The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COEXISTENCE AND CONFLICT
COEX 272a – Responsible Leadership
Alain Lempereur, Alan B. Slifka Professor in Coexistence and Conflict Resolution
Class time:
Location:
Fall 2014, Friday, 9:00 am – 11:50 am
Schneider Building, 163
Contact information for Prof. Lempereur
Fall Office Hours: Please use the following Google Doc
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Office:
Heller School Building, #106
Email:
lempereur@brandeis.edu
Phone:
x 63959 or 617-775-4530
Skype ID:
Alain Lempereur
Description
Leadership is good news or bad news. It is about leading, but it might also be about
misleading. It is more than just good intentions, charisma, a personal gift, or features of a
person; it is about impact, serving justice, positive values and the community; it must be
done right. When it is exercised properly, the good must ensue for most of all, while
empowering the voiceless, the weak, the least privileged, the most at risk, the
disenfranchised. That is why this course is not interested merely in a leadership that is
just another word for power at any cost, just an instrument for any cause. All together, the
class will be spotting responsible leadership, where the solutions of women and men of
power respond to the problems of the people, to whom they are accountable for.
Objectives
Exploring responsible leadership in terms of people, problems and processes
The course examines how to integrate responsibility as a permanent drive in leadership,
i.e. to care for the people, to solve their problems and to facilitate an empowering
process:
 People Care
◦ Serving the community, analyzing others’ needs, putting the concrete other first,
◦ Empathizing with all stakeholders: the disenfranchised, the marginalized, the
groups at risk, the most vulnerable, the next generations, …
◦ Aiming for long-term improvement of self and others.
 Problem Solving
◦ Mobilizing ethical values (security, integrity, justice, coexistence, etc.).
◦ Building acceptable solutions, which are seen as responding to the problems,
legitimate, broadly beneficial to all, and open to ongoing review.
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◦ Delivering positive impact of the solution on the environment (safe, peaceful,
caring, inclusive, green, sustainable growth, etc.).
Process Facilitation
◦ Empowering all stakeholders from convening to implementation.
◦ Favoring a facilitative process to build ownership of the solutions.
◦ Ensuring broad accountability for any decision (i.e. not only with own
constituency, but beyond).
Possible Objectives for Members of this Class
 Increasing the capacity to analyze what positive contributions leaders can bring.
 Spotting the risks of misleading behaviors.
 Influencing the leaders so that they deliver good impact for the community.
 Giving and receiving feedback, as leaders, or to leaders.
 Assessing one’s competencies as a leader and as “second in command”.
 Becoming leaders of positive change.
Format and Prerequisites
This course consists of 13 class sessions taught once a week for 3 hours per class. Class
sessions will feature practical simulations (role plays), that participants will be asked to
prepare at home before class, to role-play with their classmates, in pairs or in teams, and
then to debrief with the entire group. Members of the class will also be exposed to case
studies, exercises and video excerpts that they will be asked to review and analyze.
Summary lectures will sum up the concepts and tools at the end of each session.
Requirements
Attendance, Punctuality, and Active Participation
In order to benefit from experiential learning, you are required to attend every class and
lab, barring documented illness. Please also arrive on time at the beginning of class and
after the break. If you know you will be absent or late, for a legitimate reason, make sure
you warn in advance your instructor and teaching assistant, who cannot accept unexcused
absences. Should you miss more than two classes or labs, unfortunately, you will not
qualify for credit. Attendance is more than just coming to class. You are expected to
actively participate.
Assignments and Readings
In order to ensure active participation in the best possible conditions, make sure you
complete the assignments listed below on time. It is highly recommended that students
annotate personal copies of, or make notes from the readings. Students might be called
upon to discuss readings in class and to participate in individual or group presentations.
They must therefore come to class prepared to allow well-informed discussions. Students
enjoy complete academic freedom in the classroom, within the limits defined by mutual
respect.
Students will be assigned different roles in leadership simulations. They are asked not to
communicate before class with students who are not on the same side.
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Writing Requirements
The writing requirements listed below are intended to encourage students to approach
reading materials critically, to foster improved research and writing skills, and to serve as
a basis for contributing to class discussion and a diversity of opinions. Students are
expected to devote careful attention to the technical quality of their written work, as well
as its substance. They must be honest in all academic work.
(See: http://www.brandeis.edu/studentlife/srcs/corevalues.html)
All written work for this course must include appropriate citation of the sources
used.
 See section 56c (“Avoid Plagiarism”) of the Concise English Handbook.
 See http://www.brandeis.edu/studentaffairs/sdc/ai/index.html: ‘Truth even
unto its Innermost Part’ and in particular the section dealing with citations.
http://guides.library.brandeis.edu/coex
The university policy on academic honesty is distributed annually, as section 5 of the
Rights and Responsibilities handbook. Academic integrity is critical in all that you write
and say, and transgressions are treated severely. Instances of alleged dishonesty will be
forwarded to the Office of Campus Life for possible referral to the Student Judicial
System. Potential sanctions include failure in the course and suspension from the
university. If you have any questions about this, please ask.
Individual Written and Group Assignments
All written assignments must be typewritten, single-spaced in 12-point font (like this
syllabus), and submitted electronically via LATTE through a drop box, as a Microsoft
Word attachment (if you are not using Word, you may format your file in Rich Text
Format [RTF]), either before class, in class, or after class as mentioned below.
