This course is part of the Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

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

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How can a company thrive for the long term? It always comes down to people: finding talented people, retaining those people, and doing it continuously. In this course, Professor Sydney Finkelstein will teach participants how to support and leverage their biggest asset, the people around them. By learning to find world-class talent and help them move forward in their career, you will learn to build success for your organization and yourself. Using examples like the NFL’s Bill Walsh, the Slow Food Movement’s Alice Waters, and fashion’s Ralph Lauren, Professor Finkelstein shows that superbosses can be found across industries and up and down the org chart—and teaches us to find the superboss within.

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

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Participants need only a desire to be a better manager and support their employees and network.

Approx. 17 hours to complete

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What you will learn

How to become a leader that creates other leaders
How to see the potential in others
How to generate and regenerate talent
How to produce tangible results for your organization

Skills you will gain

People Development
Influencing
Leadership And Management
Leadership Development
Growth Strategies

Flexible deadlines

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Course 3 of 4 in the

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

Beginner Level

Participants need only a desire to be a better manager and support their employees and network.

Approx. 17 hours to complete

English

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Sydney Finkelstein
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Steven Roth Professor of Management

Tuck School of Business

8,591 Learners

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

4 hours to complete

The Superboss Leader

4 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 51 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes

6 videos

What is a Superboss?11mWhat Superboss Leadership Can Do for You, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization7mWhy Superbosses are Different7mThree Types of Superbosses9mHow Superbosses Recruit and Hire People12mFinding Great Talent is Only Step 11m

2 readings

It's Time for Mentorship to Get Serious10mPodcast - Blanchard Leader Chat. How to Bring Out the Absolute Best in Your People: Sydney Finkelstein on Superbosses, June 4, 2018.10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - Your Own Superboss20mApplication Exercise - What Type of Superboss are You?30mApplication Exercise - Best Bosses, Worst Bosses30mApplication Exercise - Untapped Talent Pools45mApplication Exercise - A Strange Encounter30m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Superboss Secrets to Motivation

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 37 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes

5 videos

How Superbosses Motivate People - The Yin of High Expectations5mHow Superbosses Motivate People - The Yang of Inspired Talent6mAn Uncompromising and Compelling Vision7mUnleashing Creativity10mA New Way to Think About Change7m

2 readings

Who is Bill Sanders?10mLeadership Lessons from George Lucas10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - The "Nice Boss" Syndrome20mApplication Exercise - Peak Performance in the Zone45mApplication Exercise - The Last Meeting Before the Big Launch30mApplication Exercise - Crafting Your Vision45mApplication Exercise - The Idea Generation Machine45m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

The Master-Apprentice Relationship

4 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 55 min), 2 readings, 4 quizzes

7 videos

The Master and the Apprentice7mHands-On Delegation6mThe Best Leaders are Great Teachers8mWhat Happens When You Treat Employees and Colleagues as Customers?8mOpportunity Generators7mThe Big Personality Paradox3mBureaucracy-Building11m

2 readings

Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 20. Mark Shapiro: How to Run an MLB Team in a Tough Neighborhood, July 7, 2019.10mEmployees as Customers10m

4 practice exercises

Application Exercise - How Effectively Do You Delegate to Others?30mApplication Exercise - How Good a Teacher Are You?1hApplication Exercise - Customizing How You Interact with the People Around You1hApplication Exercise - Just When You Think You've Settled In30m

Week4

Week 4

6 hours to complete

The Superboss Playbook

6 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 53 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes

7 videos

The Cohort Effect6mCollaboration and Competition (The 2 C's)10mThe Talent Retention Trap9mDebrief - Lessons and Insights from the Bill Walsh Case Study8mNetworking Superboss-Style5mA Simple Example of Why Superbosses are so Important6mThe Superboss Playbook and You7m

2 readings

What Most Bosses Get Wrong About Millennials and Gen Z10mCase Study - Innovation and Leadership in American Professional Football: The Story of Bill Walsh10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - The 2-C Evaluation45mCase Study Assignment - Bill Walsh1hApplication Exercise - The Networking Logbook1hApplication Exercise - Have a Superboss Day1hApplication Exercise - The Superboss Assessment45m

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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