Carnegie Mellon Leadership Academy Program of Study

The Carnegie Mellon Leadership Academy is a year-long program that will include executive education classroom modules, as well as an ongoing team-based project to apply the learning outcomes to a current challenge facing the university.  

Classroom Modules 

The program includes five two-day classroom education programs.  Programs will be taught by professors and professionals from the Tepper School of Business, the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, and Human Resources’ Learning and Development program.

Module 1:

How Do Your Leadership Skills Measure Up?
Lola Mason, Director of Organizational Development
Strategy and Strategic Planning
David Lamont, Associate Teaching Professor of Business Strategy

Module 2:

Benchmarks 360° Feedback for Leadership Assessment
Lola Mason, Director of Organizational Development
Culture and Change Leadership
Denise Rousseau, H.J. Heinz Professor of Organizational Behavior

Module 3:

High Impact Presentations
Ron Placone, Assistant Vice President and Director of Learning and Development
Ethical Issues in Higher Education
John Hooker, T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics

Module 4:

Negotiation and Problem-Solving
Laurie Weingart, Professor of Organizational Behavior
Anita Wooley, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
Higher Education Finance
Lynne Pastor, Visiting Associate Teaching Professor

Module 5:

Strategic Cost Management
Lynne Pastor, Visiting Associate Teaching Professor
Team Collaboration and Management
Laurie Weingart, Professor of Organizational Behavior
Anita Wooley, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior

Team-Based Project: Solving Strategic Key Issues facing the University

For this project, participants will work in teams to develop and present strategies for addressing key issues facing the university. This project will:

• put program learning to work;
• develop teamwork, leadership, and communications skills;
• broaden perspectives;
• potentially contribute to the strategic planning process at the university.

The project will commence in module two. Teams will work between modules on the project, with an interim status check after module three. Teams will present their project findings/strategies at the end of the program. Project themes will be identified through the university’s strategic planning process, and will be overseen by faculty from the Tepper School of Business.