1. Four post-meeting Summary Group Reports (maximum one page each) will be
handed in after the simulated negotiation in class for:
 Session 3: Report for the simulation “Harmocom” (SR1)
Due: Friday, September 11 (in class)
 Session 8: Report for the simulation “Paradise Project” (SR2)
Due: Friday, October 16 (in class)
 Session 9: Report for the simulation “Weathers & Evans” (SR3)
Due: Friday, October 23 (in class)
 Session 14: Report for the simulation “SIMSOC” (SR4)
Due: Friday, December 4 (in class)
2. One short Powerpoint presentation on responsible leadership taking one book
about a leader as a case study (2 slides each, one on why he or she could be considered
as a leader, one on why he or she could be seen as a responsible leader or not). For each
session, you have a list of leaders, which is not exhaustive. Please pick one of the names
in one of the lists, and read at least one book that is associated to that leader. You must
make one such short oral presentation between sessions 5 and 10 and refer to the book
you read and to either Leadership without Easy Answers or Leading Minds.
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Please choose the leader you want to present. Propose three names by order of
preference. If several participants pick the same leader, the leader will be assigned at
random.
Due: Friday, September 18
4. End of the term paper on responsible leadership (approximately 10 pages, with
endnotes and bibliography), as well as a short PPT presentation summarizing the
findings (two or three slides maximum), are required. Make sure you integrate some of
the readings. The choice of topic must be submitted in writing on Latte by October 2nd.
When you choose one of the topics, please indicate which of the following formats you
want to explore, and develop:
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Theory Paper. Read one book on leadership or on a leader and determine how it
addresses or not the question of responsibility.
Case Study. Expose a real-life case where leadership is required for coexistence or
responsibility to protect, and how to exercise responsibility in this case.
Whatever choice you make, your final topic should be validated by the instructor. As
your final paper is an academic writing assignment, please use the APA writing format,
with appropriate references to literature, readings, and or/lectures. A short bibliography
will be expected. It is intended that the best and most relevant of case studies and theory
papers might be publicized on the Coexistence web site at:
http://www.brandeis.edu/coexistence/pubs/publications.html
In-Class Oral Presentation
Each participant will summarize orally the major findings of his or her final paper on
November 13th. He or she is encouraged to use a PPT presentation, with two or three
slides maximum, to be submitted electronically on November 9th, in order to
consolidate all students’ PPT presentation in one document.
Each PPT presentation should be two or three slides (5 minutes). It will be followed by a
short Q&A time. Participants will have a total of 10 minutes for both the presentation and
Q&A. At the end of their presentation, participants are asked to identify a particularly
good book, chapter, journal article, or web source, as to allow the class members to
explore further the topic in question.
After the oral presentation and its discussion, students are asked to reread, complete, and
correct the draft of their paper they submitted on November 9th. Submission of the final
version of their paper is due on November 20th.
Choice of Topic Due:
Paper Draft & PPT Presentation Due:
Oral In-Class Presentation:
Final Version of the Paper Due:
Friday October 2nd (before class)
Monday November 9th
Friday November 13th
Friday November 20th
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Summary of the Written Assignments
Dates
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Aug 28
Sep 4
Sep 11
Sep 18
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8
Sep 25
Oct 2
Oct 9
Oct 16
Session 9
Oct 23
Session 10
Session 11
Oct 30
Nov 6
Nov 9
Session 12
Nov 13
Session 13
NO CLASS
Session 14
Nov 20
Nov 27
Dec 4
Cases
Harmocom
Summary
Reports
Papers on Responsible
Leadership
SR1
Choice of Book
to Present in Class
John Rabe
13 Days
Paradise
Project
Weathers
and Evans
Choice for Final Paper
SR2
SR3
Paper Draft
and PPT SP
Oral Presentation
Final Paper Due
SIMSOC
SR4
Grading
The final grade in this course will consist of the following components:
 25%: Class Participation (class interactions, participation in discussions), including
Four Group Assignments (4 post-simulation reports)
 25%: Short Book Presentation
 20%: In-Class Presentation of Final Paper
 30%: Final Paper on Responsible Leadership (10 pages)
Core Texts
The following texts will be read during the course.
 REQUIRED: HEIFETZ, Ronald (1994). Leadership without Easy Answers. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
 RECOMMENDED: ALLISON, Graham, ZELIKOW, Philip (19992). Essence of Decision.
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: Longman, 1971.
 RECOMMENDED: GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Minds. An Anatomy of
Leadership. London: Harper Collins.
 For more books on leadership, see “Leadershop. Building a Community of Leaders”:
http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/titleindex.html
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Schedule, Readings and Other Assignments
Class Session 1: The Foundation. The Case for Responsible Leadership
August 28, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 HEIFETZ, Ronald (1994). Leadership without Easy Answers. Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, pp. 13-48.
 BRENKERT, George (2006). “Integrity, responsible leaders and accountability.” In:
Responsible Leadership, T. Maak and N. Pless (eds), London and NY: Routledge,
pp. 95-107.
 LA FONTAINE, Jean de. “The Wolf and the Dog,” In Fables
See: http://oaks.nvg.org/fontaine.html
In French: see
http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/french_literature/jean_de_la_fontaine_fables/wolf_
dog_loup_chien.htm
Agenda
9:00
9:15
9:30
10:30
10:45
11:50
MODELS?
ACTION
BREAK
REFLECTION
END
Welcome
Socrates, Hypatia, Averroes, Dalai Lama, Prejean, Hill
Self-Portrait
Questioning and Problem-Solving
Debriefing Themes
 He, or She as a Leader
 Name your leaders. What is a leader? What makes a leader?
 What is the leader’s responsibility? What makes a leader responsible?
 When and where does positive contribution start and stop?
 What about daily leadership? What about you? Who are you?
 What about your leadership?
 What about accountability?
 What about justice, the next generation?
 What comes first? Q&A?
 Questioning and problem-solving
 The Four Leadership Styles (Heifetz, Perkins)
 Technical and adaptive problems
 Sophia and philosophia, truth and seeking, positionalism and questioning (Meyer)
 Socrates and the courage of truth (Foucault)
 Problems and demands (Valery)
Choose your Leader
 Socrates: Taylor, C. (2001). Socrates: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University
Press.
