Harvard – Psychology of Leadership – Tal Ben-Shahar (2006)

Psychology 1508 : The Psychology of Leadership, Harvard College, Spring 2005-2006, Tal D. Ben-ShaharFrom the Homepage & Syllabus:How can leaders-in the business sector, politics, or education-create an environment that facilitates growth?Drawing on psychological research at the level of the individual, group, and organization, the class focuses on leadership development as it applies to politics, business, social enterprise, and education. Topics include goal setting, story telling, charisma, transformational leadership, personal identity, change, ethics, motivation, peak experience and peak performance.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-*** Uploader Note no.1 – IMPORTANT ***—————————————————————-after you’ll download the syllabus, you’ll be able to see that There is a noticeable inconsistency between the official syllabus and the course videos.the reason for it is that in reality, the course was *NOT* consistent with the syllabus order, lectures, and dates.In order to minimize the confusion, I compiled an updated syllabus, and added the relevant info. note that for a few of these miss-matches i could find supporting evidence that explains them in the videos, but unfortunately, not for the most of them.however, be aware that although some of the topics in the syllabus are not covered, you can still find additional info on these topics in the Required Readings section.also note, that on the videos web-page there’s a totally unrelated video (Lecture 4, date:10.02.06) from a different course, that can add to the confusion… *** Uploader Note no.2 ***——————————————-the product is divided to 3 parts:1. Videos2. Required Readings3. On-Site Documents.it’s the collection of all the relevant products that where uploaded on BitSeduce. the parts description is brought here almost verbatim.*** the full meta-Data is:[24 RM rips (MP4-H.264)-13 PPTs-6 JPGs-2 DOCs-30 PDFs-4 TXTs-11 HTM pages] ***** MASSIVE PROPS to everyone who helped, and of course to Veil, who compiled and uploaded the ‘Required Readings’ product… **—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-1. Videos———————-01 – February 1 – Introduction02 – February 6 – Janusian Thinking I (brief overview of the leadership literature)03 – February 8 – Janusian Thinking II (from “either-or” to “and”)04 – February 13 – Leadership Coaching I (Guest lecturer: Dr. Dannielle Kennedy)05 – February 15 – Leadership Coaching II (Appreciative Inquiry)06 – February 22 – Leadership Cultivation I (know thyself and be thyself)07 – February 27 – Leadership Cultivation II (authenticity and strengths)08 – March 1 – Leadership Cultivation (Guest lecturer: Scott Snook)09 – March 8 – From Vision to Goals I (the voice of calling)10 – March 10 – Mary Follet (Guest lecturer: Prof. Dafna Eylon)11 – March 13 – From Vision to Goals II (effective communication)12 – March 15 – Leaders Create their Environment I (the organizational context)13 – April 3 – Ethics pays (the moral is the practical) [lecture by Shawn Achor]14 – April 5 – Bad Leadership (Guest lecturer: Barbara Kellerman)15 – April 10 – Leaders Create their Environment II (embodying leadership)16 – April 12 – Charisma (lecture by Shawn Achor)17 – April 17 – Peak Performance (Guest lecturer: Tony Schwartz)18 – April 19 – Teach for America (Guest lecturer: Wendy Kopp)19 – April 21 – Fighting Slavery (Guest Lecturer: Jesse Sage)20 – April 24 – Moral Leadership (choosing between right and right)21 – April 26 – Theory for Practice: Positive Psychology and Leadership (Guest Lecturer: James Pawelski)22 – April 28 – Mindfulness as A Way of Being (Guest Lecturer: Ellen Langer)23 – May 1 – Let’s talk business (Guest: Seth Klarman)24 – May 3 – Final WordsEdited Files:* File 01: removed ~6 minutes of non-relevant footage from the end of source file.* File 18: removed ~20 seconds of blank screen from the beginning and end of source file.* File 22: removed ~10 minutes of non-relevant footage from the end of source file.Technical info:24 MP4s, Portable Friendly.Video: H.264, 320:240, 15fps, 160kbps.Audio: AAC-LC, 44100Hz, 32kbps, Mono.* Audio of all files was enhanced by 10dB to increase loudness ** use VLC Player to watch it on your PC or Mac.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-2. Required Readings [courtesy of Veil]———————————————————“Hey gents,Apologies for the delay, uni has just started this week. That said a bit of suspense never killed anybody.Also, some of these articles were a bitch to find, but i slayed the beast and here they are in their rightful home.All right now it’s the same story as with the Positive Psychology readings, with some that could not be found ’cause they are in books.The books are:Carl R. Rogers – On Becoming a PersonCollins & Porras Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.Kellerman, B. – Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters —> I’m pretty sure this is the book.”[30 PDFs-4 TXTs-8 full HTM files (with various layout files)]—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-3. On-Site Documents————————————-these files are *freely* available at http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k14803&page…i uploaded this for convenience reasons.it contains Harvard’s ‘Psychology of Leadership’ lectures slides, the syllabus, the midterm exam, and some more readings…[13 PPTs-6 JPGs-1 DOC-3 HTMs]—————————————————————————————————————————————————————-Enjoy !!