Leadership: Mind of a Leader

Course faculty: Dr. Sandeep Krishnan

Flow of the Sessions

Venue: Exam Hall (6th floor, Academic Block)

Sec-B & C on Sun, 3 March’19

Time Activity
10:30 - 11:00 Introduction and flow of the Course
11:00 - 13:00 Discussion – Theories of Leadership
Trait Questionnaire
Video on Leadership
13:00-14:00 Break
14:00-15:00 Leadership Lessons from Mythology: Understanding some key
concepts from of leadership from Mythology
15:00 -16:30 Concepts of Leadership – Emotional Intelligence, Level 5 Leadership,
Leadership Styles Leadership Failures
Case study discussion
16:30-16:45 Break
16:45 –18:00 Leadership Simulation, Summing up the learning

DETAILED CONTENT OF THE COURSE

1.Leader and Leadership: Who is a Leader? Are Leaders Born or Made? Leaders & Managers – is there a dichotomy?
Relevance and importance of Leadership; Assessment of Leadership potential; What makes a Leader? – Traits, Behavior,
Contingency and Integrative Leadership theory paradigms.
Reading : Leadership Theories , Darden Business Publishing
2. Personality profile of Effective leaders; Attitude & Leadership styles: Personality Traits & Profile of Effective
Leaders; Leader-Motive Profile; Leadership attitudes; The Pygmalion Effect; Self- Concept; Attitude and Leadership
Styles, Leadership Behaviors, Leadership Credibility.

Case Study : Ratan Tata : Ethical Leadership, Ivey Publishing

Case Study: Leadership Styles, Constantin Korotov
Concepts from Mythology
3. Emotional Intelligence & Leadership: What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence and Leadership.

Reading: Goleman, D. (2004). What makes a leader?. harvard business review, 82(1), 82-91.
Video : Social Intelligence and Leadership, Harvard Business Review
4. Thinking like a leader
Leadership Competencies and Thinking like a Leader

Case Study: The Perfect CEO, Harvard Business School Case

Authors: G. FeldaHardymon; Ann Leamon
Article: What Leaders Really do, John P Kotter, Harvard Business Review, Dec 2001

Reading: Chapters, Introduction, Leading Established organizations, Book : Making of a CEO, Penguin, Author : Sandeep
K. Krishnan
5. Level-5 Leadership
Article: Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve , Harvard Business Review, Jim Collins
Leadership Failures : Dysfunctional leadership
6. Leadership Simulation: Understanding leadership through an activity.