Video Resources

Video Resource 12.1:  Fyre Festival failures showcased in dueling documentaries (9.00 min)

Description:  Two documentaries from Hulu and Netflix follow the infamous music festival's cofounders Ja Rule and entrepreneur Billy McFarland, their teams, festivalgoers and others through the disastrous event.

Learning Objectives

LO 12.2: Describe how the trait approach differs from other theories of leadership, and how Dark Triad traits play a role in a leadership

LO 12.6: Discuss why trust is important, and how to repair it

Video Resource 12.2: Why good leaders make you feel safe (11.59 min)

Description: What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety – especially in an uneven economy – means taking on big responsibility.

Learning Objectives

LO 12.1: Discuss why leadership tends to be difficult concept to define, and explain the difference between being a manager and being a leader.

LO 12.7: Illustrate the elements and progression of transactional and transformational leadership.

Video Resource 12.3: Learning to love Machiavelli (9.38 min)

Description: Machiavelli himself was not in any way Machiavellian. He wasn't particularly good at the office politics in city government, nor advancing himself within the ranks, but he did give good advice. Don MacDonald saw in the story of Machiavelli’s life the very vicissitudes he wrote about and debunks the common perception of the political philosopher.

Learning Objectives

LO 12.1: Discuss why leadership tends to be difficult concept to define, and explain the difference between being a manager and being a leader.

LO 12.2: Describe how the trait approach differs from other theories of leadership, and how Dark Triad traits play a role in a leadership

Web Resources

Web Resource 12.1:  How the best leaders build trust

Description:  In an age of lower trust, the author asks three questions. First, is there a measurable cost to low trust? Second, is there a tangible benefit to high trust? Third, how can the best leaders build trust in and within their organizations to reap the benefits of high trust?

Learning Objectives

LO 12.6: Discuss why trust is important, and how to repair it

LO 12.7: Illustrate the elements and progression of transactional and transformational leadership.