MGMT 414

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MGMT 414
Leadership Practicum
Leadership is Action, not Position

• Kristi Lewis Tyran, Ph.D.
• Spring 2007

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Professor Kristi Lewis Tyran

• Educational Experiences
• Pullman High School
• University of Washington
• Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
• MBA (Finance and Accounting)
• University of California, Irvine
• Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior)
• Work Experiences
• Social Worker Homeless youth and adults,
  Seattle, WA
• Vice President Public Finance and Corporate
  Lending, Alaska
• (Bank or America and Key Bank)
• Professor, Instructor, Consultant for 15 years
• Sixth year at WWU.
• Research interests
• Leadership, emotion and crisis leadership, use of
  virtual mentors in Management courses, leadership
  in virtual teams.
• Hobbies Hiking, reading, traveling, cooking,
  and yoga.

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Philosophy of Course

• Our focus is learning about leadership and
  ourselves.
• Experience is the best way to learn about
  leadership and ourselves.
• Thus, we create opportunities and a safe place to
  take risks, make mistakes, and try new things.
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Because the work you do is very qualitative and
  writing-intensive, I use rubrics to guide my
  grading. These rubrics are provided on the
  course website to help guide your work.
• I am available to review and provide feedback
  in person only for ANY assignment prior to its
  submission, multiple times if you request.
  Please contact me to arrange a time to meet.
• Respect
• We respect each other we are all learners and
  educators in this learning environment.

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Course Objectives

• To practice effective leadership.
• To improve written communication skills as a
  leader.
• To understand and explain how different factors
  influence leadership effectiveness.
• Knowledge of theories, concepts, terminology
  related to leadership.
• To use models of leadership to diagnose
  leadership effectiveness.
• To understand the implications of diversity and
  ethics on leadership in organizations.
• To develop written, oral and interpersonal skills
  as a leader.
• To practice professionalism.

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Framework for course

• Skills
• Self Leadership
• Self Management
• Inspiring and motivating others
• Problem solving and inspiration
• Planning and Decision-making
• Strategic Change Leadership

Superior(s)
Society
Leader
Peers and Coworkers
Self
Team
Subordinates
Organization
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What Leaders DoJeff Immelts 10 Keys to Great
Leadership

• Personal responsibility
• Place others first
• Simplify constantly
• Be clear, concise, sufficient.
• Understand breadth, depth and Context
• Take a systems approach to your organization and
  its role in the world.
• The importance of alignment and time management.
• Prioritize, measure outcomes, reward performance.
• Leaders learn constantly and also have to learn
  how to teach.

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What Leaders Do

• Stay true to your own style
• Its about self-awareness.
• Manage by setting boundaries with freedom in the
  middle.
• Stay disciplined and detailed.
• Leave a few things unsaid.
• Be an active listener
• Like people.
• Believe in others.

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Kerry Killingers Top Ten

• Get the best education possible
• Expect to be a life-long learner
• Embrace Globalization
• Embrace technology
• Embrace change
• Embrace customer empowerment
• Embrace the inevitability of cycles

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Killingers Top Ten Continued

• Embrace 5 Management principles
• Have clear goals, and put them in writing
• Prioritize and focus on a vital few activities
• Measure everything
• Build diverse teams
• Make difficult decisions sooner rather than later
• Embrace 6 core values
• Honesty
• Stay humble
• Treat people with respect
• Work hard and have fun
• Be human, approachable, and quirky
• Be involved in the community
• Always have a 5-year plan both business and
  personal
• Have a disciplined financial plan

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How You Will Learnand Demonstrate Your Learning

• Focus of course is Consulting Project.
• Who are your clients?
• Client Organization
• Possibly the Center for Service Learning
• Other organization members you work with
• Instructor
• What is required?
• Update memos
• Product for Client
• Report for Client
• Presentation

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How You Will Learn and Demonstrate Your Learning
(cont)

• Readings and preparation
• Attendance, interaction and contribution.
• Case discussions
• Guest speakers
• Virtual Mentor Reflective Assignment
• Leadership skill plan and analysis
• Leadership assessment.
• Skill development planning.
• Peer-review.
• Discussion Quizzes

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Learning About Leadership From Other Leaders

• Who are the other leaders you will be learning
  from?
• What principles would you like to guide our
  classroom interaction?
• How can you best learn in this class?
• Who are you learning with and from?

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Leadership Practicum Project

• Objective is to experience leadership in a
  context that is meaningful to you.
• Motivation is increased when work has meaning.
• Experiencing leadership that has an impact leads
  to increased learning and retention of that
  learning.
• How can you make the most of your experience?
• What are your goals for this project?
• What are your goals for the future?

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Leadership Skill Plan Analysis

• Opportunity for you to assess your leadership
  skills and plan for improvement.
• What you will do
• Assess your leadership.
• Identify three individuals who can give you
  objective feedback on your leadership behaviors.
• Examples teammates, co-workers, supervisors,
  club or committee members.
• AVOID significant others, friends, parents, or
  siblings.
• Fill out self survey.
• Use four surveys to complete workbook.
• Turn in surveys and workbook on April 18th
• Analyze plan for improvement in your leadership
  skills
• Once at the beginning and again at the end of
  quarter.

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Preparing for Next Week

• Initiating our discussion of leadership.
• Project assignments and initiation
• Sign contract with organization and instructor.
• Contract will describe scope of work required.
• Identify your observers for leadership
  assessment
• Virtual mentors assigned
• First contacts (bio exchanges) made.