Leadership and Organizational Behavior

As the basis for better leadership, in this course participants are guided to better understand humans and human interaction in organizations. Because leadership is not about being the best oneself, but making those around you better.

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Course curriculum

1. Niels introducing the course
2. General Information
3. LOB Course Syllabus
4. On grades (that is the exam and video grades)
5. On the short films
6. Your personal assessments (read carefully!)
7. Recommendations for social media accounts to follow
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 01 Overview Nugget 1 What you will learn
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 01 Overview Nugget 2 Seminar Structure
3. YouTube: Interview on book "Hard Facts" between Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 01 Overview Nugget 3 Values Missions Strategy
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 1 Leading Through Seduction
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 2 Managers Leaders
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 3 Adopting Different Perspective
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 4 Attitude
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 5 Willingness Sacrifices
6. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 02 Management role Nugget 6 Tip1
1. LOB1: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 1, pp. 4 - 25)
2. LOB1: Session slides
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 1 Different Personalities
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 2 Personality
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 3 Amphitheaters
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 4 Dimensional Personality Approach
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 5 Knowledge Important
6. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 6 Understanding Staff
7. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 7 Self-monitoring
8. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 8 Personality types
9. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 9 Socio-cognitive Approach
10. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 10 Locus of control
11. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 11 Values and Ideals
12. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 12 Own Values
13. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 13 Counter-ideal values
14. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 14 Own Counter-ideal values
15. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 15 Favor Different Personalities
16. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 16 Tip
17. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 03 Personality and values Nugget 17 Personality tests
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 1 Identity Outside Work
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 2 Identity complexity
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 3 Identity house
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 4 Tip1
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 5 Possible self
6. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 6 Working Self
7. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 7 Tell Someone Something Good
8. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 8 Vision And Rhetoric
9. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 9 Appreciation
10. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 05 Identity management Nugget 10 Summary
1. LOB 2: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 2, pp. 34 - 56, & Adam Grant (2013)
2. LOB2: Session slides
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 1 Achieve More
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 2 Why It Gets Harder
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 3 How to give good feedback
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 4 Practical Examples
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 5 Tip1
6. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 6 Strengths of Staff
7. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 7 Feedback Part 1_VIDEO-DANACH
8. VW Passat 2011 Advertisement - Darth Vader
9. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 8 Feedback Part 2
10. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 9 Tip2
11. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 10 Giving Feedback Not Easy
12. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 11 Respectful Inq
13. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 12 Setting Targets
14. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 13 Development Interviews
15. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 14 SMART Approach
16. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 15 Stepping Away Doctrine
17. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 16 Tip3
18. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 17 Constructive Confro
19. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 18 Summary
20. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 04 Learning Nugget 19 Evaluating Employees
21. BONUS: YouTube: "Classical versus Operant Conditioning"
22. BONUS: YouTube: "Social Learning Theory" by Albert Bandura
1. BONUS: YouTube: "Are we in control of our decisions?" by Dan Ariely
2. BONUS: YouTube: "Nudging" by Richard Thaler
3. BONUS: YouTube: "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahnemann
4. BONUS: Blog: A Brief Guide to Embodied Cognition: Why You Are Not Your Brain
1. LOB3: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 3 (pp. 74 – 88) & Chapter 7 (pp. 198 – 212)
2. LOB3: Session slides
3. LOB3: Session slides (just from Julia Rieg, PhD candidate)
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 1 A Positive Atmosphere
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 2 Difference Mood And Emotion
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 3 What Could You Implement
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 4 Emotions Are Understandable
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 5 Laughing Part 1 - VIDEO DANACH
6. Thai Insurance Commercial
7. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 6 Laughing Part 2
8. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 7 Strategies Emotional Overload
9. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 8 Eustress Distress
10. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 9 Thing About Stress
11. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 06 Emotions Nugget 10 Tip1
12. BONUS: YouTube Sonja Lyubomirsky on "The How of Happiness"
13. BONUS: Guided mindfulness meditations (in multiple languages)
1. LOB4: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 4 (pp. 98 – 105) & Chapter 4 (pp. 114 – 121)
2. LOB4: Session slides
1. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 1 Strategies Energy At Work
2. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 2 Maslows Pyramid
3. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 3 Practical Examples
4. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 4 Three Psychological Needs
5. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 5 Relatedness Competence Autonomy
6. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 6 Intrinsic Corrupted Extrinsic
7. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 7 Reflections Motivation
8. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 8 Story Behind Picture
9. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 9 Affiliation Achievement Power
10. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 10 Fairness Part 1 - VIDEO DANACH
11. Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk
12. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 11 Fairness Part 2
13. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 12 Responsibility Fairness
14. INDIVIDUALS ZAK PoL 07 Motivation Nugget 13 Procedural Justice
15. BONUS: YouTube: "The surprising truth about what motivates us" by Dan Pink
1. LOB5: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 5 (pp.132-145) & Chapter 5 (pp.151-156)
2. LOB5: Session slides
1. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 1 Optimal Team Composition
2. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 2 Are Teams Really More Effective
3. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 3 Bad Apples
4. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 4 How Can You Put Together Diverse Team
5. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 5 Show Appreciation
6. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 6 Successful diversity management
7. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 7 What holds a team together
8. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 8 Question on Cooperation
9. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 9 Basic Model Team Genesis
10. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 10 The 5 Cs
11. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 11 Roles and Job titles
12. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 12 Role Titles for Team Members
13. TEAMS ZAK PoL 02 Team design Nugget 13 Tip1
1. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 1 Meetings lead to good results
2. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 2 Why Solving Problems Is Not The Same
3. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 3 Standard for Decision-Making Process
4. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 4 Protect Ourselves Wrong Decisions - VIDEO DANACH
5. Attention: YouTube: Colour Changing Card Trick
6. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 5 Group Dynamics Decision-Making Process
7. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 6 Ideas to avoid groupthink
8. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 7 How Problems can be identified
9. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 8 Identifying and analyzing problems
10. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 9 Jeff Bezos and Basketball Team
11. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 10 Tip1
12. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 11 How solutions can be developed
13. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 12 Tip2
14. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 13 Couple of ground rules
15. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 14 Voting Procedures
16. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 15 Communication methods
17. TEAMS ZAK PoL 03 Team decisions and creativity Nugget 16 Machine learning
1. LOB6: Quiz (covering some book material Chapter 8 (pp. 234-260)
2. LOB6: Session slides
1. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 1 Manage without prejudice
2. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 2 How stereotypes structure the world
3. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 3 Examine your prejudices - VIDEO DANACH
4. Harvard University: Project Implicit Test
5. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 4 Heroes, Witches, White Knights Part 1 - VIDEO DANACH
6. Doll test - The effects of racism on children
7. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 5 Heroes, Witches, White Knights Part 2
8. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 6 Prevent Stereotyping and discrimination
9. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 7 Social Identity Defines the group
10. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 8 Create A Team Identity
11. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 9 Women and leadership
12. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 10 Queen Bee
13. TEAMS ZAK PoL 04 Group identity Nugget 11 Millenials
14. BONUS: We share more than separates us. It depends on the salience of categories.
15. BONUS: Should a prime minister party? Stereotypes at play.
16. BONUS: Remember, you may not be affected, but others are! Be aware what worlds you co-create.
1. LOB7: Quiz (coverings some book material Chapter 3 (pp. 68 – 82)
2. LOB7: Session slides
1. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 1 The Art of indirect leadership
2. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 2 Understand Corporate Culture
3. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 5 Using Artifacts Core Mission
4. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 4 Artifcacts tell us about companies
5. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 7 Be Blind Despite Our Glasses
6. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 8 Know and Shape Culture
7. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 6 Counter-Ideal values defined
8. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 9 Summary
9. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 02 Organizational Culture Nugget 3 Artifacts of a company
1. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 2 Transformation cumbersome
2. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 4 Tip1
3. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 5 Initiate change phase
4. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 1 Guiding people through change
5. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 6 Tip2
6. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 7 Create coalitions for change
7. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 8 Tip3
8. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 9 Substitutes for leadership
9. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 3 Flexible Organizations forging processes
10. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 03 Organizational Change Nugget 8 Consistent Implementation
1. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 1 Productive Tension
2. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 2 Contradictions cause tension
3. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 3 Ambidextrous leadership
4. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 5 The Square of values
5. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 6 Design Sprints
6. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 04 Adaptive Organization Nugget 4 Now New Next
1. LOB8: Quiz (covering some part of the book Chapter 14 (pp. 416 – 432) & Chapter 15 (pp. 444-454)
2. LOB8: Session slides
1. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 1 Turning Insights Into Habits
2. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 2 Letter Future Self
3. Tool: Letter to your future self
4. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 3 Allies Part 1
5. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 4 Allies Part 2
6. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 5 Peer supervision
7. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 6 Ikigai
8. ORGANIZATIONS ZAK PoL 05 Conclusion Nugget 7 Be Your Own Architect + Credits
9. BONUS: YouTube: Leadership lessons from a dancing guy

About this course

$1,000.00
195 lessons
10.5 hours of video content

Social proof: reviews

Great course!

