The six mindsets of strategic leadership are developed through an integrated approach throughout the curriculum. However, each mindset is given emphasis in a particular course.

The Reflective Mindset: Broadening Perspectives
“Leadership is not about me, but it starts with me.” This module is designed to help participants gain a better understanding of their personal leadership style - how they present themselves to others, their strengths and weaknesses, and their current leadership skills. This is achieved through a thorough self examination using the life-map exercise and other self-assessment exercises to help students identify their own leadership philosophy and style. The goal of these activities os to have students explore their own thought processes and behaviors in order to stimulate fresh approaches to leading. The Life-map exercise forms the basis for a personal strategic scenario exercise.

Primary Course: Power, Influence and Leadership
Secondary and Supporting courses: LEAD; LEAD 360

The Analytic Mindset: Leading Organizations
The analytic mindset is developed through the exposure to and application of the analytical tools used to manage specific organizations and to formal approaches that improve managerial effectiveness. Successful leadership of complex organizations requires the development of a “meso” approach that integrates the macro and micro elements of the oprganization. The concepts of strategy, structure, culture, technology, and human resources must be understood in a systematic way that allows students to view the process of leading as a melding of science, art and craft.

Primary Course: Value Based Leadership
Secondary and Supporting courses: Strategic Management

The Worldly Mindset: Navigating Complex Environments  
Contemporay organizations operate in increasingly dynamic and complex global environments. In order to survive and thrive, every organization must wrestle with how to cope and adapt in their environmental context.

Primary Course: Strategic Management
Secondary and supporting courses: Value Based Leadership; Global Strategy

The Collaborative Mindset: Appreciating Work Relationships
Leadership is intentional influence that takes place in the context of a relationship. Because realtionships are the primary context for the leadership process, leaders must develop the interpersonal dimension of organizations. Those who rise to leadership positions witoit cultivating the skills of  relationship-building, negotiating, stakeholder coordination, and knowledge management are setting themselves up for derailment.  The development of these skills requires a multi-sensory approach to development that includes opprtunities to practice the skills and receive feedback designed to hone the skill.

Primary Course: LEAD; LEAD 360; Projects and Teams
Secondary and supporting courses: Projects and Teams; Value Based Leadership; Managerial Behavior

The Moral Mindset: Leading Ethically
Those who lead always have people who are dependent upon them. The greater the dependency, the more power a leader has. So, a central question for those who lead is: How will you handle the dependency of your followers. Leaders must develop an acute sensitivity to the moral responsibilities of inherent in their role.

In order to develop this awareness, leaders must learn to:

• Reflect on the moral perils of power and leadership

• Analyze the moral obligations of leadership in different contexts

• Evaluate how leaders shape the moral environment of their organization

• Present and critique moral arguments

• Practice ethical problem solving

Primary Course: Ethical Dimensions of Leadership
Secondary and Supporting Courses: Business and Society; Spirituality and Leadership

The Catalytic Mindset: Achieving Change
Leaders are change agents who must facilitate the adaptive work of their organization. Successful leadership of change initiatives requires the development of a comprehensive integrative framework that identifies the nature of the challenge facing the organization and develops a vision of a preferred future that can then be translated into strategic change objectives and the operational tactics necessary to implement meaningful change.

Primary Course: Leading Change
Secondary and Supporting Courses: Value Based Leadership