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When you complete this experience, you are on the path of effective leadership with impactful behaviors, effective communication and proven styles. Important for all majors.
As a participant, you will:
- Describe seven traits of highly effective leaders
- Demonstrate the principles of committed action and effective communication
- Contrast transactional leadership with transformational leadership,
- Summarize situational leadership,
- Identify the four styles of leadership behavior,
- Recognize and relate the leadership skills that are required for different levels of management,
- Assess your level of self-awareness for leadership
Being a skilled leader can mean access to new opportunities in and out of the workplace. Relating to others in high pressure situations and being able to act effectively on your strengths is a powerful combo employers want you to bring to the workplace.
This course is recommended for anyone in all disciplines seeking to gain high performing leadership skills.
Leadership impacts both internal (employees) and external (suppliers, investors, community) stakeholders. It includes the ability to act decisively, achieve goals, improve operational and financial performance, and beat the competition. This microcredential represents a claim that you can describe the seven traits of highly effective leaders, demonstrate the principles of committed action and effective communication, contrast transactional leadership with transformational leadership, summarize situational leadership, identify the four styles of leadership behavior, recognize and relate the leadership skills that are required for different levels of management, and assess your level of self-awareness for leadership. Earning this microcredential will require you to demonstrate the supporting knowledge in leadership skills.