Listen to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007zp21
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FOUCAULT, Michel (2002). Le Courage de la Vérité. Cours du College de France de
1984, Presses Universitaires de France, 2002.
Watch the movie “The Death of Socrates” (2010).
Hypatia: DZIELSKA, Maria (1995). Hypatia of Alexandria, Harvard University Press.
Watch the movie “Agora” (2009).
Ibn Rushd (Averroes): LEAMAN, Olivier (1998). Averroes and his Philosophy,
Routledge.
Watch the movie “Destiny” (1998).
Dalai Lama: The DALAI LAMA (2010). Toward A True Kinship of Faiths, Doubleday
http://www.dalailama.com
Watch the movie “Kundun” (1997) or “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997).
Helen Prejean: PREJEAN, Helen (1995). Dead Man Walking, An Eyewitness Account
of the Death Penalty in the United States. New York: Vintage Books.
http://www.prejean.org
Watch the movie “Dead Man Walking” (1995).
Anita Hill: HILL, Anita (1997). Speaking Truth to Power. New York: Doubleday.
Watch the movie “Anita” (2013).
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 ARISTOTLE, Nicomachean Ethics, MIT Classics.
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html
 COHEN, William (1995). A Class with Drucker. Amacom, chapter 6, pp. 57-68.
 GEORGE, Bill (2003). Authentic Leadership. Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating
Lasting Value. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, pp. 11-25.
 SISON, Alejo Jose (2006). “Leadership, character and virtues from an Aristotelian
viewpoint.” In: Responsible Leadership, OP. CIT., pp. 108-121.
 RAWLS, John (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of
Oxford University Press, 1986, pp. 60-65.
 VALERY, Paul (1919). Crisis of the Mind
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/valery.html
 FOUCAULT, Michel (2002). Le Courage de la Vérité. Cours du College de France
de 1984, Presses Universitaires de France, 2002.
 MEYER, Michel (1995). Of Problematology. University of Chicago Press.
In French: De la Problematologie. Mardaga, 1986.
 Watch the movie “Dead Poet Society” (1989).
Class Session 2: The Motivation. The Case for Inspirational Leadership
September 4, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 GOLEMAN, Daniel, BOYATZIS, Richard and MCKEE, Annie. “Primal Leadership: The
Hidden Driver of Great Performance,” Breakthrough Leadership, Reprint of the
Harvard Business Review (December 2001), Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business
Press, pp. 25-49.
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Mind. An Anatomy of Leadership. London:
Harper Collins, Chapter on Gandhi, pp. 267-284.
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Agenda
9:00
9:15
MODELS?
10.00
10:30
10:45
ACTION
BREAK
REFLECTION
11:50
END
Welcome
Gandhi, Patton, Martin Luther King, Mandela,
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Fears
Inspiration and Perspiration
Debriefing Themes
 Motivation, inspiration
 Vision, mission
 Reflection and action
 Leadership and followership
 Focus and self-rule
 Words and deeds
 Charisma, assertiveness
 Listening, empathy
 Questioning, dialectic and coexistence of opinions
 Emotional intelligence, self-awareness and change
 Resonant leadership
 Dialogue and conversation
 The bargaining model
 Creative deviance
Choose your Leader
 Gandhi: AXELROD, Alan (2010), Gandhi CEO. 14 Principles to Guide and Inspire
Modern Leaders, NY: Sterling.
Watch the movie “Gandhi” (1982)
 Patton: AXELROD, Alan (1999), Patton on Leadership. Strategic Lessons for
Corporate Warfare. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Press.
Watch the movie “Patton” (1970)
 Martin Luther King: CARSON, Clayborne (1998). The Autobiography of Martin
Luther King Jr, New York: Warner Books, 1997, 2004.
Watch the miniseries “King” (1978)
Though:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/oliver-stone-falls-out-of-martin-lutherking-jr-movie-1201062624/
 Mandela: MANDELA, Nelson (1994). Long Walk to Freedom. The Autobiography of
Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2004.
Watch for example the movies “Mandela” (1996), “Goodbye Bofana” (2007),
“Invictus” (2009).
 Aung San Suu Kji: STEWART, Whitney (1997). Aung San Suu Kyi: Fearless Voice of
Burma. Twenty-First Century Books.
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Watch:http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/15/burmese_pro_democracy_leader_f
ree_aung
Watch the movie “The Lady” (2010).
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 AXELROD, Alan (2010), Gandhi CEO. 14 Principles to Guide and Inspire Modern
Leaders, NY: Sterling.
 AXELROD, Alan (2009), Churchill CEO. 25 Lessons for Bold Business Leaders, NY:
Sterling.
Class Session 3: The Delegation. The Case for Leadership from Behind
September 11, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 MACCOBY, Michael (2010). The Leaders We Need. And What Makes Us Follow,
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, pp. 41-55.
 STONE, Douglas & HEEN, Sheila (2014). Thanks for the Feedback. The Science and
Art of Receiving Feedback Well. New York: Penguin, pp. 15-26.
 Harmocom, Simulation Role. You will role-play the negotiation with other students,
with whom you are asked to fill out a Summary Report (SR1) in class, after the
simulation.
Agenda
9:00
9:15
MODELS?
9:30
10:30
10:45
ACTION
BREAK
REFLECTION
11:50
END
Welcome
Joan of Arc, Talleyrand, Ike, McArthur, Powell, Lagarde
Harmocom
Build your leader
Debriefing Themes
 Leadership and followership
 Servant leadership
 Chain of command and mandate
 Second in command
 Clarity of goals
 Levels of authority
 Decentralized command
 Flexible rigidity
 Accountability
 Giving and receiving feedback
 The law of legacy
 Protecting oneself against assassination
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Choose your Leader
 Joan of Arc: BROOKS, Polly Schoyer (1999). Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of
Arc. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
http://musee.jeannedarc.pagesperso-orange.fr/indexanglais.htm
Watch “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” (1999).
