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Leading Organizations

Focuses on the essential principles of personal and interpersonal leadership that can be used in an organizational setting to enhance performance, align and empower personnel, and assure organizational engagement. Strengthens the act of listening as a keystone leadership practice. Applies leadership skills in a hands-on practical way that allows them to assess one's own strengths and weaknesses in leadership capacities including cultural proficiency and encourages them to challenge their own beliefs and assumptions about what constitutes leadership. Offers a comprehensive review of contemporary issues and perspectives on leadership, multidisciplinary and systems-oriented leadership approaches as well as classic leadership theory. Includes topics such as personal assessment and development, values and ethics, motivation, power, followership, group dynamics, multiculturalism in leadership, conflict resolution, performance excellence, and creating organizational change strategies.