Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

Ask Gleaves Leadership Seminars
History, Theories, and Tools for Tomorrow's Leaders

 

Ask Gleaves

Hauenstein Center Director Gleaves Whitney teaches engaging and innovative leadership seminars that explore the history, theories, and tools of leadership, along with their practical application. All seminars feature a guest presentation by a Cook Leadership Fellow.

 

When: 11 AM - 12:30 PM



2011-12 Seminars

 

Are You Happy (... and the Implications of Your
Answer to Leadership) - November 2, 2011
Happy people make better followers and leaders. But what is happiness? In this seminar, we will explore the true sources of human well-being.

Presented by — Gleaves Whitney
Guest presentation by Leadership Fellow Olivia Dorgan
107C ("University Club") DeVos Center, GVSU Downtown
 
 

The Leadership Life Cycle - December 1, 2011
The Leadership Life Cycle is one way of structuring the huge topic of leadership. Try to identify where you are on the Life Cycle: follower, leading yourself, leading a team, leading an organization, or growing through crisis.

Presented by — Gleaves Whitney
Guest presentation by Leadership Fellow Joshua Lunger
302E DeVos Center, GVSU Downtown
 

How Leaders Leverage Crisis - February 29, 2012
Be prepared. The story of the leader is often a morality play. There are countless cautionary tales from history – from Cicero and Cato to Admiral James Stockdale. We also recognize that leaders are laughers: the importance of a sense of humor in a crisis and throughout your career.

Presented by — Gleaves Whitney
Guest presentation by Leadership Fellow Kristine Wildeboer
107C ("University Club") DeVos Center, GVSU Downtown
 

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Leading with Courage - March 21, 2012
Leading in a democracy. Reinhold Niebuhr once defined democracy as the effort to find temporary solutions to unsolvable problems. Citizenship, service, rhetoric, theater, and the ability to compromise – the roots in ancient Greece; Sophocles’s Antigone. How we make decisions; the psychology of leadership and the impact on the idea of free will.
 

Presented by — Gleaves Whitney
Guest presentation by Leadership Fellow Jordan O'Neil
107C ("University Club") DeVos Center, GVSU Downtown
 

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