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Washington State University
Carson College of Business
HBM 497
Leading and Living
Spring 2017
Instructor: Bill Maynard Class: daily 4 pm – 7 pm
Phone: 425-985-5374 Class:
Email: dokmaynard@msn.com Office – Todd 340F

Welcome to Leading and Living. My intent in offering this course is, for you as a participant, to have one of the most profound and valuable learning experiences of your life. There will be many unknowns, challenges, and amazing victories. The key is to embrace the journey!

Course Description:

This course is designed to help prepare students for success on the job and success in their personal lives as well. The leadership and teamwork content of the course was developed by the Effectiveness Institute (EI), of which I was a founder and CEO. TEI is an organization development and training company. The life skills content was developed based on the actual experiences and challenges of young people wanting to move forward with their personal lives.

This is a highly interactive and participatory class. At times there will be presentations by your instructor and by guest presenters. At other times, you will learn from each other and from team experiences. You will be required to plan, organize and communicate; in both written and oral forms.

Materials Needed:

Text: You Matter: How to take charge of your life, Bill Maynard
The text will be available in the first class session.

Special Note from the Author:

To the Readers of You Matter-If you have a desire to learn more about yourself, learn more about others, find new ways of dealing with life issues, or just want to improve your life, then this book is for you. You will read examples of true stories from young men and women just like you. Their names have been changed to protect their identities, but their stories are as they were written. You will be provided with knowledge, tools, and a means for dealing successfully with life stuff that happens to you and to those you know. If you use it, this book can change your life. Regardless of whether you are working on making a serious decision, getting into a new relationship, getting out of a relationship, getting over a breakup, dealing with a difficult parent, facing serious life issues, or learning to find happiness, you will find something here that will help you through the challenges and the choices.

Learning Outcomes:

The focus of our class is on success in life. It is a unique combination of leadership knowledge and skills, balanced with life skills. You will have a unique opportunity to discover and experience what it takes to have a rich and fulfilling life. I urge you to make the most of this extraordinary opportunity.

Goal 1: Students will have a clear understanding of their individual needs and their challenges, and the needs and challenges of others.

Goal 2: Students will demonstrate their ability to work effectively on a team.

Goal 3: Students will demonstrate their effectiveness at interpersonal communications.

Goal 4: Students will understand the need for a change in their life and demonstrate their ability to create successful change through their Personal Stretch Project.

Class Method

Basically the class is set up as a small business. All of the students have a reporting relationship
with me. Your pay is your grade. You will be personally working with me, and working with all of the other members of our work group.

This course is totally interactive and experiential. There will be brief presentations of information followed by small table discussions and a high level of collaboration. Project teams will be formed on the first day and a team project will be presented on the final day. A personal paper will be written each week based on the book You Matter. There will be a number of teamwork experiences as well as individual experiences in each class session. The Personal Stretch Project is exactly that; personal. You will be provided more information about this, and will need to have a one-on-one meeting with me to discuss what you would like to do for your project.

There are only a few policies. First, be on time. If for any reason you will be late or won’t be able to be there, give me a call and let me know. While we are in session, no cell phones or computers. It’s ok before class begins, after and during the break. Finally, you are expected to change tables and sit with different people after each break, and for each class.

Performance Evaluation

Grades will be based on performance criteria, similar to what you might find in the workplace. I will view each student as a manager/leader who reports to me in our organization. My job is to coach, mentor and teach you — to do everything I can to help you succeed. Your job is to learn, and to apply what you learn, and to teach each other.

Performance Factors:

1.Team performance and peer evaluation of each individual’s contribution. Participation as a team member will play a significant role in your learning. (300 course points)
2. Weekly papers (100 points each, total 300 course points)
3. Your Personal Stretch Project (300 course points)
4. Your performance as I evaluate it (300 course points)

This is my subjective evaluation of your overall performance as a
manager/leader. It will be based on:
• attendance and being on time
• your willingness and ability to communicate with me and others in the class
• your level of participation in class and team activities
• your willingness to try new things
• the overall quality of your work

TOTAL = 1,200 POINTS

A = 90% – 100%of total points
B = 80% – 89% of total points
C = 70%- 79% of total points
D = 60%- 69% of total points

Assignments:

Weekly Personal Essays
Your ability to express yourself well in writing will assist you with your professional success. Your ability to take responsibility for and manage your life will take you to where you never thought you would go. Part of executing a successful life is managing your inner emotions, ideas and thoughts, as well as mastering course material and job training skills.

