The overarching goal of this course is to help students understand their own potential to become the leader they would like to be and their own responsibilities in achieving this goal.  The course emphasise personal development with the development of leadership capabilities as the vehicle to do so. This course has two primary content areas. A key focus is on making life choices i.e. what work excites learners, as well as understanding one's passions and responsibilities. The emphasis is less about being entitled to be a leader and more about how participants can become leaders that they themselves would like to be. This is a challenging question and gets to the heart of one's major life decisions. The second element supports the first and relates to the development of practical life skills e.g. managing stress, building positivity, mindsets and setting life goals

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Identify their leadership character strengths (Ask and remember)
2. Recognize personal motivations and how they influence life decisions (Acquire and understand)
3. Apply emotional intelligence to leadership (Appraise and apply)
4. Ascertain how their own mindset influences their leadership (Appraise and analyse)
5. Summarize how personal physiology affects personal leadership (Aggregate and analyse)
6. Critique arguments related to the use of pro-social behaviour in personal leadership and developing others (Apply and evaluate)
7. Critique different approaches to dealing with stress and building resilience (Apply and evaluate)
8. Design an action plan that builds personal leadership capacity (Assess and create)

Research-Led Teaching

The course content will be a blend of research and practice and will include the Lecturer’s research as well as material from peer-reviewed academic journals. In addition, key concepts, cases, and practical experiences will be presented in the class that are not covered in the course readings. Classes are supplemented with structured learning exercises and activities that have well-defined objectives and replicate the real-world context

Field Trips

Not relevant

Additional Course Costs

There are no additional class costs

Examination Material or equipment

An examination will be held in the formal examination period. A pen will be required.

Required Resources

All required resources will be provided

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, to individuals, focus groups

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). The feedback given in these surveys is anonymous and provides the Colleges, University Education Committee and Academic Board with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement. The Surveys and Evaluation website provides more information on student surveys at ANU and reports on the feedback provided on ANU courses.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Seminar - Week 1: What Leadership is really about	Introduction to course and authentic leadership Understanding your key life experiences and how they may affect your personal leadership
2	Seminar - Week 2: Leadership Passion and Purpose	Why your passions matter VIA Strengths Leadership styles and VIA strengths
3	Seminar - Week 3: No Class - Canberra Day	A selection of readings will be provided for self study
4	Seminar - Week 4: Motivated Leadership	Intrinsic motivations and leadership Motivational consequences of connecting personal life-experiences as compared to expectations imposed on you in society Personal Life experiences and their relationships to strengths
5	Seminar - Week 5: Positive Leadership	Broaden and Build Theory –how positivity just like negativity is infectious Person-activity Fit –How do emotions align with strengths, life goals and leadership style? How can they be incorporated to increase work and life satisfaction? Happiness versus success –the benefits of having happiness as your goal Tools for increasing positive emotions
6	Seminar - Week 6: The Emotionally Intelligent Leader	What is Emotional Intelligence (EI) Why does EI Matter
7	Seminar - Week 7: Social Connections, Personal Life and Leadership	Making friendships, tackling loneliness and building teams to amaze ourselves Physiology and Leadership
8	Seminar - Week 8: Leading with Psychological Capital	How Psychological Capital works to enhance leadership, increase profitability, productivity and engagement
9	Seminar - Week 9: Personal Leadership in Control: Stress overthinking and self control	Use of rituals and habits and their impact on self-control Stopping the over-thinking, the unhelpful thoughts in your
10	Seminar - Week 10: The Leaders Mind	Mindset and how it impacts you as well as others. Mindfulness tools to enhance your decision making Health benefits of mindfulness throughout your leadership Neuroplasticity Due: Personal Learning Journal, 5pm Wednesday
11	Seminar - Week 11: The Giving Leader	Why giving matters When Givers win and lose
12	Seminar - Week 12: Making Positive Change and Your Personal Leadership	Review of Authentic Leadership

Tutorial Registration

There are no tutorials for this course

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Reflective journals (Individual)	10 %	25/02/2019	31/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Participation (Individual)	10 %	25/02/2019	31/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Presentation (Group)	20 %	25/02/2019	31/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Personal Learning Journal (Individual)	30 %	13/05/2019	29/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Exam	30 %	06/06/2019	04/07/2019	4,5

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Misconduct Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Special Assessment Consideration Policy and General Information
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website Students may choose not to submit assessment items through Turnitin. In this instance you will be required to submit, alongside the assessment item itself, hard copies of all references included in the assessment item.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Participation

Students are expected to attend all classes

Examination(s)

Additional examination information will be available on https://exams.anu.edu.au/timetable/  

Assessment Task 1

Reflective journals (Individual)

Students will be required to reflect on 4 classes throughout the course (starting week 1) and submit their reflections in class (Hard Copy) throughout the semester. Each journal is expected to be one full page typed (Single spaced)

Expected return date: Within 1-2 weeks of submission

At least 2 of these must be done before week 5 and both will be returned by the end of week 6

Assessment Task 2

Participation (Individual)