 Talleyrand: COOPER, Duff (1997). Talleyrand. New York: Grove Press, 1932.
Watch “The Lame Devil” (1948), “The Supper” (1992), “Napoleon” (2002).
 Dwight Eisenhower: AMBROSE, Stephen E. (1983). Eisenhower: Soldier, General of
the Army, President-Elect, 1890–1952
Watch the movie “Ike: Countdown to D-Day” (2004).
 Douglas McArthur: BERHMAN, Greg (2007). No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in
Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas McArthur. Financial times Prentice
Hall.
Watch: “McArthur” (1977).
 Colin Powell: HARARI , Oren (2002). The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell. New
York: McGraw Hill, 2002.
 Watch “For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots” (2010) and
“Green Zone” (2010).
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 GREENLEAF, Robert (2002). Servant Leadership. New York: Paulist Press.
 PRATT, John, ZECKHAUSER, Richard (1985). Principals and Agents. The Structure of
Business. Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press.
 MNOOKIN, Robert & SUSSKIND, Lawrence, eds (1995). Negotiating on Behalf of
Others. Thousand Oaks, Sage.
 SALACUSE, Jeswald. (2006) Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich
and Powerful People. New York: Amacom.
 STONE, Douglas, PATTON, Bruce & HEEN, Sheila (2000). Difficult Conversations.
New York: Penguin.
 WAMEKA, Timothy (2007). Black Belt Leader, Peaceful Leader. New York:
Asogomi Publishing International.
Class Session 4: The Protection. The Case for Extreme Leadership
September 18, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Please choose the leader you want to present and a book that you will read to
support your presentation. Propose three names by order of preference. If several
participants pick the same leader, the leader will be assigned at random. You will be
asked to prepare a short Powerpoint presentation on responsible leadership taking one
book about a leader as a case study (2 slides each, one on why he or she could be
considered as a leader, one on why he or she could be seen as a responsible leader or
not). You must make one such short oral presentation between sessions 5 and 10 and
refer to the book you read and to either Leadership without Easy Answers or Leading
Minds.
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Consult the following site: The Responsibility to Protect
http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/responsibility.shtml
LEMPEREUR, Alain & HERRINGTON, Rebecca, “Responsibility to Protect Trumps
Business as Usual: How Corporate Leaders Build Heroism to Face Atrocities.” In
Corporate Responsibility to Protect. John Forrer and Conor Seyle, eds (2015).
Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming.
Interview with Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the responsibility to Protect
(20th commemoration of the Rwanda genocide)
General Assembly: Fulfilling our Collective Responsibility: International Assistance
and Responsibility to Protect
http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/68/947&referer=/english/
&Lang=E
Agenda
9:00
9:15
MODELS?
9:30
10:30
10:45
ACTION
BREAK
REFLECTION
11:50
END
Welcome
Emilie and Oskar Schindler, Frits Philips,
Paul Rusesabagina
Build your leader
Debriefing Themes
 Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
 R2P: state responsibility and beyond
 Ius cogens and human rights
 When R2P trumps business as usual
 Business leaders, profiteering and responsibility
Choose your Leader
 Oscar Schindler: CROWE, David M (2004). Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of
His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List. Cambridge, MA:
Westview Press.
Watch “Schindler’s List” (1993).
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/schindler.asp
 Emilie Schindler: SCHINDLER, Emilie (1997). When Light and Shadow Meet: A
Memoir. New York: Norton.
Watch “Schindler’s List” (1993).
 Frits Philips: FOOLE, Dorothee (2005). Meneer Frits, the Human Factor: A Tribute
to Frits Philips on his Hundredth Birthday. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: DFP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Philips
 Paul Rusesabagina: RUSESABAGINA, Paul (2006). An Ordinary Man. Penguin.
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KAYIHURA, Edouard (2014). Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story
and Why It Matters Today. Benbella Books
Watch: “Hotel Rwanda” (2004).
Richard Phillips: PHILIPS, Richard & TALTY, Stephan (2010). A Captain’s Duty.
Hyperion.
Watch: “Captain Phillips” (2013).
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 BAUER, Yehuda (1994). Jews for Sale. Nazi-Jewish Negotiations (1933-1945).
Stanford University Press.
 2005 UN World Summit: Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly
http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/pdf/World%20Summit%20Outcome
%20Document.pdf#page=30
Watch: http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/videos/video_5.shtml
 International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org
 Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
http://www.globalr2p.org/about_r2p
Class Session 5: The Mobilization. The Case for Humanitarian Leadership
September 25, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 On Humanitarian Leadership:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/coordination/humanitarian-leadership
 The Nanking Massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILS6wGvOWO8
 Watch: HARTUNG, Florian and BAUMEISTER, Annette: “John Rabe, The Good Nazi
of Nanking”, SBS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEcmTwY74KU
 Or watch the movie “City of War: The Story of John Rabe.” A screening will be
organized. Or otherwise, see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124377/
 CHEN, David (1996). “At the Rape of Nanking: A Nazi who Saved Lives.” New
York Times, 12 Dec 1996. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/12/world/at-the-rapeof-nanking-a-nazi-who-saved-lives.html
 “The Nanjing Atrocities. Crimes of War.” Facing History and Ourselves.
https://www.facinghistory.org/nanjing-atrocities-crimes-war/question-morality-johnrabe
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John Rabe, Minnie Vautrin, John Magee, Robert Wilson
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Debriefing Themes
 Individual responsibility to protect
 Sanctuary and international safety zone
 Humanity, impartiality, neutrality
 Staying or leaving
 A group of leaders
 Protecting women
 Leveraging of organizations
 Documenting, communicating and the power of the press
 Justice, impunity and denial
Choose your Leader
 John Rabe: RABE, John (1998). The Good Man of Nanking. The Diaries of John
Rabe, Erwin Wickert (ed.), A.A. Knopf.
