Directory of the 6 Pre-Course Readings for the Course ‘Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model’ – Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, June 20-22 and 25-27, 2012

Abstract:     
What follows are links to the four pdf files that contain the 6 Pre-Course readings for our experimental leadership course "Being A Leader and The Effective Exercise Of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model" to be taught June 20-22 and 25-27, 2012 at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.

The intention of the course is to leave participants actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self expression, and for the course to contribute to creating a new science of leadership.

Pre-Course Readings 1-3: Please download this pdf file now by clicking on the "Download This Paper" button just above the title of this abstract page. This document (compiled by Erhard, Jensen and Granger) is the first, second and third of six pre-course reading assignments for the course.

Pre-Course Readings 1, 2 and 3: "The Transformational Experiences That Leave Ordinary People Being Leaders" (primarily contains quotes selected, with permissions, from Warren Bennis & Robert Thomas, "Crucibles of Leadership" (2002), and most of Chapter 2 from Bill George, "Authentic Leadership:" (2003), regarding “crucibles”, with commentary by us) and "Access To A Context That Uses You" (primarily contains quotes selected from Carol Dweck, "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" (2006) regarding the contrast between “fixed and growth mindsets”, with commentary by us) and "Education as Stretching the Mind" by Jamshed Bharucha (2008).

Then please download immediately the 3 additional pdf files that contain Pre-Course Readings 4, 5 and 6 from the links given below.

Pre-Course Reading 4: Integrity: Without It Nothing Works (Interview of Jensen by Karen Christensen). Download this pre-course reading at this url: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1511274

Pre-Course Reading 5: Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality - Abridged (by Erhard, Jensen and Zaffron). Download this pre-course reading at this url: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1542759

Pre-Course Reading 6: Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model (by Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron and Granger). Download this pre-course reading at this url: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1585976

Number of Pages in PDF File: 33

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