Second-Year Practicing Leadership: Groups & Organizations

EDU L203BY Subject & Catalog Number

Description

We are living in a time of rapid change. The continuous emergence of novel complex challenges in organizational life poses an increased need for agile, effective leadership practices that can consider the whole of an organizational system. When it comes to exercising effective leadership and productively navigating the complexity of our modern times, the hidden yet felt socio-organizational dynamics are often the most impactful, yet the least understood aspect of organizational life. 

Year 1 (L104) of PLIO focuses on building our awareness on the individual and interpersonal level.  In Year 2 (L203), build on that work while also zooming out to the broader organizational landscape in order to deepen our understanding and practice the skills needed to understand what is happening at all levels of the system (Intrapersonal, Interpersonal,  Group as a Whole, Intergroup, & Inter-Organizational).  Students will iteratively practice a set of basic, introductory level methods for analyzing the socio-organizational dynamics and applying select concepts from Systems Psychodynamics to their own leadership cases in order to broaden the scope of action options they are able to consider in their leadership practices. 

Additionally, L203 is designed to provide ample opportunities to practice the concepts covered in L104. Students will continue to fortify their learnings about individual and interpersonal leadership interventions through the introduction of peer coaching methods and expanded peer consultation methods. 

Year 2 PLIO (L203) engages Ed.L.D. students in the following set of inquiries; 

• How might we deepen our understanding of the impact of hidden dynamics that slow progress within the organizations that we work at multiple levels of the system? 

• How might we determine which types of tools are needed when to exercise impactful leadership and mobilize others towards meaningful change? 

• How can I design a personal theory of action that helps me navigate complex organizational dynamics that can elicit strong emotional and somatic reactions in a manner that is personally sustainable? 

• What specific personal liabilities and assets are currently present in me and what actions do I need to take in order to develop an enhanced practice that allows me to show up well in a manner that aligns with my values? 

• How can I leverage the brilliance and various view points of my professional peers to further my continued developmental growth and how can I return that support in kind?

• How can we continue to build a community of learning within the Ed.L.D. ecosphere during Year 3 residency and beyond?

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment is limited to second-year Ed.L.D. students. No audits are permissible. Class times listed in the catalog are approximate; check the Ed.L.D. master calendar for specific meeting times.