Leadership Ethics
Course Schedule
Week 5
Building Towels and Raincoats
Thursday
Reflect on your personal action plan part 1: Revisit the exercise of thinking of 3 or more difficult decision you made that you would change if you had to make it again - A moral failure where some part of you (if even a small part) knew a better path but you made another choice. Identify different examples than you used in Week 3. This does not need to be a formally written response to the prompt but for your own reflection free write your memories of what was going on as you wrestled with your decisions. How did you feel, what else was going on, how did other people react, and so on.
Friday
Personal action plan part 2 due as final journal of the course by following these prompts:
As you reflect on these decisions can you identify any common themes, experiences, distractors or levers, emotions, or any other commonalties from that time?
What were the pressures and considerations that influenced your choice (e.g., social, cultural, cognitive).
Do you think you are susceptible to a similar failure now? Why or why not?
What strategies can you employ to be more aware of your barriers and effectively overcome them in the future? These could be towels, raincoats, or ways of thinking through the issues. The goal her is to challenge yourself to think about how you can better position yourself if similar difficult decisions came your way in the future.
Finally, as you reflect on the way you responded to these prompts today vs a similar exercise in week 3 what is different about the way you approach this sort of reflection?