Leading in Moments of Adversity and Oppo

MIA & MPA Leadership and Management Core II. This course develops students’ capacity to lead effectively in moments of adversity and opportunity by building systems intelligence and deepening awareness of group dynamics. Through student-led leadership cases, structured exercises, readings, and role-plays, the course fosters diagnostic skills for understanding authority, group behavior, and organizational complexity. Emphasizing experiential learning over lectures, students use the classroom as a social system to examine leadership failures, test new behaviors, and build resilience. Each session includes a Leadership Lab focused on practicing real-time leadership and feedback.