Personally I really liked the online surveys that we received from those around us. I think that is essentially feedback, because it very rare to get a snapshot of what those around you think of your leadership skills and abilities, but also compare those to how you view yourself.
Also, I really liked the activity where we tried to project a certain emotion using a statement from one of our cards. This was interesting because it showed most of us that the sender/receiver relationship in any type of communication can sometimes be easily misconstrued no matter how hard we try or earnest our intentions are.
I really liked the presentation on emotional intelligence. I thought this group did a good job of explaining the book and content, and this is one of the more important topics of the course. Many people in our MBA background, such as myself, come from an engineering educational background. Never in any engineering classes is emotion brought into the intellectual environment, so it definitely fills a void for those of us who have a more technical background.
Lastly, I would say that if I could change the course slightly, i would add a selected book by each student on a leader to which they aspire. They should be able to select a book and learn from that leader and understand what are the core principles. I think all students look up to some well known leader as an example of what to become. It could be leaders from any aspect of life, not necessarily business. It would give a concrete role model for a student to aspire to be, so after when the student is faced with a leadership challenge in the future, he or she can ask, "what would _____ do....."
Couple of title Ideas:
Sports: What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leadership
Politics: The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Social Movement: A Higher Standard of Leadership: Lessons from the Life of Gandhi
Just an idea.....
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