About this course: Are leaders born or made? Learn the essential skills to develop and expand your leadership repertoire, design teams for collaboration, and craft win-win negotiation strategies. High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation focuses on leadership, teamwork, and negotiation. Students will engage in self-assessments to analyze their leadership style, develop team charters to optimize their groups, and develop a game plan for effective negotiation. Recurring course sessions repeat every 2 weeks on Monday with an enrollment period of 5 days.
Created by:Â Â Northwestern University
Taught by:Â Â Leigh Thompson, J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations
Kellogg School of Management
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 6 in the Organizational Leadership Specialization |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Introduction to the Organizational Leadership Specialization
This course is the first in Northwestern's Organizational Leadership Specialization which represents a collaboration between four of Northwestern’s schools. Watch these videos with four of Northwestern’s deans for their perspectives on leadership and what you will learn in the specialization.
2 videos
- Video: Perspectives on Leadership at Northwestern with Dean Ottino, Dean Hamm, & Dean O'Keefe
Leadership
Learn how to cultivate your leadership skills and coach others.
11 videos, 9 readings
- Video: Introduction to Leadership Module
- Reading: Course Grading & Logistics
- Reading: Meet Your Professor
- Reading: Course Contributors
- Reading: Suggested Textbooks (optional)
- Video: Nature vs. Nurture
- Video: Mindset and Growth
- Video: Leadership Style
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
- Video: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
- Video: The How of Happiness
- Video: Decision Making
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
- Video: Emotional Intelligence
- Video: Organizational Intelligence
- Video: Cultural Intelligence
- Reading: Exploratory Activities (optional)
- Reading: Life Story Exercise (optional)
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
Graded: Leadership Development
Graded: Motivation, Emotion, and Cognition
Graded: People Skills
Graded: Reflection on Multiple Intelligence Survey Results
WEEK 2
Teamwork
Learn how to optimally design a team for success.
10 videos, 4 readings
- Video: Goal-Setting
- Video: Size and Diversity
- Video: Roles and Rules
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
- Video: Evidence-Based Management
- Video: Optimizing Conflict
- Video: Virtual Teams
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
- Video: Creativity and Innovation
- Video: Who's More Creative, Groups or Individuals?
- Video: Best Practices for Creativity
- Reading: Revised Optional Follow-up Readings for Making the Team 6th edition (optional)
- Reading: Exploratory Activities (optional)
Graded: Building Your Team
Graded: Team Decision Making
Graded: Team Creativity
Graded: Develop a Team Contract
WEEK 3
Negotiation
Learn how to negotiate in a collaborative fashion in large and small business situations.
10 videos, 1 reading
- Video: Develop Your BATNA
- Video: Target Points and Anchoring
- Video: The Art of Concessions
- Video: Win-Win Negotiation
- Video: Creating Value
- Video: Interests, Rights and Power
- Video: Conflict Escalation and Irrational People
- Video: Reputation and Ethics
- Reading: Exploratory Activities (optional)
- Video: Conclusion of Course 1 with Dean Blount
Graded: Preparation and Leverage
Graded: Win-Win Negotiation
Graded: Disputes and Conflict Escalation
Graded: Negotiation Planning Document
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Coursework
Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes and projects.
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research and teaching university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar. Northwestern combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
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Ratings and Reviews
I really enjoyed the course lectures and felt the peer-graded assignments were insightful. However, I did not feel like I was bringing too much in from the lectures into peer-graded assignments. I did not purchase the companion texts so could not complete the majority of optional readings but may have appreciated one or two featured readings per week without the need of additional purchase to supplement the lecturer's insights through materials written by others. The self-reflection in the first peer graded assignment and practical tools used in the second and third are things that I think I will carry with me beyond the course.
This course is highly-interactive and is packed with helpful knowledge that could help any team leader set up their first team for success.
So informative! I loved the instructor, Leigh Thompson. She was explaining every concepts in a way that was understandable for everyone.
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Thank You Prof. Thompson, a good learning for me. It is much appreciated.
Best Regards,
Valerie