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Texas Empirical Policy Conference - Spring 2023
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Leadership Economics Seminar - Fall 2022
The Salem Center hosted two guests from West Point, Dr. Aaron Phipps and COL Spencer Clouatre, that held a one-day seminar on Leadership Economics. Often in the media we see that a good leader or organization is run via some set of rules. But are these true?
Researchers in organizational psychology, sociology, and behavioral economics have developed a considerable body of work about effective leaders. Broadly speaking, this work centers on (1) traits of effective leaders (e.g. emotional intelligence) and (2) behaviors of effective leaders (e.g. situational approach to leadership). Students in the field receive well-researched advice on a range of topics: authentic leadership, resilience, humility, decision making, motivation, conflict management, and more. Yet, these theories largely seem unconnected and siloed. Without a unifying model, students in the field are left with what feels like a list of “dos and don’ts.”
On their own, the existing theories are effective strategies, but they struggle to form a wholistic vision of human behavior. As such, leadership courses focus on “being” and “doing” rather than on developing a coherent system within which a leader is free to innovate and adapt. In other words, the existing work provides a descriptive view of what we have seen work, but it fails to provide a predictive model of what could work or a framework for adapting strategies.
This seminar attempts to generate a unifying framework of human behavior that highlights where and how leadership can fail. It provides a framework within which students can situate the existing research.
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