Advanced Chaplain Course

Faith-Based Resilient Leadership (CTA 6400)


Description
This course explores resilient leadership through the lens of the extraordinary Antarctic expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the timeless principles of Scripture. Topics will include servant and visionary leadership, courage in the storm, putting people before the mission, building team unity, perseverance, hope, and leaving a legacy. Upon completion of this course, students will possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to faithfully lead others through uncertainty, adversity, setbacks, and change. Students will develop a personal theology of resilient leadership based on their faith tradition and system of beliefs. This is a required course for the Advanced Chaplain Certificate program.

Content
  • Welcome Video (1:36)
  • Survey: Getting to Know You
  • Syllabus: CTA 6400 Faith-Based Resilient Leadership
  • Module 1 Video Overview (1:45)
  • MODULE 1: LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH VISION
  • Module 1 Article: SCANG Chaplain Experiences a “Baptism of Fire” on “The Ice”
  • Module 1 Video: Merry Christmas from the South Pole (0:16)
  • Module 1 Video: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton (8:08)
  • Module 1 Reflection Paper: Visionary Leadership
  • Module 2 Video Overview (1:32)
  • MODULE 2: LEADING THROUGH ADVERSITY
  • Module 2 Video: Are We Celebrating the Wrong Leaders? (15:55)
  • Module 2 Reflection Paper: Dealing with Uncertainty
  • Module 3 Video Overview (1:21)
  • MODULE 3: COURAGE IN THE STORM
  • Module 3 Video: Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton (1:40) 
  • Module 3 Reflection Paper: Courage in the Storm
  • Module 4 Video Overview (1:37)
  • MODULE 4: PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE THE MISSION
  • Module 4 Video: Why Shackleton Is the Ultimate Leadership Case Study (10:41) 
  • Module 4 Reflection Paper: Putting People Before the Mission
  • Module 5 Video Overview (2:09)
  • MODULE 5: BUILDING TEAM UNITY
  • Module 5 Video: Incredible Survival Story of Shackleton’s Expedition (1:25:15) 
  • Module 5 Reflection Paper: Five Leadership Lessons of Frank Worsley
  • Module 6 Video Overview (1:12)
  • MODULE 6: PERSEVERANCE WHEN SUCCESS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
  • Module 6 Video: Thriving in a Crisis: Leadership Lessons From Shackleton (3:53)
  • Module 6 Reflection Paper: Perseverance and Faith
  • Module 7 Video Overview (1:52)
  • MODULE 7: HOPE THAT SUSTAINS
  • Module 7 Video: The Endurance Shackleton Documentary 2000 (1:37:51) 
  • Module 7 Reflection Paper: Hope That Sustains
  • Module 8 Video Overview (2:31)
  • MODULE 8: LEAVING A LEGACY OF FAITHFUL LEADERSHIP
  • Module 8 Research Paper: A Theology of Resilient Leadership
  • Closing Video (0:47)
  • Survey: Next Steps
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed