CAS 837: Catalyst Thinking in the C-Suite

Course Description

In today’s fast-paced global workplace, executive leaders must continuously strengthen their skills in creative thinking, problem solving, and strategic communication. This course equips students with research-driven insights and practical tools to lead organizational change. Key topics include communication, collaboration, conflict, and change—core competencies for C-suite leadership. Students will learn to apply these principles to become effective agents of change.  

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Develop leadership and communication skills necessary for success in the C-suite.

  1. Improve their ability to quickly critically assess and address problematic workplace scenarios for productive outcomes.

  1. Identify successful models of leadership so they can better champion key. organizational priorities and necessary organizational changes.

  1. Better communicate and instantiate organizational core values to motivate organizational members to reflect those values to both internal and external stakeholders.

  1. Identify, analyze and solve critical organizational problems they currently need to address by using course material as the basis for their organizational solutions.