Class Schedule


Period
Date
Topics
Reading Assignments

1
Jan 10
What is Leadership?
Leadership -vs- Managment
HBR Chapter 1
2
Jan 17
What Leaders Do HBR Chapter 2 & 3
3
Jan 24
Strategic Planning -
The Work of Leadership
HBR Chapter 7 & Handouts
4
Jan 31
Etiquette Training  
5
Feb 7
The Discipline of Building Character HBR Chapter 4 & Handouts
6
Feb 14
Important Communications Issues
Dr. Derek Lane, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, H. Lester Reynolds Professor of Engineering
Handouts
7
Feb 21
Guest Speaker - Nick Rowe, President,
Kentucky American Water
 
8
Feb 28
The Human Side of Leadership HBR Chapter 6
9
Mar 6
Guest Speaker - Charlie Scroggins, President,
HDR/Quest Engineers
 
Mar 9-12
Capstone Trip to Washington, D.C. -
Visit with Kentucky Congressional Delegates and other visits
 
10
Mar 20
Guest Speaker - Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo  
11
Mar 27
Guest Speaker - Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins (Ret.)  
12
Apr 3
Making Technical Presentations
Dr. Derek Lane
Handouts
13
Apr 10
Guest Speaker - James R. Boyd, Retired Chairman of the Board, Arch Coal, Inc. (second largest U.S. coal producer); Member, UK College of Engineering Hall of Distinction  
14
Apr 17
Maintaining Your Leadership Role
Professional Development & the Recruitment & Retention of Talent. Megan Boone, Assistant Director, James W. Stuckert Career Center
Handouts
15
Apr 24
Guest Speaker - President Lee T. Todd Jr.  
16
Apr 28 -
May 2
Class Retrospective