PHDE650 Transformational Leadership (3 cr.)

This course focuses on leadership needs in the nonprofit sector and explores how it shapes an organization’s philanthropic culture.  The course also covers styles of leadership and the ways in which outcomes are influenced through increased awareness of personal approach, character, values, and skills. Leaders are those who set goals individually and cooperatively and move themselves and others closer to them; various personal and institutional behaviors are reviewed. 

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Reflect on the different styles of leadership and how and when to employ them.
2. Articulate the differences between managing and leading a development team.
3. Deepen personal leadership skills and develop new tools to employ as an effective leader.
4. Explore the importance of character as a core value of a successful leader.