 Minnie Vautrin: Hu, Hua-Ling, American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The
Courage of Minnie Vautrin. Southern Illinois University Press, April 2000.
Watch
for
example
the
theatrical
reenactment
“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55vmAmEbaA” (2003)
 Robert Wilson: “Nanjing Massacre and The doctor who Stayed to Save Lives”:
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Nanjing-Massacre-and-the-DoctorWho-Stayed-to-Save-Lives
 John Magee:
See Magee’s Reenacted Testimony at Tokyo Military Tribunal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exoTzBJJRMM
See Magees’ Testament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7R5N6qWScU
 Nicholas Winton:
Watch: 60 Minutes: Sir Nicholas Winton “Saving the Children”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0aoifNziKQ
Watch: “Nickie’s Family” (2013):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtDdLLJ6BY
 Watch: “Killing Kasztner” (2008), “Turkish Passport” (2011) and “Defiance” (2008).
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 CHANG, Steven. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
Basic Books, 1997.
 Consult the following site: The Righteous Among the Nations
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/about.asp
Class Session 6: The Innovation. The Case for Creative Leadership
October 2, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Submit your choice of topic for the Final Paper.
 HANDY, Charles (1999). The New Alchemists. How Visionary People Make
Something out of Nothing, London, Hutchinson, pp. 21-52.
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SLOANE, Paul (2007). The Innovative Leader. How to Inspire Your Team and Drive
Creativity. London and Philadelphia, Kogan Page, pp. 97-135, 1988.
Start reading ALLISON, Graham, ZELIKOW, Philip (19992). Essence of Decision.
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: Longman, 1971.
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Churchill, Jobs, Slifka, Welch
Debriefing Themes
 Questioning and problem-solving
 Thrown into the world at a time
 Problems and demands
 Challenges and responses (Toynbee)
 Reproduction and risk taking
 Long term view and the resources of the past for the future
 Stakeholders focus
 From mainstream business to philanthropy
 Starting here and there
Choose your Leader
 Eleanor Roosevelt: BEASLEY, Maurine H (2010). Eleanor Roosevelt:
Transformative First Lady, University Press of Kansas.
Watch for example http://www.history.com/topics/eleanor-roosevelt
Watch http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3467418393/
 Winston Churchill: HAYWARD, Steven. Churchill on Leadership. Executive Success
in the Face of Adversity. New York: Grammercy Books, 1997, 2004.
Watch for example the series “Churchill” (2003)
 Steve Jobs: GALLO, Carmine (2011). The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobbs.
Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success, New York: McGraw Hill.
Watch http://allaboutstevejobs.com/
 Alan Slifka: YOUNG, Susan: “Making a Word of Difference. Alan Slifka’s Venture
Philanthropy”, Harvard Business School
http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2011/february/slifka.html
HTTP://WWW.ECONOMIST.COM/NODE/21526423
 Jack Welch: SLATER, Robert (1998). Jack Welch and the GE Way: Management
Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO. New York: McGraw
Hill.
Watch http://www.chicagobooth.edu/multimedia/welch.aspx
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 HAYWARD, Steven. Churchill on Leadership. Executive Success in the Face of
Adversity. New York: Grammercy Books, 1997, 2004.
 KURKE, Lance. The Wisdom of Alexander the Great. New York: Amacom, 2004.
 BONO (Edward de). Lateral Thinking, New York: Penguin, 1970, 1990.
 ELIOT, Jay, & SIMON, William. The Steve Jobbs Way. Leadership for a New
Generation.
 Watch the movie “Apollo 13” (2007), and the documentary “A380” (1997).
Class Session 7: The Decision. The Case for Facilitative or Directive Leadership
October 9, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Watch the movie “Thirteen Days.” A screening will be organized. Or otherwise, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVOMvCk8NSo
 Finish reading ALLISON, Graham, ZELIKOW, Philip (19992). Essence of Decision.
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: Longman, 1971.
 KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (1962). Address to the nation on the missile crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7YkJxQT_0Y
Agenda
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9:15
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11:50
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Three Models of Decision
Debriefing Themes
 Making the right decision and the decision right
 Kennedy as a political leader
 Getting the facts
 Building scenarios
 Broadening consensus
 Inner circle (trusted advisers)
 Broader circle and dissent
 Resistances of the organization
 Noise and contradictions in policy making
 New paradigms
 Double checks
 Bypassing the chain of commands
 Three models of decision (Allison & Zelikov)
 The effective executive (Drucker)
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 John Fitzgerald Kennedy: SCHLESINGER, Arthur (2002). A Thousand Days: John F.
Kennedy in the White House, 1965
Watch the miniseries “The Kennedys” (2011)
 Nikita Khrushchev: KHRUSHCHEV, Sergei (2000), Nikita Khrushchev and the
Creation of a Superpower, The Pennsylvania State University Press.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phpe0DsisbY&feature=related
 Robert Kennedy: SCHLESINGER, Arthur (2002), Robert Kennedy And His Times,
Mariner Books-Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978.
Listen to http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rfkcapetown.htm (1966)
 Robert McNamara: MCNAMARA, Robert, BLIGHT, James (2001). Wilson’s Ghost:
Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century. New
York: Public Affairs.
Watch the documentary “The Fog of War. Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S.
McNamara” (2003):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8653788864462752804
 Ted Sorensen: SORENSEN, Ted (2008). Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History.
Read http://overgaard.dk/the-story-behind-that-picture-0014_gb.html
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 KENNEDY, Robert (1999). Thirteen Days. A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
New York: Longman, 1968, pp. 85-98.
