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The Challenge of Integrating The Challenge of Integrating Principle-Centered Leadership Principle-Centered Leadership Into the Business Curriculum: Into the Business Curriculum:
Lessons from the LMU Lessons from the LMU ExperienceExperience
Bill Lindsey & Larry PateBill Lindsey & Larry PateLoyola Marymount UniversityLoyola Marymount University
99thth Annual Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education Conference Annual Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education ConferenceJuly 28-30, 2006July 28-30, 2006
The College of Business began to teach in the University, and many who heard their professors were astounded. They said, "Where did they get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to them? Is not this the Business school…brother of Liberal Arts, are not their sisters Theology and Philosophy here with us?" And they took offense at them.
Then the Dean said to them, "Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house." And they could do no deed of power there. And the College of Business was amazed at their unbelief…Then they went about among the villages teaching.
Prophets in Our Own CountryProphets in Our Own Country
Liberal Arts 6:1-6
Leadership Crisis— A Perfect Storm Brewing
• Fewer available—not enough post baby boomers to fill leadership positions
• Job of leading is much more complex requiring exceptionally talented leaders
• The gene pool is shrinking—companies aren’t investing in development.
• Companies aren’t unethical—their leaders are
The Case Is CompellingThe Case Is Compelling
• More demanding work environment• Crisis brewing – leadership talent on the decline • Values-based ethical leadership needed more
than ever
However There is lack of consensus on who is to
develop as leaders and how best to develop them
We need Leaders of Character and Integrity
NotMore Standards-Based Guidelines
or Accounting-Based Rules to Cover Every Possible Situation
Principle-Centered LeadershipPrinciple-Centered Leadership
Defined on the basis of:– The quality of the leader’s principles– The leader’s conviction in living by them
Principle-centered leaders believe in and are committed to a set of moral principles, and then remain true to those principles in their actions and decisions.
Stephen Covey
Leadership — Two ViewpointsLeadership — Two Viewpoints
Who leaders ARE
• Self aware
• Innovative
• Engage others with respect and dignity
• Heroic—not afraid to be courageous
• Confident
What leaders DO
• Establish direction
• Align organization to strategy
• Create positive climates
• Motivate and inspire to achieve results
Leaders Need More Than KnowledgeLeaders Need More Than Knowledge
Knowledge
Leading Change
Problem Solving
Communicating
Managing Relationship
Managerial Competencies
Who Leaders Are• Values• Self image• Traits• Passions• Motives
How They Act• Engage others• Character & Integrity• Courage• Self confidence
Who Leaders Are Determines How They ActWho Leaders Are Determines How They Act
What to Include in the Curriculum?What to Include in the Curriculum?
Trait Approach
Behavioral Style Approach
Consideration &Initiating Structure
Behavioral Approach
ContingencyApproach
Employee-Centered& Production-Centered
Business Knowledge
LeadershipIntelligence
Execution
Performance
•Accounting•Finance•Economics•Decision Tools•Marketing•Performance Mgt.
•Strategy
•Self aware•Innovative•Engaging others
•Courage•Confidence
•Sets direction•Aligns organization
•Create climate•Develop talent
ManagerialCompetencies
•Problem Solving•Communicating•Managing Relationship
X
=
LMU Model for Leadership Development
X X
Foundation for Foundation for Leadership Intelligence Leadership Intelligence
• We are all leaders who lead all the time
• Leadership springs from within
• Leadership is a way of living
• Becoming a leader is an ongoing process of self-development
Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney
Leadership Intelligence PrinciplesLeadership Intelligence Principles
• Self Awareness• Ingenuity• Love• Heroism
• Self Awareness• Innovation• Engaging Others• Courage• Confidence
Heroic Leadership EMBA Curriculum
Leadership Intelligence Threaded Leadership Intelligence Threaded Throughout CurriculumThroughout Curriculum
BC 1 2 SUM 3 4
Self Awareness
Innovation
Engaging Others
Courage
Confidence
ModulePrinciples
Leadership Intelligence Imbedded in Leadership Intelligence Imbedded in CoursesCourses
Engag
e O
ther
s
Self A
war
e
Personal Planning
Ethics/Spirituality
Performance Mgt
Leadership
Boot Camp
Coura
ge
Confid
ence
Inno
vativ
e
Team Building
Projects
Courses Module
1, S, 3, 4
1, 2, S, 3, 4
2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
2, 4
2, 4
B.C.
Ethics and Spirituality in the Ethics and Spirituality in the WorkplaceWorkplace
• Understanding one’s values and their sources
• Approaches for handling conflict between personal and organizational values
• Value-based ethical decision-making tools
• Self awareness enhanced through journaling and reflection exercises
• Social responsibility emphasized
Personal Development Guided by Executive
Coaches
Assessing Leadership IntelligenceAssessing Leadership Intelligence
• Direct observation– Learning outcomes in course syllabus– Serendipity, e.g., finding examples of
innovation in assignments, self awareness when student “gets it”
• In the learning process itself– Course/program evaluations: “I learned a lot
about myself,” “I gained self confidence through the program.”
We Can Help Managers and LeadersWe Can Help Managers and Leaders• Develop skills for becoming more self aware
• Incorporate values and self understanding into decision making
• Use creativity and innovation in problem solving and leadership situations
• Improve how they engage others with respect and dignity
• Build their self-confidence
• Recognize contributions to family, work and society that are beyond personal accomplishment
• Test their own courage to act with integrity and to make ethically-based decisions
ChallengesChallenges• It takes a village to develop a leader and the village
is divided—academe losing credibility in business community
• Our own aren’t helping the cause—criticism by academic scholars
• Traditional approaches aren’t sufficient– Curriculum focused more on content to be learned rather
than the kind of people students should become– Benchmarking can perpetuate flaws of aspirants
• Gaining buy-in and finding faculty champions• Becoming RECOGNIZED PROPHETS
Jesuit AdvantageJesuit Advantage
• 450 year-old tradition of educating the whole person, service greater than self, care for the person and rigorous learning
• Leadership intelligence embedded in our DNA
• Values and ethical conduct are at the heart of Jesuit education
• Better positioned than large, public institutions
Questions?