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The Performing Manager – Sample Syllabus MCOM-GB.2122 KMC 4-50 Course site found at Professor Patricia Bower Office: KMC/Shimkin 3-104 Office Phone: 212-998-0085 Email: pbower@ Office Hours: by appointment Teaching Fellow: TBA Course Overview Effective managers must motivate and inspire others to follow their “lead.” This course will explore the seemingly elusive quality often referred to as personal charisma—that hard to pinpoint ability to not only set a clear direction in an organization, but also, communicate the energy and passion to forcefully engage others in a process. “The Performing Manager” will also focus on developing your ability to “tune in” to other people—to attend to and respond to the multitude of messages that come our way every minute of the day—without falling victim to information overload. You will engage in a number of active exercises and performance techniques, borrowed from theatre, sports, music, and even stand-up comedy in order to: Connect more viscerally with audiences Develop concentration and awareness in interpersonal communication Project enthusiasm in small and large group interactions Manage performance anxiety in presentations and interviews Facilitate, in Aristotle’s words, “the dynamic unfolding” of the self within you. This course will also help you to: Think more quickly “on your feet” Listen more attentively in interviews, meetings and presentations Project full confidence in a variety of business situations Class will be held in large, carpeted rooms without desks. A lot of the time, you will be up and moving about, not sitting passively. Come wearing some comfortable clothes that you don’t mind roughing up a bit! Specifically, you will participate in physical, vocal, and verbal improvisations; deliver presentations at every class; watch video examples of passionate speakers; explore an array of disciplines that develop focus and concentration; and learn to use engaging language that holds an audience’s