 HAMOND, John, KEENEY, Ralph, & RAIFFA, Howard (1996). Smart Choices. A
Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions. New York: Broadway Books, pp.
1-28.
 MAY, Ernest and ZELIKOW, Philip (1997). The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White
House During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Harvard University Press.
 MIKOYAN, Sergo (2012). The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis. Washington, D.C.:
Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Stanford University Press.
 DOBBS, Michael (2008). One Minute to Midnight. Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro
on the Brink of Nuclear War. New York: Vintage Books.
 Kennedy discussing with Eisenhower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkzjodKAQhA
 See the archives of the 40th Anniversary:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri
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Watch http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1995571481/
 FISHER, Roger & SHARP, Alan (1999). Lateral Leadership. London: Harper Collins.
 Watch the documentary “The Missiles of October” (1974).
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8653788864462752804
Class Session 8: The Implementation. The Case for Organizational Leadership
October 16, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Mind. An Anatomy of Leadership. London:
Harper Collins, Chapter on George Marshall, pp. 147-163.
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BENHARDA, Imen, BRETT, Jeanne, and LEMPEREUR, Alain (2006). “Gender and Role
in Conflict Management: Female and Male Mangers as Third Parties.” SSRN,
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1611863
Paradise Project, Confidential Instructions, The Clearinghouse at the Dispute
Resolution Research Center at Northwestern University. You will role-play the
simulation with two other students who prepared the other side, and with whom you
will fill out a Summary Report (SR2) in class, after the simulation.
Agenda
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Welcome
Augustus, Lincoln, Oppenheimer, Marshall
Paradise Project
Management for Results
Debriefing Themes
 Forming, storming, norming, performing
 Ethics of convictions and ethics of responsibility
 Focus on motivations, rights and power
 Deal-making and conflict resolution modes
 Conflict prevention and resolution
 Innovation and risk management
 Maintenance leadership and project management
 Gender differences
Choose your Leader
 Augustus: REINHOLD, Meyer (1978). The Golden Age of Augustus. Toronto, ON:
Univ. of Toronto Press.
http://www.unrv.com/early-empire/pax-romana.php
Watch “Rome” (2005-2007)
 Napoleon: MANAS, Jerry (2006). Napoleon on Project Management. Timeless
Lessons on Planning. Execution and Leadership. Nelson Business.
Watch “Napoleon” (2002)
 Abraham Lincoln: PHILLIPS, Donald T. (2009). Lincoln on Leadership. Executive
Strategies for Tough Times. New York: Business Plus, 1992.
Watch “Lincoln” (2012).
 J. Robert Oppenheimer: BIRD, Kai; SHERWIN, Martin J. (2005). American
Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf.
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Movies/Movie8.shtml
 George Marshall: BERHMAN, Greg (2007). The Most Noble Adventure: The
Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe. Free Press.
Watch: http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi2829425433/
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To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 BENNIS, Walter and NANUS, Burt (2007). Leaders. Strategies for Taking Charge.
NY, Collins, 1985, pp. 175-199.
 PERKINS (David). King Arthur’s Round Table. How Collaborative Conversations
Create Smart Organizations. Hoboken: John Wiley, 2003, pp. 17-48.
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Mind. An Anatomy of Leadership. London:
Harper Collins, Chapter on Robert Oppenheimer, pp. 89-109.
 MANZ, Charles, NECK, Christopher, MANCUSO, James & MANZ, Karen (1997). For
Team Members Only. New York: Amacom.
 LEMPEREUR, Alain, ed. (2009). Le Leadership Responsable. Un Allié Sûr contre la
Crise, Paris: Gualino.
 Watch the movies “Ike: Countdown to D-Day” (2004) and “The Meaning of Life”.
Class Session 9: The Progression. The Case for Transformational Leadership
October 23, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Weathers and Evans, General Instructions and Simulation Role, The Clearinghouse
at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. You will role-play the
negotiation with other students, with whom you are asked to fill out a Summary
Report (SR3) in class, after the simulation.
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Minds. An Anatomy of Leadership. London:
Harper Collins, Chapters on Margaret Mead, pp. 69-88; Eleanor Roosevelt, pp. 183202; Margaret Thatcher, pp. 225-242.
Agenda
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Welcome
Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Margaret Mead,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Simone de Beauvoir
Weathers and Evans
Third Party Intervention
Debriefing Themes
 Crisis escalation
 Joint fact-finding
 Different perceptions, and a different voice
 Legality and sensitivity
 Early signals and communication
 Congruence
 Limits of negotiations and the leader as mediator
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 Cleopatra: SCHLESINGER, Arthur (2002). A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the
White House, 1965
Watch the movies “Cleopatra” (1963)
 Elizabeth I: AXELROD, Alan (2000). Elisabeth I CEO. Strategic Lessons for the
Leader Who Built an Empire. New York: Sterling, 2000.
Watch “Elizabeth. The Golden Age” (2007).
CARLSON, Eric Josef (2007). "Teaching Elizabeth Tudor with Movies: Film,
Historical Thinking, and the Classroom," Sixteenth Century Journal, Summer 2007,
Vol. 38 Issue 2, pp. 419-440.
 Eleanor Roosevelt: BEASLEY, Maurine H (2010). Eleanor Roosevelt:
Transformative First Lady, University Press of Kansas.
Watch for example http://www.history.com/topics/eleanor-roosevelt
 Margaret Mead: HOWARD, Jane (1984). Margaret Mead: A Life, New York: Simon
and Schuster.
See: http://www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2011/
 Simone de Beauvoir: BEAUVOIR, Simone de (2011). The Second Sex. First Vintage
Books Edition, 1949, 2009.
