Leadership Course Series

The Leadership Course Series seeks to encourage and nurture future leaders. In this seminar-style course, students attend monthly special presentations by Silicon Valley CEOs, entrepreneurs, inventors, professors, investment bankers, Nobel Laureates, politicians, philanthropists and others who share their personal background and their views on leading in the new global economy. Students also review selected readings, maintain a journal, and once a month engage in lively class discussion to explore the complexities and multiple dimensions of leadership through eight central themes or "lenses" which are applied to each of the special presentations. Students gain important insights on topics including the qualities of effective leaders, the language of leadership, teamwork, the importance of self-leadership, motivating and inspiring others, the application of design principles to create innovative solutions, and the strategic acquisition and subsequent application of influence and power. This course receives 1 unit of elective credit per semester. Topics vary, and the course may be repeated.