# How to educate leaders? Liberal arts

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2007
- Speaker: Patrick Awuah
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_how_to_educate_leaders_liberal_arts)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah -- because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to found a liberal arts school in Africa: Ashesi University, in his home nation of Ghana. A passionate talk about dreaming, doing and leading.

## Lectures

1. [How to educate leaders? Liberal arts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/patrick_awuah_how_to_educate_leaders_liberal_arts/2ade2300e154), 18 min (TED's player)