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Advanced Leadership Communication

3-0-6 units · Graduate

Introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical to leaders, including strategies for presenting to a hostile audience, running effective and productive meetings, active listening, and contributing to group decision-making. Includes team-run classes on chosen communication topics, and an individual analysis of leadership qualities and characteristics. Students deliver an oral presentation and an executive summary, both aimed at a business audience.

Spring 2016 · Advanced Communication for Leaders

Topics

  • Leadership Communication: Understanding Your Communication Style
  • Leadership Communication: Crafting Your Vision of Leadership
  • Leadership Communication: Speaking to Motivate and Inspire
  • Leadership Communication: Motivational Speeches
  • Leadership Communication: Listening and The Power of Inquiry
  • Leadership Communication: Maximizing Feedback Conversations
  • Leadership Communication: Handling Hostility
  • Leadership communication: Working in teams: Part I
  • Leadership Communication: Presenting to a Hostile Audience
  • Leadership Communication: Presenting to a Hostile Audience (cont.)
  • Leadership Communication: Working With Teams: Part II
  • Leadership Communication: Making Group Decisions
  • Leadership Communication: Communicating with Diverse Audiences
  • Leadership Communication: Managing a Crisis
  • Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Data Visualization
  • Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Social Media Within Organizations
  • Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Intercultural Communication
  • Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Dispersed or Virtual Teams
  • Leadership Communication: Teaching 15.281 Team-led Class on Emerging Communication Technologies
  • Giving and Receiving Intra-team Feedback
  • Presenting Lessons from Leadership Interview
  • Presenting Lessons from Leadership Interview (cont.)
  • Class Finale: Review and Reflection

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Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 15.279 , 15.280 , 15.284 , or permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-6 units

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