Contribution and participation in class are central components of the learning process in this course. Attendance will be taken in each class and students are expected to attend class fully prepared. This includes completing any self-assessments required and completing the assigned readings for each class. If you do not complete your self-assessments in time for class when it is being scored and discussed, you will not know how to interpret it, and you will fall behind. Furthermore, it will be obvious whether you have completed the readings each week because you will either be actively participating in the weekly discussions in class, or you will be sitting there looking blank and lost

Rubric

Fail (0-4)	Pass (5)	Credit (6)	Distinction (7)	High Distinction (8-10)
Poor participation in weekly activities showing a lack of engagement with learning activites and ther outcomes	A reasonable level of participation showing a reasonable level of engagement in learning outcomes through some limited participation in class discussions	A good level of participation showing engagement in learning outcomes through regular participation in class discussions	A higher level of participation showing engagement in learning outcomes through stong participation and leadership in class discussions and activities	An excellent level of participation showing higher levels of engagement in topics and learning outcomes. Shows strong leadership in class discussions and activities

Assessment Task 3

Presentation (Group)

To help you and your fellow students develop a personal awareness of the tools and readings though out the course, students will be required to form groups of approximately 4-6 students to deliver an interactive presentation on how these tools and readings provide insight into their personal leadership and give recommendations on how they may help others in the future. Presentations will be approximately 20-30 minutes long and will run from week 3 to week 12.

Detailed marking criteria will be posted on wattle

Assessment Task 4

Personal Learning Journal (Individual)

During the semester, students will be required to select topics from the class activities and using the academic literature reflect on how this topic, currently or in the future impacts their life, career, studies, family or personal relationships. Personal learning journals are expected to be approximately 2500 words. This assessment should be submitted via Turnitin on Wednesday Week 10 (May 13th 2019) by 5pm

Expected return date: In class week 12

Detailed marking criteria will be posted on wattle

Assessment Task 5

Exam

A final examination of 2 hours duration will be held during the formal examination period.

The final exam will consist of a number of long response essay style questions that will require students to draw from frameworks and theories covered in the course and apply them to practical questions about their own and others personal leadership.

Students will be required to bring a pen

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of our culture as a community of scholars. At its heart, academic integrity is about behaving ethically. This means that all members of the community commit to honest and responsible scholarly practice and to upholding these values with respect and fairness. The Australian National University commits to embedding the values of academic integrity in our teaching and learning. We ensure that all members of our community understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. The ANU expects staff and students to uphold high standards of academic integrity and act ethically and honestly, to ensure the quality and value of the qualification that you will graduate with. The University has policies and procedures in place to promote academic integrity and manage academic misconduct. Visit the following Academic honesty & plagiarism website for more information about academic integrity and what the ANU considers academic misconduct. The ANU offers a number of services to assist students with their assignments, examinations, and other learning activities. The Academic Skills and Learning Centre offers a number of workshops and seminars that you may find useful for your studies.

Online Submission

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Hardcopy Submission

For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean (Education). Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records.

Late Submission

Late submission for the reflective journals will not be accepted.

Late submission of the Personal Learning Journal without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item.

Referencing Requirements

Accepted academic practice for referencing sources that you use in presentations can be found via the links on the Wattle site, under the file named “ANU and College Policies, Program Information, Student Support Services and Assessment”. Alternatively, you can seek help through the Students Learning Development website.

Returning Assignments

Please see relevant assessment task details above

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure The Course Convener may grant extensions for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Resubmission of Assignments

Resubmissions are permitted up until the due date and time but not allowed afterwards. Any file uploaded into the turnitin system at the due date and time will be taken as the final submission

Privacy Notice

The ANU has made a number of third party, online, databases available for students to use. Use of each online database is conditional on student end users first agreeing to the database licensor’s terms of service and/or privacy policy. Students should read these carefully. In some cases student end users will be required to register an account with the database licensor and submit personal information, including their: first name; last name; ANU email address; and other information. In cases where student end users are asked to submit ‘content’ to a database, such as an assignment or short answers, the database licensor may only use the student’s ‘content’ in accordance with the terms of service — including any (copyright) licence the student grants to the database licensor. Any personal information or content a student submits may be stored by the licensor, potentially offshore, and will be used to process the database service in accordance with the licensors terms of service and/or privacy policy. If any student chooses not to agree to the database licensor’s terms of service or privacy policy, the student will not be able to access and use the database. In these circumstances students should contact their lecturer to enquire about alternative arrangements that are available.

Distribution of grades policy

Academic Quality Assurance Committee monitors the performance of students, including attrition, further study and employment rates and grade distribution, and College reports on quality assurance processes for assessment activities, including alignment with national and international disciplinary and interdisciplinary standards, as well as qualification type learning outcomes. Since first semester 1994, ANU uses a grading scale for all courses. This grading scale is used by all academic areas of the University.

Support for students

The University offers students support through several different services. You may contact the services listed below directly or seek advice from your Course Convener, Student Administrators, or your College and Course representatives (if applicable).

• ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
• ANU Diversity and inclusion for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
• ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
• ANU Academic Skills and Learning Centre supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
• ANU Counselling Centre promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
• ANUSA supports and represents undergraduate and ANU College students
• PARSA supports and represents postgraduate and research students