Each weekly paper is drawn from your having read the assigned chapters in You Matter. Here is what I want you to do for your weekly papers:

Week One:
1. Read the Introduction-Making Life Work for You, Chapter 1-Who Are You Really?, and Chapter 2-Insights That Can Shape Your Life.
2. Make notes in the margins about things that catch your attention, stimulate thinking, or are clearly important to you.
3. Identify the points you want to write about. The focus is entirely on you; what you learned, what you dig into, how it relates to you. What you found that was challenging, unfamiliar, interesting, and why. This is not a book report. It is all about you. This means write about what you think about the information you read and how it effected (s) you.
4. Check out the Self-Search Experiences for each chapter in the Appendix. Do those that apply or appeal to you and include them in your paper.
5. I would like you to read every chapter, but you do not have to write about each one.
6. Write a great opening, write carefully, re-write when you need to. Be sure to re-read and edit before turning it in.
7. I want it to be a paper you feel good about, even proud of.
8. Personal essays are due at the end of the week. However, if you need more time in order to make sure its great, just let me know and turn it in the following Monday.
9. Each essay is a minimum of 5 pages, double-spaced. There is no maximum. You can write a book if you wish 
10. I will read every paper and get it back to you quickly. No one else will read your papers.

Week Two:
• Do the same with Chapter 3-Raising Your Parents, Chapter 4-Being In Love and Breaking Up, and Chapter 5-Making Your Relationship Work.

Week Three:
• Do the same with Chapter 6-When Bad Things Happen, Chapter 7-Other Bad Things That Happen (these are difficult, but bad things do happen and we can get through them), and Chapter 8-Taking Charge of Your Life.

Personal Stretch Project

“Your Personal Stretch Project is exactly that; it is about something personal that you want to, need to, or should address, and it needs to be a stretch for you. Not a quick get it done paper or project. It needs to be meaningful. It is intentionally ambiguous, because I have no idea what your are going to do. But I want it to be something really important to you. Take a look at the variety of personal stories in your book, You Matter. They are all from the personal stretch projects of different individuals who have taken this course.

Think back over your lifetime. Has there been anything you have avoided dealing with? Are you currently in a relationship you’re uncertain about? With someone you hope to marry? Gone through a bad breakup and still hurting? Any issues with parents? These are just as few things to think about.

Here is an important point; as you are thinking about things, you may have a thought jump into your mind that “I don’t know how to deal with that, or what to do with it…,” and then you dismiss it. This very well could be the one you should or want to work on. Don’t worry about or even think about the “how.” Just get clear on “what” you might want to do and “why” it might be important to you. Come in and meet with me as soon as possible and we’ll talk about your thoughts, identify what you are going to do, and I will help you with how to do it.

There will always be questions about will it be a written paper or something else? The answer is that we don’t know until we get clear on what you want to do. It could manifest into a performance, a poem, a video, an art project of some kind. Whatever you decide best expresses your ideas, feelings and transformation around the issue you choose to explore, is exactly right.

The intent here is to go where you’ve never been, do something you’ve never done, think in ways you’ve never had to think. Facing something that you need to face, but haven’t. It’s about stretching out of your “comfort zone.” . Or some form of creative expression of who you are and who you are becoming. It could be an exploration of “the meaning of your life.”

Come in as soon as possible and discuss your thoughts with me, I’ll help you identify a topic and “how” you might go about addressing it.

The Personal Stretch Project is due the on our last class session
Additional Course Highlights
Guest Lecturers to be announced
Relevant Films, Online Exercises and Current Events Presentations

WSU General Honor Code

Academic integrity is the cornerstone of the university and will be strongly enforced in this course. Any student found in violation of the academic integrity policy will receive a grade of zero on the assignment in question. A second offense, or an egregious first offense, will result in a grade of “F” for the course. I report all offenses to the Office of Student Affairs. For additional information about WSU’s Academic Integrity policy/procedures, please contact (360) 546-9573.”

Students shall be guilty of violating the honor code if they:

• Represent the work of others as their own.
• Use or obtain unauthorized assistance in any academic work.
• Give unauthorized assistance to other students.
• Modify, without instructor approval, an examination, paper, record or report for the purpose of obtaining additional credit.
• Misrepresent the content of submitted work.

