PERS 113 - Gibson Hardisty ELS Top Up

Course Description
Environmental Leadership (Top Up) is the art of motivating and inspiring people to work toward shared environmental aspirations. It requires solid character and highly developed communication skills.

This course covers important leadership topics dealing with the environment and will help you to hone your skills in the following areas: environmental awareness, influencing others, championing change and maintaining morale.

We will examine the characteristics of successful leaders and identify what authentic leadership looks like. We will also spend time differentiating between vision, mission, environmental operating principles and goals, while assessing common strategies for facilitating innovation and creativity.

Topics include:

Organizational Design
Organizational Culture
Power and Politics
Group Decision-Making
Conflict
Writing Fundamentals I - Sentences
Writing Fundamentals II - Paragraphs
Writing Memos
Letter Writing Strategies
Meetings
Writing an Investigation / Recommendation Report
Oral Presentations - I
Oral Presentations - II
The Purpose of Research
Going Global - International Management
Email and Social Networking Online