Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership
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Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership
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 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'll gain
- Influencing
- Talent Acquisition
- People Management
- Talent Recruitment
- Motivational Skills
- Workforce Development
- Organizational Leadership
- Leadership and Management
- Leadership
- Talent Management
- Collaboration
- Team Building
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Growth Strategies
- Talent Sourcing
- Leadership Development
- People Development
- Drive Engagement
- Professional Networking
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There are 4 modules in this course
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.
What's included
6 videos2 readings5 assignments
6 videos•Total 51 minutes
- What is a Superboss?•12 minutes
- What Superboss Leadership Can Do for You, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization•7 minutes
- Why Superbosses are Different•8 minutes
- Three Types of Superbosses•10 minutes
- How Superbosses Recruit and Hire People•13 minutes
- Finding Great Talent is Only Step 1•2 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- It's Time for Mentorship to Get Serious•10 minutes
- Podcast - Blanchard Leader Chat. How to Bring Out the Absolute Best in Your People: Sydney Finkelstein on Superbosses, June 4, 2018.•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 155 minutes
- Application Exercise - Your Own Superboss•20 minutes
- Application Exercise - What Type of Superboss are You?•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Best Bosses, Worst Bosses•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Untapped Talent Pools•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - A Strange Encounter•30 minutes
What's included
5 videos2 readings5 assignments
5 videos•Total 37 minutes
- How Superbosses Motivate People - The Yin of High Expectations•5 minutes
- How Superbosses Motivate People - The Yang of Inspired Talent•6 minutes
- An Uncompromising and Compelling Vision•8 minutes
- Unleashing Creativity•11 minutes
- A New Way to Think About Change•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Who is Bill Sanders?•10 minutes
- Leadership Lessons from George Lucas•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 185 minutes
- Application Exercise - The "Nice Boss" Syndrome•20 minutes
- Application Exercise - Peak Performance in the Zone•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Last Meeting Before the Big Launch•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - Crafting Your Vision•45 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Idea Generation Machine•45 minutes
What's included
7 videos2 readings4 assignments
7 videos•Total 55 minutes
- The Master and the Apprentice•8 minutes
- Hands-On Delegation•7 minutes
- The Best Leaders are Great Teachers•8 minutes
- What Happens When You Treat Employees and Colleagues as Customers?•8 minutes
- Opportunity Generators•8 minutes
- The Big Personality Paradox•4 minutes
- Bureaucracy-Building•12 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Podcast - The Sydcast Episode 20. Mark Shapiro: How to Run an MLB Team in a Tough Neighborhood, July 7, 2019.•10 minutes
- Employees as Customers•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 180 minutes
- Application Exercise - How Effectively Do You Delegate to Others?•30 minutes
- Application Exercise - How Good a Teacher Are You?•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Customizing How You Interact with the People Around You•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Just When You Think You've Settled In•30 minutes
What's included
7 videos2 readings5 assignments
7 videos•Total 53 minutes
- The Cohort Effect•6 minutes
- Collaboration and Competition (The 2 C's)•10 minutes
- The Talent Retention Trap•9 minutes
- Debrief - Lessons and Insights from the Bill Walsh Case Study•9 minutes
- Networking Superboss-Style•5 minutes
- A Simple Example of Why Superbosses are so Important•7 minutes
- The Superboss Playbook and You•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- What Most Bosses Get Wrong About Millennials and Gen Z•10 minutes
- Case Study - Innovation and Leadership in American Professional Football: The Story of Bill Walsh•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 270 minutes
- Application Exercise - The 2-C Evaluation•45 minutes
- Case Study Assignment - Bill Walsh•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Networking Logbook•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - Have a Superboss Day•60 minutes
- Application Exercise - The Superboss Assessment•45 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 14, 2023
The course was good, but it was made lengthy. The course contents can be shortened to covey the same message.
Reviewed on Mar 8, 2025
There is great value in the exercises if they are taken seriously. I found myself find areas where I could do bettering isn't that why we take classes like this.
Reviewed on May 20, 2026
Very good course, useful information and help in managing and promoting talent
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