On January 13, 2021, a panel of Professors Jennifer M. Piscopo and Julie Suk explored the history, current state, and consequences of United States “exceptionalism” with regards to women’s rights.
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On January 14th, David Niedzwicki gave a presentation on ethical leadership. According to David, some challenges to ethical leadership include flaws in decision-making strategies, unconscious lapses in judgement, and cognitive barriers. He offers some solutions to this by holding others accountable, holding ethics, not rules as a gold standard, and by having leaders model ethical behavior. Lastly, David urged us that ethical leadership is more important now than ever before.
[more]While the Rocky Leadership Fellows embarked on a new term of remote learning and few social interactions, Hi’ilani Hopkins took a moment to remind us about the importance of connection and giving back to our communities. She argues that as Dartmouth students, the fellows have been extremely fortunate to get the mentorship that we have. We should ensure that future leaders, especially those that do not have access to the incredible resources that we do, have an opportunity to learn from us.
[more]On January 7th, RLF fellow Will Dickerman gave a presentation on the leadership of Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer who led three expeditions to the Antarctic. Will recounted the Shackleton’s third and last expedition in 1914, when “The Endurance” ship sunk due to violent weather conditions, and Shackleton heroically led the entire crew out of the quandary. Will highlighted a few of Shackleton’s actions.
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After beginning winter term with a session focused on the purpose of actively recruiting the next class of Rockefeller Leadership Fellows, this week the 2021 cohort of Fellows returned to routine with a session led by the Rockefeller Center’s own Professor Ron Shaiko. Shaiko discussed the topic of civil leadership with the Fellows and aided the Fellows in directly applying the topic to Dartmouth itself.
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