Self-Awareness Activities
 
Introduction
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Section V
Section VI
Section VI - Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness

Activity #5

Relevant Reading:
  • Managing Oneself
Learning Styles Test

For a description of learning styles and an alternative test: http://www.businessballs.com/vaklearningstylestest.htm

Activity #8

Relevant Reading:
  • Managing Oneself
Goal Setting Test

Using Film and Movie Clips in Leadership Development

Used alone, films and movie clips surely don't contribute much to leadership development. However, when combined creatively with solid readings, self-assessments, role-plays, cases and simulations they can play an important role.

Details are provided below for using Remember the Titans and 12 o'Clock High. There are many others you may want to consider including:
  • Braveheart
  • Citizen Kane
  • Dangerous Minds
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Gandi
  • Glory
  • Julia
  • Karate Kid
  • Lean on Me
  • Malcolm X
  • The Miracle Worker
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • Music of the Heart
  • Norma Rae
  • Patton
  • Prime of Ms. Jean Brodie
Four sources for using films and movie clips include:

Champoux, Joseph. 2001. Using Film to Visualize Principles and Practices. Cincinnati: Southwestern Publishing.

DiSibio, Ralph R. 2006. Aiden, S. C.: The Paladin Group LLC.

Olsen, Walter R. and Sommers, William A. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Pluth, Becky Pike. 2007. 101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train.

Remember the Titans

Twelve o'Clock High