Leadership for a Democratic Society

Each executive will take three courses, one per week, during weeks two through four. Executives select among four courses each week, with different courses every week. The selection of courses is diverse, but all courses fit within at least one (sometimes more than one) of the four program themes.

Participants take different courses because they have different needs, emphasizing the Institute's philosophy that learning must respond to these individual needs. Courses use a wide range of learning methods, including readings, lecture and discussion, exercises, instruments, videotapes, role plays, simulations, guest speakers, case studies, and visits to organizations in the local area.

Classes are generally kept small, with between 15-25 students each, to promote discussion, facilitate sharing among class members, and to ensure sufficient time to focus on individual needs. Course overviews, objectives, teaching formats, and learning approaches are available for all the courses. Not every course is offered by every program.

Individual course descriptions include course overview, objectives, teaching formats, and learning approaches. Some of these courses fit within more than one program theme. Courses are currently grouped within the theme that is most pervasive. Not all courses are offered in every four-week program.

Course Offerings by Program Theme

Global Context

• China From the Inside Out
  
• Critical Issues in American Foreign Policy
  
• From Bosnia to Bin Laden: Racial, Ethnic, Nationalist, Religious and Cultural Conflict in the 21st Century
  
• Russia After Yeltsin: Challenges For East and West
  
• The Janus Seminar
  
• The U.S.A. in the Global Economy: How the System Works and Why It Isn't Working As Well As It Should
  

Personal Leadership

• Coaching Skills for Federal Executives
  
• Emotional Intelligence: Enhancing Human Potential in Yourself and Others
  
• Executive Interactive Competencies
  
• Great Leaders in Democracy
  
• Leadership Competencies: Enhancing Group Commitment
  
• Leadership and Points of Influencing Behavior of Others. Skills in Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior for Leaders
  
• Leadership in Decisionmaking Workshop
  
• Leading in Turbulent Times
  
• Outstanding Leaders: What They Do to Be Highly Successful
  
• Personal Leadership in Government
  
• Power and Influence
  
• Principles of Persuasion
  
• The ABCs of Effective Relationships
  
• The Aspen Institute Executive Seminar
  
• The Science of Leadership and Art of Gaining Followers
  
• The Spirit and Skills of Negotiation
  
• The Story Factor: Influence, Inspiration, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling
  
• Values, Morality, and Public Service
  

Policy in a Constitutional System

• Justice and Individual Rights at Large and in the Public Workplace
  
• Media: Managing Communications and the Public Sector
  
• Thank You, James Madison!
  
• The Evolution of Devolution: Theoretical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Federalism
  
• The Federal Executive in Constitutional Context: Towards a Senior Civil Service
  
• The Politics of Contemporary Policymaking
  
• Working With Congress
  

Transforming Organizations

• Building High-Performance Organizations for the 21st Century
  
• Collaborative Skills for Dispersed Teams
  
• Creating the Knowledge-centric Enterprise
  
• Creativity in Organizations: A Focus on Leadership
  
• Developing a Learning Organization
  
• Leadership Strategies for Driving Innovation at your Organization
  
• Leading Change in Government
  
• Leading Project Teams
  
• Resolving the ''Quiet Crisis'': Building a Great Place for People to Work
  
• Strategic Management in the Public Sector
  
• The Practice of Collaboration
  

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