Colin Powell: Harari , Oren (2002). The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell. New York: McGraw Hill, 2002. Watch “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots” (2010) and “Green Zone” (2010). To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More Greenleaf, Robert (2002). Servant Leadership. New York: Paulist Press. Pratt, John, Zeckhauser, Richard (1985). Principals and Agents. The Structure of Business. Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press. Mnookin, Robert & Susskind, Lawrence, eds (1995). Negotiating on Behalf of Others. Thousand Oaks, Sage. Salacuse, Jeswald. (2006) Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich and Powerful People. New York: Amacom. Stone, Douglas, Patton, Bruce & Heen, Sheila (2000). Difficult Conversations. New York: Penguin. Wameka, Timothy (2007). Belt Leader, Peaceful Leader. New York: Asogomi Publishing International. Session 4: The Protection. The Case for Extreme Leadership September 18, 2015, 9:00-11.50am Required Readings and Assignments Please choose the leader you want to present and a book that you will read to support your presentation. Propose names by order of preference. If several participants pick the same leader, the leader will be assigned at random. You will be asked to prepare a short Powerpoint presentation on responsible leadership taking one book about a leader as a case study (2 slides each, one on why he or she could be considered as a leader, one on why he or she could be seen as a responsible leader or not). You must make one such short oral presentation between sessions 5 and 10 and refer to the book you read and to either Leadership without Easy Answers or Leading Minds. Consult the following site: The Responsibility to Protect Lempereur, Alain & Herrington, Rebecca, “Responsibility to Protect Trumps Business as Usual: How Corporate Leaders Build Heroism to Face Atrocities.” In Corporate Responsibility to Protect. John Forrer and Conor Seyle, eds (2015). Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming. Interview with Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the responsibility to Protect (20th commemoration of the Rwanda genocide) General Assembly: Fulfilling our Collective Responsibility: International Assistance and Responsibility to Protect Agenda
9:00 Welcome 9:15 Models? Emilie and Oskar Schindler, Frits Philips, Paul Rusesabagina 9:30 Action 10:30 Break 10:45 Reflection Build your leader 11:50 End Debriefing Themes Responsibility to Protect (R2P) R2P: state responsibility and beyond Ius cogens and human rights When R2P trumps business as usual Business leaders, profiteering and responsibility Choose your Leader Oscar Schindler: Crowe, David M (2004). Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press. Watch “Schindler’s List” (1993). Emilie Schindler: Schindler, Emilie (1997). When Light and Shadow Meet: A Memoir. New York: Norton. Watch “Schindler’s List” (1993). Frits Philips: Foole, Dorothee (2005). Meneer Frits, the Human Factor: A Tribute to Frits Philips on his Hundredth Birthday. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: DFP. Paul Rusesabagina: Rusesabagina, Paul (2006). An Ordinary Man. Penguin. Kayihura, Edouard (2014). Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story and Why It Matters Today. Benbella Books Watch: “Hotel Rwanda” (2004). Richard Phillips: Philips, Richard & Talty, Stephan (2010). A Captain’s Duty. Hyperion. Watch: “Captain Phillips” (2013). To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More Bauer, Yehuda (1994). Jews for Sale. Nazi-Jewish Negotiations (1933-1945). Stanford University Press. 2005 UN World Summit: Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly Watch: International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
See Magees’ Testament: Nicholas Winton: 60 Minutes: Sir Nicholas Winton “Saving the Children” Watch: “Nickie’s Family” (2013): Watch: “Killing Kasztner” (2008), “Turkish Passport” (2011) and “Defiance” (2008). To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More Steven. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. Basic Books, 1997. Consult the following site: The Righteous Among the Nations Class Session 6: The Innovation. The Case for Creative Leadership October 2, 2015, 9:00-11.50am Required Readings and Assignments Submit your choice of topic for the Final Paper. Handy, Charles (1999). The New Alchemists. How Visionary People Make Something out of Nothing, London, Hutchinson, pp. 21-52. Sloane, Paul (2007). The Innovative Leader. How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity. London and Philadelphia, Kogan Page, pp. 97-135, 1988. Start reading Allison, Graham, Zelikow, Philip (19992). Essence of Decision. Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: Longman, 1971. Agenda 9:00 Welcome 9:15 Eleanor Roosevelt, Churchill, Jobs, Slifka, Welch 9:30 Action 10:30 Break 10:45 Reflection 11:50 End Debriefing Themes Questioning and problem-solving Thrown into the world at a time Problems and demands Challenges and responses (Toynbee) Reproduction and risk taking Long term view and the resources of the past for the future Stakeholders From mainstream business to philanthropy Starting here and