In a retreat setting, the course helps individuals develop a renewed sense of self and learn how to foster the development of self-confidence and esteem. Individuals assess their core values and develop a strategic personal plan including a vision and mission statement. The course helps participants focus attention on their creative potentials and how to begin to realize more of them. An appreciation for and understanding of different strategies and tools for fostering such developments in others is explored within the context of Executive Leadership Studies and Change. This class allows students and faculty the opportunity to design an individually tailored course suited to the special needs of the student or the cohort.
Students can address a particular leadership issue peculiar to their profession or work situation.
This independent study entails research conducted under the supervision of a faculty member in an area of mutual interest to the student and faculty member. The course affords an opportunity to study a specific organizational problem or area of interest.