Leadership Core Series

Leadership Core Series (LCS) is a program designed for all students in the Part-Time MBA Program to introduce them to several aspects of leadership in their first two quarters of enrollment. The program is a foundational, or core, leadership experience as you begin to develop your own leadership skills. Through a series of short academic workshops, discussion and feedback sessions, and leadership self-assessment, students will be able to formulate a plan to continue to develop their own leadership qualities throughout their academic career at Kellogg. All new students must attend both of the LCS sessions.

Evening MBA Students: LCS sessions are held on Saturdays during the first half of the quarter.

Saturday MBA Students: LCS sessions are held on Sundays during the first half of the quarter.

LCS One
LCS One begins the very first quarter of a student’s enrollment with a day of academic workshops held at Wieboldt Hall. Here you will be exposed to a few aspects of leadership qualities that will anchor your Kellogg experience. Lunch will be provided in between the sessions.

In High Performance Teamwork, you will learn about types of high-performing teams, team performance evaluation, the key challenges and threats to effective teamwork, and how to overcome these challenges.

Cross-Cultural Negotiations covers the fundamental concepts for planning
negotiations, managing the negotiation process, and evaluating the quality of negotiation outcomes. This workshop includes a simulation exercise that highlights the concepts that underlie negotiation strategy with cultural implications.

About two weeks after your LCS One session, you will receive an email from us to get you started on a critical assessment tool— the 360 Degree Leadership Self-Assessment. The 360 Degree Leadership Self-Assessment tool queries the students as well as their managers and work colleagues on several aspects of leadership and will ultimately provide concrete feedback for the students to develop their own leadership plans. Students will take this tool on their own time before the second LCS session the next quarter.

LCS Two
Students return the next quarter for LCS Two, which will focus on leadership and how it relates to you as a Kellogg student and as a professional. You will spend time understanding the key attributes of leadership and work on defining your own leadership goals.

Leadership— Defining Your Path will focus on leadership and defining one's own path, taught by a member of the Kellogg faculty, with a portion spent on how to interpret individual performance reports from the 360 Degree Leadership Self-Assessment. Using a matrix of coursework and programs, students can design their own action plans to help them continue their leadership growth and development.

Please remember that all part-time students must attend all of the LCS sessions.
Please contact Dean Krueger at m-krueger@kellogg.northwestern.edu with any questions.

The LCS schedule is as follows:

Saturday MBA Program 2007
LCS One: High Performance Teams and Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Sunday, October 7, 2007
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

LCS Two : Leadership Development Planning
Sunday, April 13, 2008
8:30 am – Noon
Wieboldt Hall

Evening MBA Program: Summer 2007
LCS One: High Performance Teams and Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Saturday, June 30, 2007
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

LCS Two : Leadership Development Planning
Saturday, October 13, 2007
8:30 am – Noon
Wieboldt Hall

Evening MBA Program: Fall 2007
LCS One: High Performance Teams and Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Saturday, October 6, 2007
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

LCS Two : Leadership Development Planning
Saturday, January 19, 2008
8:30 am – Noon or 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

Evening MBA Program: Winter 2008
LCS One: High Performance Teams and Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Saturday, January 12, 2008
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

LCS Two : Leadership Development Planning
Friday, April 11, 2008
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

Evening MBA Program: Spring 2008
LCS One: High Performance Teams and Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Saturday, April 5, 2008
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall

LCS Two : Leadership Development Planning
Saturday, July 12, 2008
8:30 am – Noon
Wieboldt Hall