SEMESTER: Fall 2018

COURSE NUMBER:  EWMBA255-1

COURSE TITLE: Leadership

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 Units

INSTRUCTOR: Dan Mulhern         

E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Mulhern@berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses

PREREQUISITE: EWMBA 205 Leading People

CAREER FIELD: All fields. The instructor has experience in traditional businesses, for-profit management, as well as government and politics. The course will focus students on future career roles but also on leading now in their business-and-student roles.

CLASS FORMAT:  The time of the course will be roughly divided as follows: 

• 20% lecture
• 30% in-class exercises – simulations, discussions, etc.
• 25% group consultations, held in consulting groups
• 25% personal leadership development through 360-degree leadership analysis and personal development planning, personality style analysis, work in dyads, and reflective papers.

REQUIRED READINGS:  One leadership text (The Leadership Challenge) and numerous chapters, articles, and multi-media.

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:

• 40% short reflective writing assignments (3-5 pages)
• 20% participation in large and small group
• 20% final paper
• 10% multiple choice test on course readings
• 10% group project

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

This course is heavily focused on your leadership development. It is overwhelmingly focused on practice – how you are currently (or recently) leading in key domains in your life: your work, family, organizational volunteering, and in this class itself as a laboratory to explore creating community and excellence. There is a strong psycho-social aspect to the class; so if you love reflection and discussion about how people think, feel and relate, you will be a great and happy leader in this laboratory.  And, if you know that you have faced some challenges in your psycho-social game and that it’s not your sweet spot, then this will be a hospitable and challenging place to engage in that growth and development. The end result of the course is that you should be leading better in the day-to-day, but also have great clarity about how you will grow in leadership, including into positions of high status and power.
Outcomes of the course:

• A clear understanding of universal leadership practices and a gauge of how you are performing against those.
• A clearer understanding of your personality make-up and how it affects your ability to lead and your prospects, strengths and challenges for advancement.
• Insights into top-level leadership in complex organizations with some sense of whether you would want that type of role and what you will have to do in your career to have an opportunity to lead in such a role.
• Tools for inspiring, managing, and coaching individuals, teams and organizations to greatness.
• A handful of deep and powerful relationships with colleagues who can help you grow as a leader – at Haas and beyond.
• A strong relationship with the instructor, who can support you in your academic and professional careers

Process of the course:
The course will be “flipped” so that the instructor will not “teach the readings,” but will instead maximize classroom time for simulation, discussion, and other exercises to practice-and-learn.
The course will move out in these concentric circles. 

• Leading yourself, exploring your aspirations (vision/values/mission) as well as your natural style, your strengths and challenges uncovered through self-analysis and a 360 leadership tool.
• Dyadic leadership, you will work closely with a colleague, as so much of leadership happens in partnership.
• Small group leadership, the milieu in which most leadership time is spent.
• Large group leadership, with dynamic guest speakers.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dan Mulhern is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of leadership and organizational culture. Mulhern has worked with a wide range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 500, from government to non-profits. He has coached and presented at well-known companies like Ford, Google, and Facebook, but also delights in a strong practice with large non-profits like Goodwill of Greater Detroit, Americorps, and the Chicago Legal Aid Foundation. He has been a proud and committed public servant (his wife Jennifer Granholm was two-term governor of Michigan) and currently works closely with great women running for positions of governor, attorney general and senator.
His current work is all dedicated to helping clients capitalize on the incredible power of LeadingX2. 
Through his working as a public speaker, radio personality, writer, professor, leadership coach, and consultant, Mulhern has inspired thousands to lead with their best self. He received the Golden Apple Award, as the student-voted most exceptional teacher at UC Berkeley, and the Earl Cheit Award as outstanding undergraduate instructor at the Haas School of Business.