260.812.01
The Performance of Leadership: Foundations

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2022 - 2023
Instruction Method
In-person
Class Time(s)
W, F, 1:30 - 2:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Gundula Bosch
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Next Offered
2024 - 2025
Prerequisite

none

Description
There is a crisis of confidence in leadership felt all around the globe today. How can you positively impact this crisis with your leadership as your natural self-expression? And what IS your leadership as your natural self-expression? And how do you access your full potential as a leader? The class will be run as a "laboratory" where you get to discover yourself as a leader and your leadership as your natural self- expression.
Explores leader and leadership as one’s natural self-expression through the ontological/phenomenological model in which ontology is the study or science of the nature and function of being (as in “being a leader”), and phenomenology is the method of direct access used to study and research the nature and function of being (as in being’s impact on “exercising leadership effectively”). Introduces a new conversational domain and transformative learning paradigm for leadership. Encourages discovery through discussion, exercises, and assignments. Prepares students to develop the skills necessary to create positive, effective, and sustainable change.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Develop students' capacity to read, evaluate and apply ideas from weekly course readings
  2. Enable students to develop their self-expression and to generate occasions for themselves to master being an effective leader
  3. Provide tools for students to achieve significant breakthroughs in their academic, professional, and personal lives
  4. Develop the ability to gain access and influence as a leader on a larger stage
  5. Develop communication skills, authentic listening, and effective writing
  6. Engage in ontological learning and practice new ways of being and acting that equip students to exercise leadership in every aspect of their lives
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 10% Discussion
  • 45% In-class Exercises
  • 25% Reflection
  • 20% Presentation(s)
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

This course will be offered as part of the JHSPH R3 Graduate Science Initiative.