Curriculum
Teaching methodologies will take the following forms:
Formal Instruction
Formal instruction in leading edge leadership and management theory is comprised of: large and small group discussions, experiential exercises and case study analysis.
Guest Speakers
Simmons draws on an extensive network of experts who contribute to the dialogue on workplace strategies related to the advancement of women.
Peer Mentoring
Simmons employs a system of peer mentoring among participants throughout the program.
Group Sharing Sessions
These sessions enable participants to share specific challenges and obstacles, and through facilitated discussion, provide feedback and advice to one another.
Assessment
360-degree feedback from co-workers, managers and direct reporting is used to gain a clear assessment of leadership abilities.
Action Planning
Participants formulate action plans based on their experience in the program and their insight into their individual strengths and development needs as a leader.
Program
The Strategic Leadership Institute will include the following program modules:
Leading for Results
Examine personal experiences of effective leadership and what it means to be a leader. Includes discussion of leadership principles and review of individual 360-degree feedback reports.
Mentoring
Review the fundamentals of mentoring relationships. Reflect on past mentoring experiences and gain an understanding on the value of mentoring for career development. Includes a framework for successful mentoring relationships.
Negotiating Conditions for Leadership Success
Learn practical tools to negotiate more effectively in your work environment. Includes principles of effective deal making and the shadow negotiation.
The Third Opinion – Building and Sustaining Leadership in Complex Times
Gain a practical guide to building the most powerful advisory team at every stage of your career. Includes strategies to assemble a select group of experts who can be objective business advisors as well as an overview/discussion of research by Dr. Joni.
Building Strategic Advantage
Recognize and prioritize your school’s strategic goals. Learn models to guide strategy formulation, and identify trade-offs made at your school and unearth implicit/explicit strategy models underlying them.
What is Leadership?
In what may be a newly emerging definition of leadership, the majority of the women in a recent survey said that the traditional meaning of a leader as being "in charge of others" is not what motivates them. Having influence and making a difference does. According to the Simmons School of Management/HP survey, having a job where they can "help others," "make the world a better place," and "give back to their communities" was important to more than two-thirds of the businesswomen polled. "This survey of successful businesswomen points to a different model of workplace leadership that demands serious attention," said Deborah Merrill-Sands, Dean of the Simmons School of Management. "These women want to have influence at the highest levels in setting the agenda, the direction, and the priorities of a company."