LEAD 520 The Life of Leaders

This course will explore the lives of great leaders throughout history. Leadership is not a distinctively Christian practice. Leadership is found in all segments of society and culture. Thus, this course will explore the personal lives, traits, practices and disciplines of leaders in various sectors of cultural history including religious leaders, political leaders, military leaders, and business leaders. Specific attention will be given to the process of interpreting leadership from a distinctively organizational perspective, as performed by great leaders, and applying these leadership lessons into an organic perspective of Christian leadership in ministry. (Formerly CLED 520)

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

A person’s Christian spiritual development and human development will impact life and vocation. As a result, the leader should have a clear understanding of how those areas affect life and vocation. An effective leader will integrate successfully the areas of Christian spirituality and human development into a positive Christian leadership style.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Video Discussion: Leadership in Life and Vocation

The student will complete one Video Discussion in this course. For this Video Discussion Thread, the student will post one 4-6-minute video in which the student responds to the provided prompt. The student must then post written replies to 3 different classmates of at least 200 words. The video the student provides should have quality audio, and the lighting and background should enhance the video. The student must use only Kaltura to upload the video (i.e., the student may not utilize YouTube, Google Drive, or another recording platform). 

Discussions (3)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt. Each thread must be at least 400-500 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 3 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 200–250 words. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E)

Life of Leaders Literature Review Assignment

This purpose of this assignment will require the student to synthesize the course material up to this point in the class and write a literature review using the chapters covered thus far in the course as the literature base.

Ordinary Leadership Assignment

This is a two-part assignment that will rely on your reading of Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor as well as your thematic analysis drawn from the student’s Life of Leaders Literature Review Assignment.

Quiz: Leadership Reflection Journals (4)

These quizzes are really journal entries whereby students will be required to reflect on on 1 or 2 essay questions from the reading. These questions are big picture and applicational questions not questions about details.