15.321  Improvisational Leadership

Our Final Class...Final Paper

Hi class members,
Reminder...The Final Paper is due Friday, 18 May before 5pm. Please leave it in the box outside my office at E62-417. Be sure to incorporate reflections on our final class # 6 tonight, including the solo monologues and the material on how to respond in the moment when you encounter implicit bias or sexual harassment. See the handouts posted in the materials section.

It has been my great pleasure to collaborate with each of you during our Improvisational Leadership Laboratory. Your honesty, engagement, generosity, and "yes, and..." mindset contributed to creating a vibrant learning environment.
I wish you all the very best - Keep on touch!

As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions,

warmly,
Daena

Announced on 15 May 2018  11:18  p.m. by Daena Giardella

Journal Page # 4 Improvisational Leadership/Daena Giardella - Due 15 May 2018, 4pm

Hello class members,
Your Journal page # 4 prompts are now posted at Stellar. Due 15 May 2018, 4pm. Please submit BOTH hard Copy and digital entry at Stellar.

There were excellent contributions today in the discussions, scenarios, & monologues. I look forward to seeing reading your journal reflections on what you learned.
As always please feel free to reach out with any questions.

See you next Tuesday at our final class!

warmly,
Daena
daenag@mit.edu
E62-417

Announced on 08 May 2018  9:32  p.m. by Daena Giardella

Final Paper Prompts Improvisational Leadership/Daena Giardella Now Posted

Hello class members,
I have posted the Final Paper Prompts, which we will discuss in more detail in class this coming Tuesday. Note: There are 3 Parts to this paper.

**Please read Part 2 of prompts asap, so you can prepare for and conduct the RE-DO scene in advance, before you write your paper. As you know, I described this particular prompt of your Final Paper in class several weeks ago so that you could begin to think about which conversation you might choose for your RE-DO.

The Final Paper is due Friday, 18 May before 5pm. Please leave it in the box outside my office at E62-417. Because this Final Paper incorporates reflections on material covered in our final class # 6, please submit it sometime later that week in the Box outside my office, rather than bringing it to the final class.

As always, feel free to reach out with any questions.
See you soon,

Daena
daenag@mit.edu
E62-417

Announced on 06 May 2018  12:07  p.m. by Daena Giardella

Journal Page # 3 Improvisational Leadership/Daena Giardella Due 8 May 2018, 4pm

Hello class members,
Your Journal Page #3 Prompts are now posted on Stellar. Please submit both hard copy and digital entry before next class on 8 May 2018, 4pm
This is a 2-3 pg. journal - see prompts.

There was excellent participation during our class this week that enabled us to delve into the hands-on, practical application of Improvisational Leadership skills and roles we have been practicing each week. I appreciated the engagement and insightful contributions you brought to the Manager/Employee/Coach Performance Review Simulation as well as the Team Difficult Conversations/Conflict scenarios.

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions,
warmly,
Daena Giardella
daenag@mit.edu

Announced on 03 May 2018  10:18  a.m. by Daena Giardella

Journal Page # 2 Prompts Now Posted on Stellar Improvisational Leadership/Daena Giardella

Hello class members,
I have posted your Journal Page #2 Prompts at Stellar. Please reflect on these prompts and discuss your experiences and learning.
***NOTE: This 4 page document contains both class resource readings as well as your journal prompts. Please read carefully before you write your journal.

Your journal page is due 1 May 2018 at 4pm.
Please post it at Stellar and also submit a hard copy at class.
***I have also posted the 2 articles I gave out tonight in class as hard copies. Be sure to read this article before our next class.

Excellent work in our last class. Your insights, offers, and enactments revealed great engagement and awareness as we tackled some of the obstacles that impede effective leadership influence in challenging conversations.

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions,
warmly,
Daena
daenag@mit.edu
E62-417

Announced on 26 April 2018  11:29  a.m. by Daena Giardella