Bastien Berraldacci

Very great complement to the course. It was particularly interesting to relate the videos to the course material and the workshops, to get a full understandi...

Very great complement to the course. It was particularly interesting to relate the videos to the course material and the workshops, to get a full understanding of the interactions happening in companies

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Excellent

Eric Raymond

Smooth and easily understood, Niels provides excellent content for anyone interested in developing their leadership skills. The course combines informational...

Smooth and easily understood, Niels provides excellent content for anyone interested in developing their leadership skills. The course combines informational material, tips, and exercises to guide the user from theory to practice.

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Masterclass

Swapnil Sharma

This course is a Leadership and OB masterclass. It is a top quality course all the LOB concepts are stitched with perfection. The insights to human psycholog...

This course is a Leadership and OB masterclass. It is a top quality course all the LOB concepts are stitched with perfection. The insights to human psychology and how to understand the human mind is something of great value. Thanks to Professor Niels, I learnt an enormous amount during the last two months.

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Excellent Videos

Haoxu Shen

The videos provided on this website are excellent, which teachs me a great amount knowledge of LOB. More important, it can help me to make up the parts that ...

The videos provided on this website are excellent, which teachs me a great amount knowledge of LOB. More important, it can help me to make up the parts that I didn't understand on the "Live course". However, one thing surely frustrates me , the little quiz is too simple to offer us more thinking or review about the knowledge. This thought comes from the comparation between the quiz and the true examination which was really difficult for me`(*>﹏

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Guide and Motivation

Yang Fen

Through learning of this course, understand the organizational behavior from the individual, group, organization system and the dynamic study of four aspects...

Through learning of this course, understand the organizational behavior from the individual, group, organization system and the dynamic study of four aspects, it fully expounds systematically the basic concepts and basic theory of organizational behavior, including individual behavior, personality psychology and consciousness, population scale and the behavior, organization and management, group communication and conflict, leadership and decision making, Power and politics, organizational structure and organizational culture. It enables me to comprehensively and deeply understand the characteristics and regularity of the psychology and behavior of individuals, groups, organizations and leaders in organizations, and understand how to use the theories and methods of psychology to effectively motivate people's behavior and fully mobilize people's enthusiasm, initiative and creativity. It is of great help to my future study and work, I like professor Neils' teaching style, which is very interesting, can arouse the enthusiasm of the students. Oscar is very interesting, this is the happy memories, even though I wasn't there in person, but through zoom also can feel the enthusiasm of all the participants.I am really happy to learn from profess Neils and very enjoy this class, thanks to professor Neils.

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A very insightful course

Elizabeth Savchenko

The course was very insightful and interesting. There was much practical advice on how to incorporate theory into a real-life situation which was useful. Qui...

The course was very insightful and interesting. There was much practical advice on how to incorporate theory into a real-life situation which was useful. Quizzes at the end of each topic helped test my knowledge and understand what aspects should be repeated. As a whole, this course is something I would recommend to others who are interested in leadership and organizational behavior because of the big amount of fascinating content.

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LOB1: General course information

LOB1: Fundaments

LOB1: Let's talk about leadership.

LOB 1: Wrap

LOB2: Leading individuals (personality & values)

LOB2: Leading individuals (identity)

LOB2: Wrap

LOB3: Leading individuals (learning)

LOB3: Leading individuals (perception and decision-making)

LOB3: Wrap

LOB4: Leading individuals (emotions & stress)

LOB4: Wrap

LOB5: Leading individuals (motivation & justice)

LOB5: Wrap

LOB6: Leading teams (team design & processes)

LOB6: Leading teams (team decisions & creativity)

LOB6: Wrap

LOB7: Leading teams (group identity & stereotypes)

LOB7: Wrap

LOB8: Leading organizations (organizational culture)

LOB8: Leading organizations (organizational change)

LOB8: Leading organizations (organizational adaptivity) - bonus material

LOB8: Wrap

Conclusion: Turn it into reality!

About this course