Teaching Leadership Critically to MBAs: Experiences from Heaven and Hell

Amanda Sinclair

Abstract

This research takes a frank look at the teaching of leadership. It compares the author’s positive and negative examples of teaching the same leadership material or curriculum and examines the various factors—teacher’s role, institutional factors, student mindset, learning techniques and circumstances—that influenced the outcome. It also provides a detailed explanation of effective ways of teaching leadership experientially and from a critical perspective —what works and what doesn’t.