Liberal Arts and the Competencies of Public Purpose Leadership Richard A' Couto Jepson School Summer

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Liberal Arts and the Competencies of Public
Purpose LeadershipRichard A. CoutoJepson
School Summer Institute Leadership and the
Liberal ArtsMay 21, 2008
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MAKING GOOD ON THE PROMISE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS

• LEADERSHIP STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT AS AVENUES TO
  THE INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE PURSUIT OF THE
  GOALS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
• SERVICE-LEARNING AS A PRECURSOR
• Leadership Liberal
• Studies Arts
• Technical Work Pre-Professional Education

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Higher Education and the Ubiquitous Claim of
Leadership Development

• INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE STUDY OF LEADERSHIP
  AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP
• BUT
• THE DISPROPORTION OF DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL
  PURSUIT OF UBIQUITOUS ELEMENT OF MISSION
  STATEMENTS
• THE OSMOSIS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS FOR LEADERSHIP
  AND THE ATTENTION TO WINNING ATHLETIC PROGRAMS

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STAKING OUT THE LIBERAL ARTS (1980)

• Hendrix and Stoel (FIPSE)
• Active independent learners
• General knowledge and skills rather than
  technical or specialized
• Flexibility and continued development of
  competencies
• Confronting values in oneself and others
• An understanding of other cultures
• Recognition of collective needs and
  responsibilities
• Concern with future needs and problems brought
  about by change
• Forum The Forum for the Liberal Art (March
  1980), p. 2

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STAKING OUT THE LIBERAL ARTS (2007)

• Though liberal education has assumed many forms
  across different times and places, it has always
  been concerned with important educational aims
  cultivating intellectual and ethical judgment,
  helping students comprehend and negotiate their
  relationship to the larger world, and preparing
  graduates for lives of civic responsibility and
  leadership.
• Carol Geary Schneider, president of the
  Association of American Colleges and Universities

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COLLEGE LEARNING FOR THE GLOBAL CENTURY

• KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN CULTURES AND THE PHYSICAL AND
  NATURAL WORLD
• Through study in the sciences and mathematics,
  social sciences, humanities, histories,
  languages, and the arts
• Focused by engagement with big questions, both
  contemporary and enduring
• INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS, INCLUDING
• Inquiry and analysis
• Critical and creative thinking
• Written and oral communication
• Quantitative literacy
• Information literacy
• Teamwork and problem solving
• Practiced extensively, across the curriculum, in
  the context of progressively more challenging
  problems, projects, and standards for performance

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COLLEGE LEARNING FOR THE GLOBAL CENTURY

• PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUDING
• Civic knowledge and engagement--local and global
• Intercultural knowledge and competence
• Ethical reasoning and action
• Foundations and skills for lifelong learning
• Anchored through active involvement with diverse
  communities and real-world challenges
• INTEGRATIVE LEARNING, INCLUDING
• Synthesis and advanced accomplishment across
  general and specialized studies
• Demonstrated through the application of
  knowledge, skills, and responsibilities to new
  settings and complex problems
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ASPIRATIONS FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS OVER A
QUARTER-CENTURY
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LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIESBACKGROUND

OPMs Twenty-Seven Competencies
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Leading People


Leading Change



1.

Conflict Management


1.

Creativity and
2.
Leveraging Diversity

3.

Developing Others

Innovation


2.

External Awareness

4.
Team Building


.

3.
Flexibility

Results Driven

4.

Resilience



5.
Strategic Thinking



1.
Accountability


6.
Vision
Business Acumen

2.

Customer Services



3.
Decisiveness



1.
Financial Management

4.
Entrepreneurship

2.



5.
Problem Solving

Human Capital Management

3.
Technology Management

Core Competencies
Building Coalitions



1.

Interpersonal Skills

1.

Partnering


2.
Oral Communication


2.
Political Savvy

3.

Continual Learning


3.
Influencing/Negotiating


4.
Written Communication


5.
Integrity/Honesty

6.

Public Service Motivation

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OPMS LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
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LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIESCURRENT CONSTELLATION

OPMs Twenty-Seven Competencies
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Leading People


Leading Change



1.

Conflict Management


1.

Creativity and
2.
Leveraging Diversity

3.

Developing Others

Innovation


2.

External Awareness

4.
Team Building


.

3.
Flexibility

Results Driven

4.

Resilience



5.
Strategic Thinking



1.
Accountability


6.
Vision
Business Acumen

2.

Customer Services



3.
Decisiveness



1.
Financial Management

4.
Entrepreneurship

2.



5.
Problem Solving

Human Capital Management

3.
Technology Management

Core Competencies
Building Coalitions



1.

Interpersonal Skills

1.

Partnering


2.
Oral Communication


2.
Political Savvy

3.

Continual Learning


3.
Influencing/Negotiating


4.
Written Communication


5.
Integrity/Honesty

6.

Public Service Motivation

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INTERRELATEDNESSBUILDING COALITIONS COMPETENCY
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OTHER STUDIES OF LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
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ANOTHER LOOK AT PUBLIC LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
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LIBERAL ARTS AND THE LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Leading People
Leading Projects
Leading Programs
Leading Self
Leading Organizations
Undergraduate Graduate/Executive A Spectrum
of Personal Development and Education
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Liberal Arts and the Undergraduate Leadership
Journey

• Leading Self

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Liberal Arts and the Undergraduate Leadership
Journey

• Leading Projects

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Liberal Arts and the Competencies of Public
Purpose Leadership

• Competencies of adaptive work as well as
  technical work
• Empirical case for leadership studies
• Leadership competencies as the expression of the
  liberal arts
• Competencies as interrelated constellations
• Developmentally appropriate emphases
• Emphasis not isolated skills
• Formal and informal curriculum, including an
  organizational culture that embodies the
  leadership competencies it intends to impart