KINT 4020 - Building One's Leadership: Deciding, Persuading, Taking Action

​​The purpose of the course is to bring the participants the keys to understanding what leadership is about, make decisions in complex situations, persuade, even under pressure and finally take action. The workshops will focus on developing emotional intelligence, working on the ability to manage fear and stress, motivate others, improving the public speaking ability, verbal charisma and voice to make an impact when making a presentation.

Business case will focus on how to identify hidden pitfalls in a situation to choose the best way for action.

Work on emotional intelligence and public speaking (management of energy, stress, resilience, physical commitment, voice delivery and pitch, interaction with the audience…) is based on specific exercises, case studies, roleplay, and media training.

Learning Outcomes:

• Public Speaking
• Persuading
• Deciding
• Taking action
• Building one’s leadership

Professional Skills:

Work on emotional intelligence and public speaking (management of energy, stress, resilience, physical commitment, voice delivery and pitch, interaction with the audience…)

No prerequisites

Peer feedback and discussion.

Individual assessment during the first session.

Assessment by the teachers during the mid-semester exercise, the role-play exercises and the final exercise.

Personal progress chart at the beginning of the semester, at mid-term and during the final sessions.

Continuous assessment/evaluation, on the following performance areas 50%

• Individual commitment and participation throughout the semester
• Taking of initiative and risk,
• Demonstration of creativity.

Three further assessment tasks requiring out-of-class research and preparation will contribute to the remainder of the marks available for award:

• An individual and mid-semester presentation: Inspire-us! 10%
• Business case (Session 11) 20%
• An individual and final presentation: Surprise us! 20%

• In Class Presence: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Reading and Preparation for Class: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Research and Preparation for Group Work: 1 hour a week / 12 hours a semester
• Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 0,5 hours a week / 6 hours a semester