Today’s most effective leaders aren’t just competent—they’re congruent.
Leading with Authenticity is an applied leadership development course for students who want to align who they are with how they lead—without sacrificing credibility, influence, or performance. Designed for complex, high-stakes environments, the course integrates personal values, social identity, and data-driven insight into a clear and strategic leadership approach.
Drawing on behavioral science, values-based assessments (Hogan MVPI), and experiential learning, students will learn to ALIGN before they lead:
- A — Assess: Examine values, motives, identity data, and behavioral drivers.
- L — Locate: Identify the power structures, incentives, risks, and performance metrics shaping the moment.
- I — Interrogate: Surface mental models, defaults, blind spots, and assumptions.
- G — Generate Signal: Choose what to communicate, how to disclose, and what leadership signal to send.
- N — Navigate: Make a deliberate leadership choice informed by both identity and context.
Through professionally led table coaching, structured feedback, and narrative practice (including podcast-based assignments), students translate self-insight into effective communication and disciplined action—emphasizing application over abstraction in environments shaped by power, pressure, and performance.
By the end of the course, students will produce an ALIGN Strategy Portfolio—a cohesive body of work integrating leadership identity, peer feedback, narrative insight, and a concrete 90-day implementation plan designed for immediate application in their workplace, internships, entrepreneurial ventures, or professional transitions.
