning How To Learn
Leadership Development
Growth Strategies

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Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

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Approx. 19 hours to complete

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Sydney Finkelstein
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Steven Roth Professor of Management

Tuck School of Business

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4 Courses

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Dartmouth College

Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the Arts and Sciences and its four leading graduate schools—the Geisel School of Medicine, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

5 hours to complete

Personal Leadership - The Art of Change

5 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 57 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes

9 videos

The Path to Personal Leadership4mThe Key to Change - Taking on Your Comfort Zone5mOpen-mindedness, Agility, and Adaptability4mCuriosity and Courage6mWhy Don't People Change?7mHow to Change Anything6mThe Timex Story7mThe One Rule You Need to Know to Communicate More Effectively4mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the Harsa Case Study10m

3 readings

Three Questions That Will Help You Solve Any Problem10mThe Problem With Conventional Wisdom10mCase Study - Harsa Industrie AG10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Quick Self-Assessment30mApplication Exercise - Game Plan to Change30mApplication Exercise - Your Idols45mApplication Exercise - Practice the One Rule of Communication1hCase Study Assignment - Harsa Industrie AG1h

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

How to Be a Creative Leader

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 60 min), 2 readings, 4 quizzes

8 videos

The Case for Creativity, at Work, and at Home7mA Practical Way to Become More Creative at Work and at Home6mMore Practical Questions to Help You Become More Creative at Work and at Home7mThe Sixth Sense of Leadership6mBig Data and Creativity - Would Einstein Be Locked Up Today?6mMicro-Creativity3mThe Creativity Audit4mThe Birthday Cake Exercise Revealed17m

2 readings

Our Algorithm Enabled Straightjackets... and How to Fight Back!10mCreative People Create10m

4 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Practicing Creativity Using the Six Questions45mApplication Exercise - The Creativity Day1hApplication Exercise - Perform a Creativity Audit45mApplication Exercise - The Birthday Cake20m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Life Hacks for Leaders

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 42 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes

8 videos

What is a Life Hack?4mHow to Get a Job You Love5mThree Ideas to Help You Think About Getting That Great Job10mHow to Keep a Job You Love5mHow to Stop Wasting So Much Time5mHow to Avoid Meeting Malpractice6mThe Calendar Audit2mLife Hacks1m

4 readings

Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 96. The Wisdom of Philippe Bourguignon, July 4, 2021.10mPodcast - The Sydcast Episode 49. Cal Newport: What You Thought You Knew About School, Careers, and Work is Completely Wrong, January 26, 2020.10mAdvice for Graduates10mThe End of Middle Management10m

4 practice exercises

Application Exercise - What Can I Do to Get Closer to a Job With Four Dimensions?30mApplication Exercise - Stop Wasting Time!1hApplication Exercise - Run Better Meetings45mApplication Exercise - The Calendar Audit45m

Week4

Week 4

6 hours to complete

Personal Leadership - Learning, Wisdom, and Impact

6 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 58 min), 2 readings, 6 quizzes

8 videos

Confidence and Humility7mThe Paradox of Leadership7mMore Paradox6mIt Really Does Take a Village7mIs Failure Your Friend?9mThe Power of Nuance and Subtlety5mThe Search for Meaning at Work and Life5mThe Power of Self-Awareness and Reflection6m

2 readings

Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 114. Uncolonized Latinas: A New Way Forward, with Valeria Aloe, November 7, 2021.10mResilience - A Lesson from Sochi10m

6 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Who Is In Your Village?45mApplication Exercise - Learning From Failure I - Discuss Your Own Mistakes1hApplication Exercise - Learning From Failure II - Help Your Team Members Admit Their Mistakes30mApplication Exercise - Inspiring Lessons1hApplication Exercise - Self-Assessment Check-In30mApplication Exercise - Letter To Yourself1h

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About the Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

If you're ready to hone your leadership skills and grow as a person, Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making for Work and Life is designed for you, whether you're a manager or an individual contributor.

Through four courses with Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, you will learn the common mistakes that even smart executives make, the neuroscience behind effective decision making, methods of managing and supporting the people around you, and how to bring together all these lessons to be the best possible leader, and person, at work and at home.

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