The Power of People - Team, Organizational and Community Leadership

Without people to propel their cause, leaders risk reducing themselves to “good idea fairies”, well intentioned people whose ideas often fail to produce any real results. This class will equip students to avoid the trap of the “good idea fairy” and instead build strong teams and lead organizations that get things done. The course will be interactive, experiential, and will challenge students to apply the things they learn to real-world situations they face in and outside the classroom. To begin the course, students will learn how to read people and identify others' gifts to recruit talent into the right roles on their teams. We will examine intangibles like team structure, norms, and culture that encourage high performance across diverse organizations. And finally, students will learn to ethically scale their influence across their broader communities so they can be effective leaders at Harris and beyond. Overall, students can expect to walk away with the frameworks and confidence to effectively lead as public policy professionals in the most complex organizations in the world. This class is especially helpful for students looking to: lead a student organization, enter a management role upon graduation, be a team player who develops into a critical team member or high potential employee (HiPo), or become more effective at gaining support for their ideas and delivering real results at work.