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Introduction:
To fulfill our purpose, at Viator we strive to develop moral character as well as leadership knowledge and competencies in our students. We aim to awake honest, caring, and socially responsible leaders. We view leadership as a form of stewardship and seek to inspire students to use their abilities to lead themselves and serve society in an ethical sustainable way.
Education for leadership mandates development of critical and analytical skills. A capable leader must be able to identify roots problems. He or she needs skills to determine what practices and ideas to discard, what to preserve, and what to change. Education for leadership requires for students to enhance their interpersonal skills as well. An effective leader serves, collaborates and cooperates with others in achieving common and mutual goals while promoting and nurturing other leaders.
Educating people about leadership requires a multidisciplinary program. Out of multiple modes of inquiry and different knowledge bases, students acquire freshly synthesized conceptual frameworks that guide critical thinking and inform the practice of leadership in relevant contexts. In addition to mastering appropriate knowledge, this also requires the ability to collect and interpret information and to isolate what is relevant for addressing particular problems and achieving larger goals. We understand critical thinking as a way to develop vision and to engage in imaginative problem solving.
At Viator, students are motivated to develop basic leadership skills and reflective capabilities so they can participate in meaningful opportunities to lead and thereby learn by doing.
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