This presentation discusses aspects of leadership that may not be commonly known. Stanley McChrystal (retired four-star general) is the speaker, and he explains what he has learned about leadership during his career in the military. This talk addresses the need for building faith and trust with others, developing relationships, accepting mentoring from people younger than you are, developing a shared purpose, and consensus, and potentially doing it all in a virtual environment. He addresses topics such as how to build a sense of shared purpose across different generations, how to lead people with different skill sets and how to deal with failure.
This presentation discusses aspects of leadership that may not be commonly known. Stanley McChrystal (retired four-star general) is the speaker, and he explains what he has learned about leadership during his career in the military. This talk addresses the need for building faith and trust with others, developing relationships, accepting mentoring from people younger than you are, developing a shared purpose, and consensus, and potentially doing it all in a virtual environment.
Type of Material:
Presentation
Recommended Uses:
Recommended for lecture and in-class work with time for discussion. If this is used as homework or completed as an individual or team, it is strongly recommended that there is an in-class discussion to direct learners in ways to think about how this relates to their leadership styles and the benefits of approaching successful leadership. Class discussions could focus on describing on how the workplace has changed, the characteristics of the workers have evolved, and how leaders will need to respond to these changes. This could be especially useful for a teambuilding exercise, followed by a discussion and application of ideas.
Recommended for lecture and in-class work with time for discussion. If this is used as homework or completed as an individual or team, it is strongly recommended that there is an in-class discussion to direct learners in ways to think about how this relates to their leadership styles and the benefits of approaching successful leadership. This could be especially useful for a teambuilding exercise, followed by a discussion and application of ideas.
Technical Requirements:
Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, YouTube
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After reviewing the learning material, learners will be able to:
explain why relationships matter when leading multigenerational teams
define inverse expertise
state a strategy for dealing with the possibility of failure
Target Student Population:
Business, Management classes
College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional Development
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Introduction to Business course
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Numerous real-life examples are provided by the speaker
He is easy to follow and understand and effectively relates to the audience especially when he tells them that those he led “looked a lot like you”.
He explains the components necessary to develop a shared purpose when leading, and how to do it when you are not in the same room (virtual).
The topic of leading a multigenerational team is current and relevant in today's workplace where everyone is not in the same room due to the ability to work remotely.
Leaders are not necessarily the expert,s especially in regards to using technology.
Concerns:
There was no research to support the speaker's observations.
Concepts such as "Leaders can let you fail and not let you be a failure." are introduced but there is no clear instruction on how to put the advice into practice.
An instructor would have to provide more material to explain more thoroughly the concepts presented by the speaker.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The instructional materials identified the learning objectives.
Although the resource is not a standalone learning tool, it can easily be integrated into an assignment by asking students to conduct further research and elaborate on one of the topics mentioned in the presentation
This presentation demonstrates a practical application of how leadership should work, focusing on how much it has changed and the need to develop a shared purpose and relationships among people with diverse skills and experience.
Concerns:
The presentation does not identify prerequisite knowledge, reinforce concepts progressively, build on prior concepts, demonstrate the relationships between concepts, and can not be used to measure student learning outcomes.
This can be a very effective teaching tool, but it needs to be tied into leadership specifics by the instructor, regardless if this is professional development or undergraduate or graduate coursework.
It would be beneficial if this was tied to relevant theory (theory is not mentioned).
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The video was easy to access.
Close captioning and transcripts were available.
The speaker used his personal experiences and humor to engage the audience.
This is usable in numerous potential environments
Any class with a leadership component would find this video to be effective and informative.
Concerns:
The presentation was not interactive.
Creative Commons:
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