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

Sydney Finkelstein

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

About this Course

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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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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. 18 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

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

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

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. 18 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

Instructor

Sydney Finkelstein

Steven Roth Professor of Management

Tuck School of Business

1,201 Learners

4 Courses

Offered by

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.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

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?11m

What Superboss Leadership Can Do for You, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization7m

Why Superbosses are Different7m

Three Types of Superbosses9m

How Superbosses Recruit and Hire People12m

Finding Great Talent is Only Step 11m

2 readings

It's Time for Mentorship to Get Serious10m

Podcast - 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 Superboss20m

Application Exercise - What Type of Superboss are You?30m

Application Exercise - Best Bosses, Worst Bosses30m

Application Exercise - Untapped Talent Pools45m

Application Exercise - A Strange Encounter30m

Week

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 Expectations5m

How Superbosses Motivate People - The Yang of Inspired Talent6m

An Uncompromising and Compelling Vision7m

Unleashing Creativity10m

A New Way to Think About Change7m

2 readings

Who is Bill Sanders?10m

Leadership Lessons from George Lucas10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - The "Nice Boss" Syndrome20m

Application Exercise - Peak Performance in the Zone45m

Application Exercise - The Last Meeting Before the Big Launch30m

Application Exercise - Crafting Your Vision45m

Application Exercise - The Idea Generation Machine45m

Week

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 Apprentice7m

Hands-On Delegation6m

The Best Leaders are Great Teachers8m

What Happens When You Treat Employees and Colleagues as Customers?8m

Opportunity Generators7m

The Big Personality Paradox3m

Bureaucracy-Building11m

2 readings

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

Employees as Customers10m

4 practice exercises

Application Exercise - How Effectively Do You Delegate to Others?30m

Application Exercise - How Good a Teacher Are You?1h

Application Exercise - Customizing How You Interact with the People Around You1h

Application Exercise - Just When You Think You've Settled In30m

Week

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 Effect6m

Collaboration and Competition (The 2 C's)10m

The Talent Retention Trap9m

Debrief - Lessons and Insights from the Bill Walsh Case Study8m

Networking Superboss-Style5m

A Simple Example of Why Superbosses are so Important6m

The Superboss Playbook and You7m

2 readings

What Most Bosses Get Wrong About Millennials and Gen Z10m

Case Study - Innovation and Leadership in American Professional Football: The Story of Bill Walsh10m

5 practice exercises

Application Exercise - The 2-C Evaluation45m

Case Study Assignment - Bill Walsh1h

Application Exercise - The Networking Logbook1h

Application Exercise - Have a Superboss Day1h

Application 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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