Conscious Leader - Study guide

The course supports students in finding their own unique potential and serves as a platform for exploring and engaging in key areas of personal leadership and transformation with a direct interface to the student’s own professional development and other areas of life. Participation does not require a formal leadership position but improves the ability to act as a leader.

No prerequisites.

- Enabling vs. restrictive beliefs and stories
- Emotional intelligence
- Balancing between being and doing modes
- Personal triggers of behaviour
- Presence and mindfulness as a means to bring clarity into action
- Whole person paradigm
- Intention and experimental mode of action as a path towards trust and results
- Creating favourable conditions for personal and organisational transformation towards meaning and joy

The student becomes aware of his/her own thinking patterns and forms of behaviour. The student realises the influence of their own beliefs and their emotional mode on relationships, action and results on a general level, and finds ways to express him/herself genuinely and constructively in less challenging situations. The student increases his/her own resilience and finds ways to stay grounded despite shortcomings and incompleteness. The student can apply tools to take responsibility for his/her own professional life and situations and recognises their own vision of the natural mode of operation in different situations.

In addition to previous competences (grade 1), the student is aware of his/her own thinking patterns, emotional modes and forms of behaviour and recognises their connection to everyday organisational drama. The student realises the potential of using everyday life as an opportunity to practice self-awareness and growth in a curious and mindful manner. The student discovers resources behind all kinds of feelings and is able to put them into intended action. The student realises new ways of becoming an organic part of organisational culture, recognising his/her own change and finding new openings to serve and promote organisational goals

In addition to grades 1 and 3, the student is aware of everyday organisational drama, its drivers as well as his/her own and others involvement in it. The student is able to see more clearly the challenges and potential of different situations. The student recognises his/her own patterns to control difficult situations and is able to alter his/her approach and, based on the situation, express oneself in a candid and constructive manner. Based on his/her own experience and insight, the student is able to understand and empathise with others while honouring personal borders and responsibility. The student profoundly understands that she/he provides their own security, control and approval, which enables freedom to be authentic, while at the same time appreciating and respecting challenges.

The studies and learning assignments seek to mirror everyday business in corporations and other organisations. The learning sessions may include guest lectures, visits and/or real-life cases. Students apply their learning within their current work environment.

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.

The intention is to provide beneficial circumstances for the student to get insights derived from personal experience and supporting themes. Zoom online sessions include lectures, videos and other material. Breakout room discussions and reflections. Versatile literature and other material to support studying.
The experienced based approach also includes mindfulness practice that will take place during class and student’s own time. This practice supports concentration, resilience, wellbeing and success. This is an opportunity to integrate mindfulness practice in own life as part of the studies. Mindfulness skills are mainly acquired through practice. Mindfulness constitutes a meta competence in current working life and even more in the future.

The course material consists of lecture and other material as well as ebooks that will be published in Moodle.

Being conscious at workplace which enhances use of potential, productivity, stress release and creativeness.

Pasila Campus

English

Mindfulness is an international method.

19.08.2024 - 11.10.2024

Reflections (mid-course and course end) 50%, zoom attendance 25% and independent mindfulness practice 25%. In the beginning of this course you will define a leadership challenge for yourself. This assignment will not be assessed, it is a starting point and a kind of frame for your observations and insights. The challenge may also change during the course.

03.06.2024 - 16.08.2024

Zoom online sessions Tuesdays 17:40 – 20:30 as follows: 22.8, 29.8, 5.9, 12.9, 19.9 and 3.10. Independent studies during week 39 (23-29.9).

MALEAE
EVENING
EXCH
ONLINE

Monica Åberg

31 - 60

Reflection reports 50%, zoom attendance 25% and independent mindfulness practice 25%.

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