This is an unpaid internship opportunity from outside the Rockefeller Center. Position Type: Internship - unpaid Location: Remote Start Date: Flexible Wage or benefits: Unpaid Time Commitment: Flexible
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The 15th session of RLF was hosted by Tuck Clinical Professor Curt Welling, who is also an alumnus of both Dartmouth College (1971) and the Tuck School of Business (1977). Professor Welling has decades of experience in both the private and non-profit sectors, upon which he drew to share his understanding of the important of truth with the Fellows. To discuss this crucial topic, concepts important to leadership were introduced, including filters, bubbles, and the philosophical understandings of terms such as truth, knowledge, and belief.
[more]The halfway point of the term was marked with a stimulating session of the Rockefeller Leadership Fellows program, taught by Government Professor Sonu Bedi. A scholar of legal rights, Professor Bedi utilized his extensive knowledge of the rationale for and against different controversial rights in crafting the session. Through the example of three such rights, Professor Bedi taught the Fellows a new strategy for approaching difficult conversations during his time with the students.
[more]The third session of the term was hosted by Professor Charles Wheelan, the Rockefeller Center’s own Professor of Public Policy and member of the Dartmouth Class of 1988. The focus of the session was on the importance of language in leadership and understanding how to leverage the power of words to achieve success that benefits all. Professor Wheelan has a wealth of relevant experience to this topic, as he has devoted much of his career to communicating difficult ideas in accessible ways and working to connect people on opposite sides of controversial issues.
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Caterina Hyneman presented on the art of saying no. Some key highlights from her presentation include a framework on how to say no in the most selfless way possible, the difference between work-life balance and work-life integration, and a call for us to think about what we want in a job or career moving forward. The framework requires us ultimately to be persuasive and portray the issue in a way that meets the organization’s interests. The goal of these actions is to get the boss to understand your priorities in a positive way.
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