Northwestern University

Leadership Course

The Center offers undergraduate students two choices that are not mutually exclusive: Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership as an introductory course and the Leadership Certificate.

If you’re interested in meeting with and hearing from extraordinary leaders, and if you’d like to learn about the fundamental challenges and concepts that underlie effective leadership, each Fall Quarter we offer LDRSHP 204 – Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership.  The course is designed to help you become a leader on campus, in your community, and for your chosen profession.

How does a leader revolutionize the way we view those with developmental disabilities, even as those around her tell her to “just give up”?

Sister Rosemary Connelly, Executive Director of Misericordia, told us how she did it.

How does a coach instill a leadership philosophy into her players – one that teaches them how to be their best on and off the field?

Kate Drohan, Northwestern University’s Softball Coach, told us how she does it.

How does a leader remain at the forefront of social change from the height of the 1960s civil rights movement to today?

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Founder & President of RainbowPUSH Coalition, told us how he does it every day.

How does a leader follow his moral compass in the midst of a crisis in which millions of dollars and thousands of lives are at stake?

Harry Kraemer, former CEO of Baxter Healthcare, told us how he did it.

How do young leaders create social movements to change the world ?

Eboo Patel, Founder & Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core, told us how he does it.

Needless to say, if you weren’t with us for past classes, you missed a lot. Fortunately, we will be doing it again each Fall in Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership.

Leadership can be glamorous, but it can also be lonely. Leadership can be exhilarating, but it can also be exhausting. Leadership can be rewarding, but it can also be costly and thankless. This course introduces you to the requirements for effective leadership, including:

  • How to ask a powerful question
  • How to inspire others
  • How to mobilize different people to improve performance
  • How to thrive in any team
  • How to lead change
  • How to overcome adversity and failure

We will host a lineup of speakers who are at the top of their field. You will also experience leadership first hand through weekly workshops and by learning about community organizations.

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Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership

Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership provides you with a solid foundation of leadership themes and issues, which you can build on for the rest of your life. After the course ends, you can also decide whether you’d like to earn Northwestern’s Leadership Certificate by enrolling in the Undergraduate Leadership Program. LDRSHP 204, Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership, meets each Fall, usually on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

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McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science

The Center for Leadership serves the Northwestern community. Its academic programs are offered through the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science.