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- S1 E1 - The ChallengeOctober 31, 202334minBegin the course with a look at the need for stronger, more transformational leaders in today's world. Then, delve deeper into the ideas and principles behind situational leadership, adaptive leadership, and other approaches to this powerful responsibility and the ways they can shape and define an organization's success.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E2 - Portrait of a TransformationOctober 31, 202331minUsing legendary CEO Jack Welch's tenure at GE during the 1980s and 1990s as a case study, discover the true characteristics of a leader and gain a firm definition of effective leadership. Professor Roberto also debunks some myths about leadership and illustrates the important differences between a leader and a manager.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E3 - Do Great Leaders Share the Same Traits?October 31, 202328minIn the first of two lectures on leadership models, investigate three prominent perspectives of thought on leadership: the traits perspective (which focuses on individual attributes), the behavioral perspective (which deals with five key personality traits), and the power-influence perspective (which focuses on the amount and type of power a leader possesses).Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E4 - How Much Does Context Matter?October 31, 202331minContinue looking at other major theories of leadership that have emerged in recent years, each of which argues that the effectiveness of particular leadership approaches depends on contextual variables. The four you explore here are the Least Preferred Coworker model, the path-goal theory, the situational leadership theory, and the normative decision theory.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E5 - Charismatic and Transformational LeadershipOctober 31, 202331minWhat makes a leader charismatic? How does charisma define transformational and transactional leaders? Is it possible that a leader can have too much charisma? These are just a few of the many questions you'll find answers to as Professor Roberto unpacks the role of charisma in effective leadership.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E6 - Resistance and Reactions to ChangeOctober 31, 202330minIt takes a successful leader to make others embrace change. Here, grasp the typical behavioral responses to change, learn how to provide others with a sense of control during moments of change, discover how to avoid the dangers of threat rigidity, and see the importance of reframing changes as powerful opportunities.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E7 - Phases of TransformationOctober 31, 202332minNow investigate the actual process of change itself. After a brief look at the "unfreeze-change-freeze" model of change, walk through a powerful eight-step model for developing change, from establishing a sense of urgency (step 1) to using multiple vehicles to communicate your vision (step 4) to institutionalizing your new approaches (step 8).Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E8 - Harnessing EmotionOctober 31, 202331minDirect the rider. Motivate the elephant. Shape the path. What do these three actions have to do with the change process? Find out as you look closer at experiments and case studies that demonstrate the inextricably linked roles of reason and emotion in creating and sustaining change.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E9 - Making Change StickOctober 31, 202331minIn this lecture, discover the art and craft of making change last. Learn about the four key processes by which you can avoid the "flavor of the month" syndrome (chartering, learning, mobilizing, and realigning) and six principles for getting ideas to stick (simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions, and stories).Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E10 - Extrinsic Motivation and RewardOctober 31, 202331minBegin your focus on critical skills and capabilities of solid leadership by investigating the subject of extrinsic motivation, in which rewards and punishments (including compensation) drive behavioral change in a team or organization. Then, look closer at the limitations of external reward systems as well as guidelines for improving them.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E11 - Beyond Money - Intrinsic MotivationOctober 31, 202332minSwitch now to key concepts and insights in intrinsic motivation, which transformational leaders can tap into as a means of enhancing their teams' performance. Central to this lecture is an intriguing case study involving two teams working on a software project that illustrates the merits of working for intrinsic goals.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E12 - Power - Getting It and Keeping ItOctober 31, 202331minWhat are a leader's sources of power, and how is it acquired (and lost)? How is a leader's power different from his or her authority? And what are the dangers and risks of too much power? These are three central questions about power and leadership that Professor Roberto answers here.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E13 - Key Levers of PowerOctober 31, 202332minWe've all dealt with office politics at one point or another in our careers. Discover the secrets of successfully navigating organizational politics in order to make change happen. Some of the strategies whose pros and cons you examine are framing, timing, information and analysis, structural change, and symbolic action.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E14 - Influence - Tools of PersuasionOctober 31, 202333minEffective leaders should never rely solely on formal authority; they should also be able to persuade. In the first of two lectures on persuasion, focus on two "weapons of influence": authority (the necessity for people to obey authority figures and roles) and commitment (behaving in a manner consistent with prior actions).Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E15 - Give and TakeOctober 31, 202333minTurn now to four more "weapons of influence" you can use to persuade. The success of reciprocation, social proof, the liking principle, and scarcity are rooted in, respectively, our need to repay in kind, our looking to others to determine what's appropriate, our duty to authority, and our fear of fewer opportunities.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E16 - Negotiating as a Way of LifeOctober 31, 202332minIf you want to be a transformational leader, you have to know how to negotiate. In the first of two lectures on negotiation, investigate this indispensable skill's roots in theoretical games such as the Prisoner's Dilemma. Also, learn which negotiating strategies can produce the best results.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E17 - Avoiding the Zero-Sum GameOctober 31, 202331minDiscover value-claiming and value-creating behaviors that are integral to the negotiation process. Your focus here is on unpacking Roger Fisher and William Ury's influential model for dispute resolution, which calls for a focus on interests over positions, an insistence on objective criteria, and much more.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E18 - Building and Leading TeamsOctober 31, 202331minProfessor Roberto shows you how to optimize the strength and productivity of your team. Explore the benefits (and potential limitations) of the five conditions for designing and leading a team: stability, a compelling shared direction, an enabling structure, a supporting organizational context, and expert coaching.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E19 - Guiding Teams as They EvolveOctober 31, 202333minTeam design is important, but good leaders also need to help teams develop and dodge conflict. Here, analyze the three key aspects of process leadership: creating a solid process for team development, dealing with "fault lines" that can potentially fragment your team, and combating groupthink.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E20 - Observation and Organizational LearningOctober 31, 202332minOne of the most fundamental processes of change that any leader must master: learning. Your focus in this lecture is on important strategies of intelligence gathering. Explore the problems of pitfalls such as leading questions, group dynamics, and the unconscious mind; and learn how to hone your powers of observation.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E21 - Deliberate Practice and ExperimentOctober 31, 202333minContinue studying the importance of organizational learning with this insightful lecture on experience and experimentation. For the former concept, learn tips and strategies for improving after-action reviews; for the latter, learn how to best evaluate and learn from exploratory and hypothesis-testing experiments—especially failed ones.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E22 - Stimulating CreativityOctober 31, 202332minAnother essential dimension of transformational leadership—the kind that makes you stand out from the competition—is creativity. Here, Professor Roberto dispels six myths about creativity, introduces you to the concepts of "blue ocean" opportunities and group flow, reveals the seven characteristics of effective creative collaboration, and more.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E23 - Leading InnovationOctober 31, 202331minDelve into the secret benefits of open innovation and transparent research and development. Using case studies from Linux and Proctor & Gamble, discover how you as a leader can tap into the power of innovation rooted in connections that extend beyond the boundaries of your team or firm.Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
- S1 E24 - Developing LeadersOctober 31, 202333minGreat leaders don't just lead—they develop tomorrow's leaders. Why is it important for organizations to grow their own leaders? What does effective leadership development entail? How have great companies used deliberate practice—practicing toward specific performance improvement goals—to mold future leaders? How can you do the same?Free trial of The Great Courses Living or buy
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