Leadership Skills | Leadership: An Introduction
Objectives:
- To introduce students to the concept of leadership as a learned practice; in other words, leaders are made, not born.
- To introduce students to the contemporary problem of leadership we face in our workplaces, and specifically to the problem of leadership in journalism.
- To introduce students to behavioral ethics concepts — social and organizational pressures, cognitive errors and situational factors — that often prevent people from acting as ethically as they intend.
- To prompt students to think about how they might begin to develop their own leadership skills and capabilities and to assess the leadership of others.
Module Overview:
The skills required of excellent journalism are not the same as the skills required of excellent management or leadership. The good news is that, with focused practice, anyone can learn to be an excellent leader.
