EMBA6001Mindful Leadership

Course handbook

Description

Mindful Leadership supports participants towards the establishment of effective, sustainable leadership with a particular focus on self-awareness and self-management. It prepares participants for critical reflection, self-awareness, managing relationships and effective communication.The study of mindful leadership will support participants towards becoming less reactive and more focused in an ever-changing work environment. From a brain perspective this is at the core of all effective leadership behaviours towards engendering trust, strategic influence, clarity in decision-making, creativity and more. Leadership is key to effective global and intercultural interactions, identity and citizenship. Course content/case studies will include a range of international references and materials.

Availability2024 Course Timetables

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Display an advanced awareness of their own predispositions, preferences and competencies in relation to exercising leadership.

2. Critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of their leadership behaviours and experiences.

3. Articulate how mindful leadership relates to their chosen profession.

4. Analyse how leaders shape organisational climate in their own organisation and compare and contrast findings with others in small groups.

Content

The content in this course includes the following:

1.   Mindfulness at work; 

      • What is mindfulness and the neuroscience behind it?

      • Mindfulness research, practices, insights and tools.

      • Identifying individual motivational values, overdone strengths and conflict sequences through the Strength Deployment Inventory.

      • Ongoing Leadership Reflection – profile analysis, style preferences and leadership approaches.

2.   Mindful Leadership Outcomes;

      • Managing self and others – working with others.

      • Leadership, mindfulness and the five leadership practices. 

      • Networks, exercising power, crisis management, leaders as architects of organizational culture and climate.

Requisite

Students must be active in 40214 Executive Master of Business Administration to enrol in this course.

Assessment items

Portfolio: Self-Analysis Portfolio

Presentation: Group Presentation on Key Findings

Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Study Analysis of Organisation

Contact hours

Trimester 1 - 2024 (Singapore) - Singapore PSB

Course outline

• EMBA6001 - Trimester 1, 2024 (Naihes) (PDF, 228.1 KB)