Watch “Simone de Beauvoir” (1979)
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 GILLIGAN, Carole (1982). In a Different Voice, Harvard University Press.
 ARISTOPHANES, Lysistrata, Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7700
 Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society: http://www.womens-forum.com/
 International Women’s Forum: http://www.iwforum.org/
Class Session 10: The Coalition. The Case for Collaborative Leadership
October 30, 2015, 9:00am-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Submit your Final Paper.
 You will be assigned to prepare one of the three following cases:
Reunification, the Gulf War Coalition, and the Madrid Conference.
respective readings on Latte.
 HEIFETZ, Ronald (1994). Leadership without Easy Answers. Cambridge:
University Press, pp. 181-207.
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Mind. An Anatomy of Leadership.
Harper Collins, Chapter on Martin Luther King, pp. 203-224.
Agenda
9:00
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ACTION
German
See the
Harvard
London:
Welcome
Churchill and Roosevelt, De Gaulle and Adenauer,
Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson,
Mandela and de Clerk, W. Clinton and T. Blair
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Debriefing Themes
 The coalition
 The alliance in adversity
 Peace with the enemy
 Formal and informal authority
 Sources of authority
 Creative deviance
 The different circles
 Managing the mandate
Choose your Leader
 Franklin D. Roosevelt: MEACHAN, Jon (2003), Franklin and Winston. An Intimate
Portrait of an Epic Friendship, New York, Random House.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080120010900/http://millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/
digitalarchive/speechDetail/24
Watch the movies “Cleopatra” (1963)
 Charles de Gaulle: FENBY, JOnathan (2010). The General: Charles de Gaulle and
The France He Saved. Simon and Schuster.
Watch the movie “De Gaulle” (2010)
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kIiLJUYCY
 Conrad Adenauer: HEIDENHEIMER, Arnold (1960). Adenauer and the CDU: the
Rise of the Leader and the Integration of the Party. The Hague: Nijhoff.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=70294
 Lyndon Johnson: ANDREW, John (1999). Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society .
KOTZ, NICK (2005). Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King,
Jr., and the Laws That Changed America, New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Watch for example http://www.history.com/topics/eleanor-roosevelt
 Frederik W. de Clerk: DE CLERK, Willem (1991), F.W. de Clerk: A Man in His
Time. Johanthan Ball Publishers.
http://www.fwdklerk.org.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?c=2137
 Clinton: GERGEN, David (2000). Eyewitness to Power. The Essence of Leadership.
New York: Touchstone.
Watch the movies “Primary Colors” (1998) and “A Special Relationship” (2010)
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 DEVANY, Chris (2010). 90 Days to a High Performance Team. New York: McGraw
Hill.
 MAXWELL, John. (2010). The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Chapter on the law
of the inner circle, pp. 109-119.
 Watch the TV documentary “Mandela and De Klerk” (1997), “Bofana” (1993), and
possibly “Invictus” (2003).
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Class Session 11: The Confrontation. The Case for Competitive Leadership
November 6, 2015, 9:00am-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 ROYAL, Benoit (2012). The Ethical Challenges of the Soldier. Paris: Economica,
2012, 1-3.
 GARDNER, Howard (1995). Leading Minds. An Anatomy of Leadership. Chapter on
Thatcher, pp. 225-242
 DRUCKER, Peter (2004). The Effective Executive. New York: Harper Collins, 1967.
Agenda
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Welcome
Cyrus, Alexander, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Churchill,
de Gaulle, Thatcher, Kouchner
Build your leader
Debriefing Themes
 From cooperation to competition
 War and peace
 Conquest and just war
 Ultima ratio regis
 Winning the war
 The coalition
 Winning the peace
 Liberation versus invasion
 Integrated strategies for peace-building
Choose your Leader
 Cyrus: XENOPHON, Cyrus the Great. The arts of Leadership and War. Edited by
Larry Hedrick
 Alexander: KURKE, Lance. The Wisdom of Alexander the Great. New York:
Amacom, 2004.
Watch the movies “Alexander the Great” (1956, 2004)
 Winston Churchill: HAYWARD, Steven. Churchill on Leadership. Executive Success
in the Face of Adversity. New York: Grammercy Books, 1997, 2004.
Watch for example the series “Churchill” (2003)
 Charles de Gaulle: FENBY, JOnathan (2010). The General: Charles de Gaulle and
The France He Saved. Simon and Schuster.
Watch the movie “De Gaulle” (2010)
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kIiLJUYCY
 Bernard Kouchner: IOSIAS, Jody (2011). Bernard Kouchner. Cred Press.
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1t07Ph-I8
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Watch “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders” (2008)
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 GRIESSMAN, Gene & WILLIAMS, Pat, with Peggy MATTHEWS ROSE (2009). Lincoln
Speaks to Leaders. Charleston: Elevate, 2009.
 SAINT PIERRE, Charles-Irenee de (1713). Projet pour rendre la paix perpetuelle en
Europe. Utrecht: Schouten.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k105087z
 TOLSTOY, Leo (2007). War and Peace. New York: Knopf.
November 9: Submit PPT Presentation
Class Session 12: Oral Presentations
November 13, 2015, 9:00am-11.50am
Assignments
 Bring the draft of your Final Paper.
 Prepare your oral Presentation, as well as its PPT slide show.
Agenda
9:00
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11:30
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PRESENTATIONS
GOING FORWARD
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Class Session 13: The Globalization. The Case for Human Leadership
November 20, 2015, 9:00-11.50am
Required Readings and Assignments
 Submit your Final Paper.
