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 |
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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 | |

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