Foundations of Leadership
by Alton Harris, Barton Michelson · Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins course on leadership theory for senior technical roles: trait and skills approaches, situational leadership, ethical decision-making, path-goal and leader-member exchange theories, and transformational, servant, and adaptive leadership. Learners apply these models to assess their own leadership.
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Harvard Business Review (hbr.org) offers research-based articles, case studies, and practical guidance on leadership, strategy, and organizational performance for managers and executives.
Harvard Business Review - Leadership
Harvard Business Review's leadership topic page, collecting articles, essays and podcasts by researchers and executives on managing teams, influence, decision-making and organizational change. Readers can follow current management research and apply it to their own practice; many articles sit behind a metered paywall.
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Simon Sinek's TEDx Puget Sound talk introducing the Golden Circle: why, how, what. Uses examples such as Apple and Martin Luther King Jr. to explain why communicating purpose first inspires people to follow, buy or commit more than listing features.
The Power of Vulnerability
Researcher Brene Brown reports on six years of qualitative work on shame and connection, arguing that people who feel worthy of belonging are those willing to be vulnerable. Viewers get a research account, not a set of techniques.
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods (MIT 16.660J)
Principles, practices and tools behind modern productivity improvement in aerospace, automotive and health care organizations. Offers 17 lecture videos with industry practitioner talks and instructor insights, giving learners a working grasp of lean waste reduction and Six Sigma process improvement.
The Empathy Edge
Interview podcast hosted by Maria Ross on empathy as a business skill, with guests from leadership, branding and research discussing culture, customer experience and performance. Episodes translate the idea into concrete practices for managers and teams.