 GARDNER, Howard. (1995). Leading Minds. An Anatomy of Leadership. London:
Harper Collins, Chapters on Gandhi and Jean Monnet, pp. 243-284
 BARTLETT, Christopher, GHOSHAL, Sumantra (1992). “What is a Global Manager?”,
Leadership in a Changed World, Harvard Business School Press, pp. 91-114
Agenda
9:00
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10:45
11:50
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ACTION
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REFLECTION
END
Welcome
Gandhi, Monnet, John Paul II, Veil, Gates, Lagarde
Self-Portrait
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 Jean Monnet: DUCHENE, Francois. (1994) Jean Monnet. The First Statesman of
Interdependence. Norton Company, 1980.
See http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europe/monnet.htm
See http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/jean-monnet-father-of-europe/documentary
 Karol Wojtyla, called Pope John-Paul II: SZULC, Tadeusz (2007). Pope John Paul
II: The Biography. London: 2007 Simon & Schuster.
Watch the movie “Karol, A Man Who Became Pope” (2005)
 Simone Veil: VEIL, Simone (2009). A Life: The Autobiography of Simone Veil. H.
Books.
Watch: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8157216186400180034
 Bill Gates: WALLACE, James, ERICKSON, Jim (1993). Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the
Making of the Microsoft Empire. New York: Harper Collins.
Watch “Pirates of Silicon Valley” (1999)
Watch http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx
 Christine Lagarde: http://topics.wsj.com/person/L/christine-lagarde/6594
See http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2011/06/will-lagarde-keepsmiling.html
Watch: “Inside Job” (2010) and “Too Big to Fail” (2011)
Debriefing Themes
 Sources of deadlocks, ebbs and flows, suspensions and greenroom
 Managing the press
 Drafting and footnotes: one-text procedure, the power of the pen
 Constructive ambivalence
 Agreement and side deals
To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 Global Leadership Foundation: http://www.g-l-f.org
 Watch the movies “The Band’s Visit” (2007), “The Concert” (2009) and “Love
Actually” (2002).
NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 27, 2015 (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Class Sessions 14: The Application. The Case for Contextual Leadership
December 4, 2015, 9:00am-4.50pm
Required Readings and Assignments
 SIMSOC (1966, 2000) (http://www.simsoc.net), by William Gamson, New York,
The Free Press, General Instructions and possibly Role Instructions, You will be
assigned to a region and please get together with the other members of the class who
are assigned to your region and write a short preparation brief.
http://www.amazon.com/SIMSOC-Simulated-Society-ParticipantsManual/dp/0684871408
 After being involved in SIMSOC, members of each region should get together and
summarize in one Powerpoint slide what the region members see as their major
learning points. They should submit it electronically. They will be asked to present
that slide at the beginning of the afternoon.
Professor Alain Lempereur – “Responsible Leadership” (2015)
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, MA Coexistence and Conflict, Alan B. Slifka Chair
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Agenda
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SIMSOC
QUANTITATIVE DATA
DISCUSSION: FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUPS
LESSONS FOR GOING FORWARD
Debriefing Themes
 Personal goals and other goals
 Regions and regionalism
 Resource allocation
 Ownership versus good intentions
 The management of wealth and poverty
 The society, the regions, the people
 Leading and working for organizations
 Decision making, impact and unintended consequences
Choose your Leader
 Patrice Lumumba: BEASLEY, Maurine H (2010). Eleanor Roosevelt: Transformative
First Lady, University Press of Kansas.
Watch the movie “Lumumba” (2000).
Watch:
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/21/patrice_lumumba_50_years_later_rememb
ering
 Agnes Bojaxhiu, called Mother Teresa: CHATTERJEE, Aroup (2003). Mother
Teresa: The Final Verdict, Meteor Books.
Watch “Mother Teresa” (1986), “Mother Teresa of Calcutta” (2003).
 Howard Wolpe: WOLPE, Howard, MCDONALD, Steve, NINDORERA, Eugène,
MCCLINTOCK, Elisabeth McClintock, and LEMPEREUR, Alain (2004). “Rebuilding
Peace and State Capacity in War-torn Burundi.” The Round Table. April 2004,
Vol. 93, No375
http://vimeo.com/24273601
 Moise Katumbi Chapwe: HTTP://WWW.ECONOMIST.COM/NODE/21526423
Watch the documentary “Katanga Business” (2009).
 Leymah Gbowe: GBOWE, Leymah (2011). Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood,
Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War, Beast Books.
Watch http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/leymah-gbowee-onlife-after-the-nobel/
Watch “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/pray-the-devil-back-tohell/
Professor Alain Lempereur – “Responsible Leadership” (2015)
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, MA Coexistence and Conflict, Alan B. Slifka Chair
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To Go Further: Suggested Readings and More
 WOLPE, Howard, MCDONALD, Steve, NINDORERA, Eugène, MCCLINTOCK, Elisabeth
McClintock, and LEMPEREUR, Alain (2004). “Rebuilding Peace and State Capacity in
War-torn Burundi.” The Round Table. April 2004, Vol. 93, No375
 WOLPE, Howard & MCDONALD, Steve (2008). ). “Democracy and Peace-building:
Re-Thinking the Conventional Wisdom.” The Round Table. February 2008, Vol. 97,
No394
http://heller.brandeis.edu/academic/ma-coex/files/CI%20Resources/demwolpe.pdf
 See
reports
from
the
Burundi
Leadership
Training
Program:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication-series/burundi-leadership-training-programreports-and-articles
 http://www.thepyramidgroup.com/simsoc/
 FISHER, Roger & SHARP, Alan (1999). Lateral Leadership. London: Harper Collins.
 SUSSKIND, Lawrence E (1996). Dealing with an Angry Public. New York: The Free
Press.
 Watch the movie “Blood Diamond” (2007), and the documentaries “Our Friends at
the Bank” (1997), as well as “Françafrique” (2010) and “Katanga Business” (2009).
Professor Alain Lempereur – “Responsible Leadership” (2015)
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, MA Coexistence and Conflict, Alan B. Slifka Chair
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