PC119-812 - Experiential Leadership Development

  • 4,584 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code RYP66.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, experiential leadership development, including the methods and standards of professional, safe and ethical practice

B. Be able to

1. Critique key leadership concepts and issues
2. Demonstrate Advanced skill in the action-reflection learning process
3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on experiential leadership development
 

C. Be in a position to

 Applying perspectives and skills from ‘Experiential Leadership Development’ to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice as a reflective practitioner

Content

1. Theory of Leadership

  • Leadership topics such as:
  • Leadership styles
  • Team roles
  • Power, Delegation and Control
  • Self-Awareness
  • Communication
  • Assertiveness

 

2. Leadership/Team Experience

Participation in a team-based experiential leadership activity or activities for at least 4 days. The leadership coach must be present and observing the leadership and team interaction for much of the period of the activity. The experience is to include a comprehensive debrief that is to include peer-assessment and feedback from the leadership coach. Participants must maintain a journal throughout the experience. 

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Bass, Bernard M., Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations. New York: The Free Press, 1985

Berens, Linda V., Understanding Yourself and Others: An introduction to the 4 Temperaments 4.0, Huntington Beach, CA, Telos, 2010.

Carter, Judith Corbett, “Transformational Leadership and Pastoral Leader Effectiveness” Pastoral Psychol 58 (2009) 261–271.

Covey, S., Principle-Centered Leadership. Fireside, 1992.

Goleman, Daniel. Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Hamilton, C. Wisdom in Leadership. Kensington, NSW: Matthias Media, 2015

Harris, B., The Tortoise Usually Wins. Carlisle: Authentic Media, 2013.

Keel, T., Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor and Chaos. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007.

Prosser, S. To be a Servant Leader. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2007.

Sayers, M. Facing Leviathan:  Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm. Chicago: Moody Press 2014.

Schein, E. H. Organizational Culture and Leadership. Fourth Edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Schwarz, C. A, The 3 Colours of Leadership: How anyone can learn the art of empowering other people. Ipswich: NCD Australia, 2012

Wright, W., Relational Leadership. Colorado Springs: Biblica, 2009.