The Challenge of Integrating The Challenge of Integrating Principle-Centered Leadership Principle-Centered Leadership Into the Business Curriculum: Into the Business Curriculum:

Lessons from the LMU Lessons from the LMU ExperienceExperience

Bill Lindsey & Larry PateBill Lindsey & Larry PateLoyola Marymount UniversityLoyola Marymount University

99thth Annual Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education Conference Annual Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education ConferenceJuly 28-30, 2006July 28-30, 2006

The College of Business began to teach in the University, and many who heard their professors were astounded. They said, "Where did they get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to them? Is not this the Business school…brother of Liberal Arts, are not their sisters Theology and Philosophy here with us?" And they took offense at them.

Then the Dean said to them, "Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house." And they could do no deed of power there. And the College of Business was amazed at their unbelief…Then they went about among the villages teaching.

Prophets in Our Own CountryProphets in Our Own Country

Liberal Arts 6:1-6

Leadership Crisis— A Perfect Storm Brewing

• Fewer available—not enough post baby boomers to fill leadership positions

• Job of leading is much more complex requiring exceptionally talented leaders

• The gene pool is shrinking—companies aren’t investing in development.

• Companies aren’t unethical—their leaders are

The Case Is CompellingThe Case Is Compelling

• More demanding work environment• Crisis brewing – leadership talent on the decline • Values-based ethical leadership needed more

than ever

However There is lack of consensus on who is to

develop as leaders and how best to develop them

We need Leaders of Character and Integrity

NotMore Standards-Based Guidelines

or Accounting-Based Rules to Cover Every Possible Situation

Principle-Centered LeadershipPrinciple-Centered Leadership

Defined on the basis of:– The quality of the leader’s principles– The leader’s conviction in living by them

Principle-centered leaders believe in and are committed to a set of moral principles, and then remain true to those principles in their actions and decisions.

Stephen Covey

Leadership — Two ViewpointsLeadership — Two Viewpoints

Who leaders ARE

• Self aware

• Innovative

• Engage others with respect and dignity

• Heroic—not afraid to be courageous

• Confident

What leaders DO

• Establish direction

• Align organization to strategy

• Create positive climates

• Motivate and inspire to achieve results

Leaders Need More Than KnowledgeLeaders Need More Than Knowledge

Knowledge

Leading Change

Problem Solving

Communicating

Managing Relationship

Managerial Competencies

Who Leaders Are• Values• Self image• Traits• Passions• Motives

How They Act• Engage others• Character & Integrity• Courage• Self confidence

Who Leaders Are Determines How They ActWho Leaders Are Determines How They Act

What to Include in the Curriculum?What to Include in the Curriculum?

Trait Approach

Behavioral Style Approach

Consideration &Initiating Structure

Behavioral Approach

ContingencyApproach

Employee-Centered& Production-Centered

Business Knowledge

LeadershipIntelligence

Execution

Performance

•Accounting•Finance•Economics•Decision Tools•Marketing•Performance Mgt.

•Strategy

•Self aware•Innovative•Engaging others

•Courage•Confidence

•Sets direction•Aligns organization

•Create climate•Develop talent

ManagerialCompetencies

•Problem Solving•Communicating•Managing Relationship

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LMU Model for Leadership Development

X X

Foundation for Foundation for Leadership Intelligence Leadership Intelligence

• We are all leaders who lead all the time

• Leadership springs from within

• Leadership is a way of living

• Becoming a leader is an ongoing process of self-development

Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney

Leadership Intelligence PrinciplesLeadership Intelligence Principles

• Self Awareness• Ingenuity• Love• Heroism

• Self Awareness• Innovation• Engaging Others• Courage• Confidence

Heroic Leadership EMBA Curriculum

Leadership Intelligence Threaded Leadership Intelligence Threaded Throughout CurriculumThroughout Curriculum

BC 1 2 SUM 3 4

Self Awareness

Innovation

Engaging Others

Courage

Confidence

ModulePrinciples

Leadership Intelligence Imbedded in Leadership Intelligence Imbedded in CoursesCourses

Engag

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Self A

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Personal Planning

Ethics/Spirituality

Performance Mgt

Leadership

Boot Camp

Coura

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Confid

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Inno

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Team Building

Projects

Courses Module

1, S, 3, 4

1, 2, S, 3, 4

2, 3, 4

1, 2, 3, 4

2, 4

2, 4

B.C.

Ethics and Spirituality in the Ethics and Spirituality in the WorkplaceWorkplace

• Understanding one’s values and their sources

• Approaches for handling conflict between personal and organizational values

• Value-based ethical decision-making tools

• Self awareness enhanced through journaling and reflection exercises

• Social responsibility emphasized

Personal Development Guided by Executive

Coaches

Assessing Leadership IntelligenceAssessing Leadership Intelligence

• Direct observation– Learning outcomes in course syllabus– Serendipity, e.g., finding examples of

innovation in assignments, self awareness when student “gets it”

• In the learning process itself– Course/program evaluations: “I learned a lot

about myself,” “I gained self confidence through the program.”

We Can Help Managers and LeadersWe Can Help Managers and Leaders• Develop skills for becoming more self aware

• Incorporate values and self understanding into decision making

• Use creativity and innovation in problem solving and leadership situations

• Improve how they engage others with respect and dignity

• Build their self-confidence

• Recognize contributions to family, work and society that are beyond personal accomplishment

• Test their own courage to act with integrity and to make ethically-based decisions

ChallengesChallenges• It takes a village to develop a leader and the village

is divided—academe losing credibility in business community

• Our own aren’t helping the cause—criticism by academic scholars

• Traditional approaches aren’t sufficient– Curriculum focused more on content to be learned rather

than the kind of people students should become– Benchmarking can perpetuate flaws of aspirants

• Gaining buy-in and finding faculty champions• Becoming RECOGNIZED PROPHETS

Jesuit AdvantageJesuit Advantage

• 450 year-old tradition of educating the whole person, service greater than self, care for the person and rigorous learning

• Leadership intelligence embedded in our DNA

• Values and ethical conduct are at the heart of Jesuit education

• Better positioned than large, public institutions

Questions?