Programs
Courses
A variety of semester length courses, taught by faculty who have insight into the skills needed by effective and ethical business leaders in profit and non-profit venues, are offered by The Leadership Center.
These courses are open to graduate students and selected undergraduates at UT Dallas.
Courses draw upon resources across multiple disciplines within the university. Coursework includes books, periodicals and case studies that deal with leadership issues.
CEO lecture series
Area CEOs meet with students to discuss leadership issues and challenges they face. As many as 200 students attend these events, which include Q&A by the students.
Participants have included:
- K.P. Wilska, senior vice president and CEO, Nokia Americas
- Angel Ruiz, president and CEO, Ericsson U.S.
- Jim Keyes, president and CEO, 7-Eleven
- Jim Parker, former CEO, Southwest Airlines
- Hubert de Pesquidoux, president and CEO, Alcatel North America
- Patrick M. Murray, chairman of the board and CEO of Dresser, Inc.
Executive seminars
The executive seminars give senior managers the opportunity to hone their skills, discuss key management issues and get answers to ethical leadership questions. The seminars allow them to interact with their peers and develop relationships that can be drawn upon for years to come. A variety of programs have been developed:
- Leadership, Ethics and Values: Was Sarbanes Oxley Preventable?
- Strategic Leadership: Creating Sustaining Value
- What Kind of Leader Am I: Understanding the Four Elements of Leadership
- Understanding Gaps in Your Leadership Capabilities: Focusing on the Right Things
- Leadership and Coaching: Leading Through Coaching
- Emotional Intelligence: Critical to Effective Leadership
- Leading Virtual Teams: Understanding the Differences
- Leadership in Human Resources: Ignite the Passion of HR
- Leading Change / Change Management: Setting the Right Framework
- Leading a Multicultural Organization: Assessing Your Multicultural Orientation
- Leading the Politics of Change: How Leaders Create Change
These programs are offered periodically in an open enrollment format at the university or off campus. Length varies from one to three days. The focus, however, is to provide these programs to high potential, mid-level managers and senior executives while tailoring the program to specific company issues. These programs can be used to develope a common company culture. Programs include a follow-up that ensures participants are making an effort to carry out their personal leadership development plans and making the necessary behavioral modifications.
Leadership development programs
The Leadership Center at UT Dallas has developed a 12-month on-site leadership development program. This program works intensively with high potential mid-level managers to assist companies in developing more effective leaders.
Although each program is specifically tailored to a company's particular needs, the program generally involves two to four faculty members from the School of Management and the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, as well as corporate leaders who discuss real-life leadership issues and experiences. The program consists of multiple formats and activities including seminars, workshops, individual mentoring and coaching, observation and use of 360° assessments at various stages to map progress and areas of need.
Research
The Leadership Center at UT Dallas funds multidisciplinary research that advances the knowledge and understanding of effective and ethical leadership. The School of Management, the School of Behavior and Brain Science and the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences will pool resources to collaborate on these projects.
