Leadership Development
Prerequisites: For Child Law MJ students: LAW 665 and LAW 667.
One of the distinguishing features of the Online MJ in Children's Law and Policy is its focus on the development of leadership skills for child advocates across a range of disciplines and organizations. This required cornerstone course begins with an introduction to different types and styles of leadership before turning to a more practice-based preparation for leadership in such areas as operations, human resources, finance, and communications.
Outcomes: Define "management" and "leadership" and discriminate between them; Observe and grasp the bigger picture of the global trends and leadership challenges that call for servant leadership in today's world-especially concerning child and family welfare; Define and provide examples of the basic concept of "servant leadership"; Understand what motivates people and discern what motivates them as individuals; Be familiar with the history of organization development and dynamics and where the field of organization behavior is in today's environment; Understand why people resist change and the barriers to making it happen for people and systems; Apprehend how adults learn and how this is relevant to leadership, to "unlocking the human equation" and to aligning others to transformational change; Define the concept and role of "culture" in organizations and systems and understand the leader's role in shaping the values and ethos of an organization or group; Learn their own personality "type" and understand how personality affects behavior in the workplace; Demonstrate commitment to treating differences in the workplace such as generational gender, ethnic, religious, sexual preference, class, country of origin, educational background, etc, with sensitivity and mindfulness; Be exposed to the disciplinary approaches and tools of "organization development" as a tool for strategic leadership and change; Master the "leaders' tool chest"-a variety of tools, templates and models that leaders use to diagnose leverage points in organizations, engage in problem finding and definition and then utilize a strategic blueprint to manifest change; Can name the most popular organizational large scale approaches to lead change in organizations and systems; Know what strategic thinking is and how the ability to take a strategic viewpoint translates into change initiatives; Demonstrate outcomes oriented strategic thinking by drafting SMART goals-specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely; Name a variety of leadership models, including situational leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, transactional vs transformational, 5th level leadership, leading with soul and leadership as jazz; Develop and articulate the key elements of their own unique leadership brand or "identity", building from the models studied and reflecting on their own mission and leadership "journey"; Reflect on their own life story, career lifeline and values to create a vision and mission statement for their own leadership agenda; Define the elements of two way communication and how to listen actively as well as conduct "fierce or powerful conversations"; Knows the value using story to align others to their vision-can demonstrate how telling a powerful story can be a valuable tool for persuasion for leaders; Complete several self assessments and determine how self-awareness is a vital part of the EQ and CQ-and essential to being a successful servant leader; Articulate a leadership "mantra" and life's mission statement; Understand the concept of creating a learning organization and know a variety of ways to develop the talents and human potential in staff, colleagues and themselves (aka demonstrate a commitment to lifelong development and learning); Demonstrate the ability to find and define a problem or challenge in their own field or discipline and create a compelling proposal for a project, innovation or initiative that creates change or improves the welfare of the target group of children and or families; Demonstrate curiosity about cutting edge thinking in leadership-such as "anti-fragility" training, neuro-science brain research, how AI will impact the workplace, leadership as jazz, Positivist Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, etc; Envision how they will apply the insights from this course to their own leadership agenda and utilize their insights about change both personally and professionally.
One of the distinguishing features of the Online MJ in Children's Law and Policy is its focus on the development of leadership skills for child advocates across a range of disciplines and organizations. This required cornerstone course begins with an introduction to different types and styles of leadership before turning to a more practice-based preparation for leadership in such areas as operations, human resources, finance, and communications.
Outcomes: Define "management" and "leadership" and discriminate between them; Observe and grasp the bigger picture of the global trends and leadership challenges that call for servant leadership in today's world-especially concerning child and family welfare; Define and provide examples of the basic concept of "servant leadership"; Understand what motivates people and discern what motivates them as individuals; Be familiar with the history of organization development and dynamics and where the field of organization behavior is in today's environment; Understand why people resist change and the barriers to making it happen for people and systems; Apprehend how adults learn and how this is relevant to leadership, to "unlocking the human equation" and to aligning others to transformational change; Define the concept and role of "culture" in organizations and systems and understand the leader's role in shaping the values and ethos of an organization or group; Learn their own personality "type" and understand how personality affects behavior in the workplace; Demonstrate commitment to treating differences in the workplace such as generational gender, ethnic, religious, sexual preference, class, country of origin, educational background, etc, with sensitivity and mindfulness; Be exposed to the disciplinary approaches and tools of "organization development" as a tool for strategic leadership and change; Master the "leaders' tool chest"-a variety of tools, templates and models that leaders use to diagnose leverage points in organizations, engage in problem finding and definition and then utilize a strategic blueprint to manifest change; Can name the most popular organizational large scale approaches to lead change in organizations and systems; Know what strategic thinking is and how the ability to take a strategic viewpoint translates into change initiatives; Demonstrate outcomes oriented strategic thinking by drafting SMART goals-specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely; Name a variety of leadership models, including situational leadership, servant leadership, authentic leadership, transactional vs transformational, 5th level leadership, leading with soul and leadership as jazz; Develop and articulate the key elements of their own unique leadership brand or "identity", building from the models studied and reflecting on their own mission and leadership "journey"; Reflect on their own life story, career lifeline and values to create a vision and mission statement for their own leadership agenda; Define the elements of two way communication and how to listen actively as well as conduct "fierce or powerful conversations"; Knows the value using story to align others to their vision-can demonstrate how telling a powerful story can be a valuable tool for persuasion for leaders; Complete several self assessments and determine how self-awareness is a vital part of the EQ and CQ-and essential to being a successful servant leader; Articulate a leadership "mantra" and life's mission statement; Understand the concept of creating a learning organization and know a variety of ways to develop the talents and human potential in staff, colleagues and themselves (aka demonstrate a commitment to lifelong development and learning); Demonstrate the ability to find and define a problem or challenge in their own field or discipline and create a compelling proposal for a project, innovation or initiative that creates change or improves the welfare of the target group of children and or families; Demonstrate curiosity about cutting edge thinking in leadership-such as "anti-fragility" training, neuro-science brain research, how AI will impact the workplace, leadership as jazz, Positivist Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, etc; Envision how they will apply the insights from this course to their own leadership agenda and utilize their insights about change both personally and professionally.