Instructor for purple cohort: Linda Yaven.
This year, this course is offered in the first semester for the purple cohort and in the second semester for the red cohort. The course will follow similar format as last year's.
More than just learning the right vocabulary, effective communication relies on an understanding of how words structure thought and action. This course constructs a specific new language for business interactions that serves as a foundation for building trust, creating effective teams, managing efficiently, strengthening leadership, improving listening and speaking skills, and enhancing interpersonal dynamics. By using these skills throughout the program, students learn techniques for creating work environments that are healthy and respectful and that improve overall performance.
Most of the readings for this course use a reader that gathers articles, reports, and chapters throughout a wide variety of sources and, unfortunately, isn't available outside the program. However, there are few required books as well:
For those following along, the required books for this course include:
• Difficult Conversations, How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher
• A General Theory of Love, by Dr. Thomas Lewis
• Developing Management Skills, 7th Edition, by David A Whetten and Kim S. Cameron.
• The Power of a Positive No, by William Ury.
• Kolb Learning Style Inventory, Publisher Hay Group and Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument; distributed in class.