Want to be a laudable leader? Watch this video and study these characteristics -- and the wise words of leaders who strive to embody them.

Lesson includes links to business articles on "soft skills" in the workplace and related worksheet. WIth "Business - Soft Skills" worksheet, students will analyze their own soft skills and indicate how to further develop those skills. They will also compete a pair/share following their analysis.

Business Principles course FREE teacher resources and trial access to online course solution as well as a correlation to WI state standards.

This unit is an exceprt from the MBA Research and Curriculum Ethical Leadership Course. It focuses on the concept of leadership and includes objectives, activities, and several book and online resources. Course Guides include recommended performance indicators, sequencing, instructional objectives, resources, and activities for students. The full course includes 6 more units focused on ethics, leadership, project management, and other employability skills. To access the full course guide, visit mbastatesconnection.mbaresearch.org and select "Course Guides" under "Curriculum and Instruction."Use this as a guide to teaching a unit about understanding leadership. Each task is related to one performance indicator in the unit. First, use the learning objectives to teach students the important components of a topic. Then, use the activity to engage students and reinforce learning. The online and textbook resources in each tasks can be used to extend learning.

Lesson introduces the "leading" function of management with a popular TED Talk video viewing using a KWL graphic organizer to guide the process.

This site can be used for an Intro to Business class.  It is focused on Mean Jeans simulation, but has basic information for other courses if needed.

This lesson focuses on the current business trend of mistrust of leaders and how this trend impacts the workplace. First, use the report to teach your students about the concept and to find classroom implications of this issue. Then, administer the classroom discussion and activity. A downloadable document of the action brief can be found in the Resource Library. For more trend reports such as this one, visit mbastatesconnection.mbaresearch.org and select "Action Briefs" under "Curriculum/Instruction."

This presentation will help teachers prepare students for understanding generational differences in the workplace and how to work successfully together. Generational differences are cyclical and if there is more understanding between the generations and overcoming stereotypes, there is a better likelihood for successful business collaboration. View this presentations for strategies on how students can work successfully with management and vice versa.