Lessons on Wisdom: Personal Leadership for Your Life
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Lessons on Wisdom: Personal Leadership for Your Life
This course is part of Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization
Instructor: Sydney Finkelstein
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What you'll 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'll gain
- Leadership Development
- Interpersonal Communications
- Open Mindset
- People Development
- Creativity
- Self-Awareness
- Growth Strategies
- Time Management
- Independent Thinking
- Communication
- Courage
- Personal Development
- Productivity
- Leadership
- Creative Thinking
- Change Management
- Lifelong Learning
- Growth Mindedness
- Innovation
- Curiosity
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There are 4 modules in this course
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.
What's included
9 videos3 readings5 assignments
9 videos•Total 57 minutes
- The Path to Personal Leadership•5 minutes
- The Key to Change - Taking on Your Comfort Zone•6 minutes
- Open-mindedness, Agility, and Adaptability•4 minutes
- Curiosity and Courage•6 minutes
- Why Don't People Change?•7 minutes
- How to Change Anything•6 minutes
- The Timex Story•7 minutes
- The One Rule You Need to Know to Communicate More Effectively•4 minutes
- Debrief - Lessons and Insights from the Harsa Case Study•11 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Three Questions That Will Help You Solve Any Problem•10 minutes
- The Problem With Conventional Wisdom•10 minutes
- Case Study - Harsa Industrie AG•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 225 minutes
- Application Exercise - Quick Self-Assessment•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Game Plan to Change•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Your Idols•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - Practice the One Rule of Communication•60 minutes
- Case Study Assignment - Harsa Industrie AG•60 minutes
What's included
8 videos2 readings4 assignments
8 videos•Total 60 minutes
- The Case for Creativity, at Work, and at Home•8 minutes
- A Practical Way to Become More Creative at Work and at Home•6 minutes
- More Practical Questions to Help You Become More Creative at Work and at Home•7 minutes
- The Sixth Sense of Leadership•6 minutes
- Big Data and Creativity - Would Einstein Be Locked Up Today?•7 minutes
- Micro-Creativity•4 minutes
- The Creativity Audit•5 minutes
- The Birthday Cake Exercise Revealed•17 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Our Algorithm Enabled Straightjackets... and How to Fight Back!•10 minutes
- Creative People Create•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 170 minutes
- Application Exercise - Practicing Creativity Using the Six Questions•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Creativity Day•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Perform a Creativity Audit•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Birthday Cake•20 minutes
What's included
8 videos4 readings4 assignments
8 videos•Total 42 minutes
- What is a Life Hack?•5 minutes
- How to Get a Job You Love•6 minutes
- Three Ideas to Help You Think About Getting That Great Job•10 minutes
- How to Keep a Job You Love•6 minutes
- How to Stop Wasting So Much Time•5 minutes
- How to Avoid Meeting Malpractice•7 minutes
- The Calendar Audit•3 minutes
- Life Hacks•1 minute
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 96. The Wisdom of Philippe Bourguignon, July 4, 2021.•10 minutes
- Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 49. Cal Newport: What You Thought You Knew About School, Careers, and Work is Completely Wrong, January 26, 2020.•10 minutes
- Advice for Graduates•10 minutes
- The End of Middle Management•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 180 minutes
- Application Exercise - What Can I Do to Get Closer to a Job With Four Dimensions?•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Stop Wasting Time!•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Run Better Meetings•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Calendar Audit•45 minutes
What's included
8 videos2 readings6 assignments
8 videos•Total 58 minutes
- Confidence and Humility•8 minutes
- The Paradox of Leadership•8 minutes
- More Paradox•7 minutes
- It Really Does Take a Village•8 minutes
- Is Failure Your Friend?•10 minutes
- The Power of Nuance and Subtlety•5 minutes
- The Search for Meaning at Work and Life•6 minutes
- The Power of Self-Awareness and Reflection•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 114. Uncolonized Latinas: A New Way Forward, with Valeria Aloe, November 7, 2021.•10 minutes
- Resilience - A Lesson from Sochi•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 285 minutes
- Application Exercise - Who Is In Your Village?•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - Learning From Failure I - Discuss Your Own Mistakes•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Learning From Failure II - Help Your Team Members Admit Their Mistakes•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Inspiring Lessons•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Self-Assessment Check-In•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Letter To Yourself•60 minutes
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