There is a great literature on leadership — on power, authority, and influence. This literature consists of classics that have stood the test of time and that are universal in their appeal and application. Initially, they will be discussed broadly, as a group. Thereafter, the course will focus on the writings of a select few, among them Confucius, Machiavelli, Stanton, Freud, Friedan, and King.
Excerpts from Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence (ed: Barbara Kellerman, 2010) will be used in class.
This class will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays in February (2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26) from 11 am to 12:15 pm in the Komansky Room.
A $25 covers registration for all four classes in the series.
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Barbara Kellerman was the founding executive director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Kennedy's School's James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Leadership; and a member of the Harvard faculty for more than 20 years. She is currently a fellow at the Center. Kellerman has held professorships at Fordham, Tufts, Fairleigh Dickinson, George Washington, Uppsala, and Christopher Newport universities, as well as at Dartmouth and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She also served as director of graduate studies at Fairleigh Dickinson and director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Leadership at the University of Maryland.
In addition, Kellerman was the co-founder of the International Leadership Association (ILA) and is author and editor of many books, including The Political Presidency, Bad Leadership, Followership, Leadership: Essential Selections, The End of Leadership, Hard Times: Leadership in America, Professionalizing Leadership, and The Enablers. Kellerman has appeared on media outlets such as CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, Reuters, and BBC, and has contributed articles and reviews to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and Harvard Business Review.
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Verso University is the library’s lifelong learning and education initiative, serving up year-round offerings of classes, workshops, and lectures designed to further education and learning. Offerings run the gamut of educational opportunities, ranging from one-time lectures to ongoing courses to classes that meet weekly or monthly.
The class size is limited. The class has a one-time registration fee of $25, and registration is mandatory. The Westport Library wants to ensure that all interested students can participate in Verso University courses, so if the registration fee is a barrier to entry for you, please contact [email protected].
Verso University programs are made possible by the generous support of the Nancy J. Beard Lifelong Learning and Education Fund.
