BUS 168 — Strengths-Based Leadership: Increase Your Impact and Thrive
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Marta Hanson
Date(s): Jan 13—Mar 17
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Mondays
Class Meeting Time: 5:30—7:00 pm (PT)
Please Note: No class on January 20 and February 17
Tuition: $575
Refund Deadline: Jan 15
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 35
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Mondays
Duration: 8 weeks
Time: 5:30—7:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 13—Mar 17
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $575
Refund Deadline: Jan 15
Instructor(s): Marta Hanson
Enrollment Limit: 35
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Please Note: No class on January 20 and February 17
What happens when we consider what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them? This question inspired four decades of research and the development of the CliftonStrengths assessment, which measures natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Today, Gallup research shows that people who use their strengths daily are six times more likely to be engaged at work and three times more likely to say they have an excellent quality of life. Who wouldn’t want that?
In this course, we will explore leadership and impact through the lens of strengths. We will start by interpreting your results from the CliftonStrengths assessment: What do they reveal about how you best strategize, influence, build relationships, and get things done? This course will help you articulate not just why, but how you most naturally achieve success, and how to put this knowledge into future action. Whatever your goals—honing your management style, switching careers, communicating more effectively—you will develop tangible actions each week that creatively use your strengths to achieve those goals. Through group exercises, laser coaching, and weekly intentions, you will leave the course with a deeper understanding of your unique capabilities, an implemented plan toward your desired impact, and the confidence to continue your journey as a strengths-based leader.
In this course, we will explore leadership and impact through the lens of strengths. We will start by interpreting your results from the CliftonStrengths assessment: What do they reveal about how you best strategize, influence, build relationships, and get things done? This course will help you articulate not just why, but how you most naturally achieve success, and how to put this knowledge into future action. Whatever your goals—honing your management style, switching careers, communicating more effectively—you will develop tangible actions each week that creatively use your strengths to achieve those goals. Through group exercises, laser coaching, and weekly intentions, you will leave the course with a deeper understanding of your unique capabilities, an implemented plan toward your desired impact, and the confidence to continue your journey as a strengths-based leader.
MARTA HANSON
Principal, Social Impact Coaching
Marta Hanson is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has worked with dozens of advocacy organizations, leadership academies, and entrepreneurs across the country. She served as a national co-chair for the New Leaders Council Women’s Caucus and co-chaired the Stanford Alumni Women’s Impact Network board for six years. Her work on strengths-based leadership has been featured in Forbes and General Assembly, among others. She received an MPA from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0 (with Access Code) (ISBN B00DDR6WJK)