The penalty for violating the honor code is severe. The first offense will result in a grade of zero on the assignment in question. A second offense, or an egregious first offense, will result in a failing grade for the course. I will report all offenses to the Office of Student Affairs.
Student Conduct/Deportment

Students are, “Expected to show due respect for …the rights of others.” For example, “While students have the right to freedom of expression…this expression cannot interfere with the rights of others or disrupt the processes of the University. Any malicious act which causes harm to any person’s physical or mental well-being is prohibited.” Such activities include sexual harassment, discrimination, intimidation (e.g. bullying or belittling fellow students), disruptive behavior (e.g., loud talking in class) or slanderous comments made about other students or faculty (e.g., false and unsubstantiated claims of discrimination made for the purpose of improving grades). Students should be familiar with the Washington State University standards for student conduct presented in the WSU Vancouver student handbook (available from student services). “Students who fail to conduct themselves properly are subject to discipline, which may extend to temporary or permanent removal from the institution.”

Posting of Grades
Final grades are available on MyWSU for student access the day following grade submission.

Availability of Papers
I hand back papers in class, usually about one day after they are submitted, but always before the next paper is due.

Student Conduct/Deportment
Per the WSU Student Handbook, students are, “Expected to show due respect for …the rights of others.” For example, “While students have the right to freedom of expression…this expression cannot interfere with the rights of others or disrupt the processes of the University. Any malicious act which causes harm to any person’s physical or mental wellbeing is prohibited.” Such activities include sexual harassment, discrimination, intimidation (e.g., bullying or belittling fellow students), disruptive behavior (e.g., loud talking in class), or slanderous comments made about other students or faculty (e.g., false and unsubstantiated claims of discrimination made for the purpose of improving grades). Students should be familiar with the Washington State University standards for student conduct presented in the WSU student handbook (available from Student Services). Students who fail to conduct themselves properly are subject to discipline, which may extend to temporary or permanent removal from the institution.
Reporting Violations
To report violations of the student or faculty conduct code, WSU administration expect the following procedures to be followed:

Step 1: In writing, state your complaint. Provide supporting documentation where necessary.

Step 2: WSUV has a required communication hierarchy for presenting the complaint. First, present the complaint and supporting documentation to the instructor (i.e., me). Second, if I am unable to resolve the matter to your satisfaction, or if the problem behavior spans multiple classes, or if the nature of the problem makes this impossible, then submit the complaint to the WSU Vancouver College of Business Academic Director. Third, if the matter is still not resolved to your satisfaction, then (and only then) submit the complaint to the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. See the WSU Vancouver student manual for more detail concerning this process.

WSUV Reasonable Accommodation
Accommodations may be available if you need them in order to fully participate in this class because of a disability. Accommodations may take some time to implement so it is critical that you contact the Access Center as soon as possible. All accommodations must be approved through the Access Center, located in the Multimedia Classroom Building (with Counseling Services) on the Lower Level of VMMC (360) 546-9238.

University Communication with Students:
All email communication from the University is sent to your email.wsu.edu address. If you do not have a wsu.edu email account, please set up the account as soon as possible by:

• Going to Zzusis to get your email name and temporary password.
• Visiting http://kb.vancouver.wsu.edu/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=121 to get your new account name and temporary password.
• Visiting http://www.email.wsu.edu/ to activate your new account.
• Remembering to change your temporary password.

Emergency Notification System
WSU has made an emergency notification system available for faculty, students, and staff. Please register at zzusis with emergency contact information (cell, email, text, etc.). You may have been prompted to complete emergency contact information when registering for classes at zzusis. In the event of a building evacuation, a map at each classroom entrance shows the evacuation point for each building. Please refer to it. Finally, in case of class cancellation campus-wide, please check local media, the WSU Vancouver web page and/or http://www.flashalert.net/. Individual class cancellations may be made at the discretion of the instructor. Each individual is expected to make the best decision for their personal circumstances, taking safety into account.

A Commitment to Campus Safety
Washington State University is committed to maintaining the safety of the students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the Vancouver campus. As part of this commitment, the university has prepared a Campus Safety Plan, containing a comprehensive listing of university policies, procedures, statistics and information relating to campus safety, emergency management and the health and welfare of the campus community. Please see the following websites for further information.

http://safetyplan.vancouver.wsu.edu/
http://oem.wsu.edu/emergencies

On-Campus Counseling
Short-term counseling services for current Washington State University Vancouver students are available for free on campus. Appointments Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM are available. To schedule a visit, please call (360) 546-9238 or go to
http://studentaffairs.vancouver.wsu.edu/student-affairs/counseling for additional information.