Dr. Linda Ginzel, Clinical Professor, Managerial Psychology, Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States

Choosing Leadership Workshop (Self-directed, 90-minutes)
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
 

Introduction: Dr. Linda Ginzel has been a member of the Chicago Booth faculty since 1992. She specializes in negotiation skills, managerial psychology, leadership, and executive development. At the 2020 in-person International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations, her plenary session will be held as a workshop utilizing the workbook, Choosing Leadership. While one limitation of the virtual version of the workshop is that the workbook cannot be distributed as it will be at the in-person conference, we still hope the following videos and assignments can be viewed and reflected upon. We encourage you to discuss your answers to the prompts, and we hope to build on these activities at the in-person conference, 20-21 October 2020.

LESSON ONE

• Watch video: “Choosing Leadership: A workbook”  (2.50 min.)
• Written workbook response (page 89): “Revisit moments that shaped your life. What would you say if someone asked about your biggest influence? Complete this sentence: I wouldn’t be here now, if…” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written responses with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON TWO

• Watch video: “What’s your definition of leadership?”  (2.40 min.)
• Written workbook response (page 20): “What is your zero-draft leadership definition?” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.) 
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON THREE

• Watch both videos: “Behavior" and “Leadership Capital” (2.29 min.)
• Written workbook response (page 118): “What myths have you heard about leadership that might not be true (i.e. Leaders are born good leaders?”) (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON FOUR

• Watch video: “The Map and the Compass”  (2.02 min.)
• Written response (page 48): “What symbols do you use, in your family perhaps, to communicate gist? Do you present images? Give awards? Use certain words or phrases?” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON FIVE

• Watch video: “Focus on strengths” (1.15 min.)
• Written response (page 109): “How can you do more of what you do well every day?” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON SIX

• Watch video: “Zeigarnik Effect” (1.42 min.)
• Written workbook response (page 43): “What’s your personal definition of success?” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

LESSON SEVEN

• Watch video: “The Ginzel Frontier” (2.18 min.)
• Written workbook response (page 82): “What’s the best advice you ever received?” (3 min.)
• Discuss your individual, written response with others to create collective wisdom. (5 min.)
• Reflect on the discussion and revisit your written response. Write additional input for your own self-understanding. (2 min.)

POST WORKSHOP

Developing your own point of view

As a student of leadership, you are tasked with developing your own point of view. Your perspective will evolve with experience and understanding of your own identity. You determine what matters most to you in Choosing Leadership.
Written workbook response (page 125): “Figure out what themes matter most to you…”

Linda Ginzel Workshop PDF

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