Marianist Studies: LeadershipCourse Level: Intermediate

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Course Summary

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." John F. Kennedy"

This course invites those holding leadership roles in the Marianist family to learn and discuss how to integrate excellent leadership skills with goals and principles of the Marianist Mission. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and challenge each other to become purposeful, developmental, adaptive, collaborative, and transformational Marianist leaders of the present and future.

Successful completion of this course earns 2.5 CEU's. Click here for more information about CEU's.

Course Materials

  • Required Book: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner The Leadership Challenge Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA, 2012. ISBN: 0470651725; ISBN-13: 978-0470651728

Course Structure and Highlights

  • Week 1: Leadership is Purposeful
    • Interpret the Marianist mission
    • Articulate the importance of faithfulness to mission for a Marianist leader
    • Express a personal or organizational mission as a Marianist
  • Week 2: Leadership is Developmental
    • Understand the importance to Marianist leadership of both recognizing one’s own gifts and calling forth the gifts of others.
    • Explain “the essential is the interior” in personal and meaningful ways.
    • Recognize the role of a community in developing a leader.
  • Week 3: Responsive and Adaptive
    • Understand the importance for a Marianist leader to be attentive to the signs of the times.
    • Identify contemporary signs of the times.
    • Relate Marianist leadership to the “Servant Leader” tradition.
  • Week 4: Leadership as Collaborative
    • Recognize the importance of developing a shared vision as the basis for collaborative leadership.
    • Recognize that Marianist leadership happens within significant conversation with community.
    • Identify the benefits and costs in the use of collaborative decision-making and project management.
  • Week 5: Leadership is Transformative
    • Demonstrate how Marianist Leadership assumes responsibility for the Marianist mission in transforming society, working for the common good, and/or seeking peace and justice.
    • Cite examples of the dynamic tension that exists between building relationships and accomplishing results.
    • Describe ways in which Marianist leadership can be transformative.