Emotional intelligence, hope, mindfulness, and compassion help a person reverse the damage of chronic stress and build great leadership relationships. The Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors inspire sustained, desired change and learning at many levels.
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Inspired Leadership SpecializationCase Western Reserve UniversityAbout this Course
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Approx. 12 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Turkish, English, Hindi, Romanian, Kazakh
Skills you will gain
MindfulnessLeadershipEmotional IntelligenceCoaching
Learner Career Outcomes
62%
started a new career after completing these courses
39%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
15%
got a pay increase or promotion
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Course 1 of 5 in the
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Beginner Level
Approx. 12 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Turkish, English, Hindi, Romanian, Kazakh
Offered by
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a leading national research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. Through its seven schools and college, Case Western Reserve offers top-10 programs in health law, organizational behavior and social work and top-25 programs in biomedical engineering, international law, medicine and nursing. More than 4,000 undergraduate and nearly 6,000 graduate and professional students are enrolled at CWRU, representing all 50 states and more than 90 countries.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Week 1: Resonant Leadership and the Neuroscience Behind It
Great leaders moves people through resonant relationships. Resonant relationships occur when the leader and the people around them are in sync or in tune. These relationships are characterized by the shared experience of vision and hope, compassion and caring, and mindfulness. and how people can be inspired to change and inspire change in others. We demonstrate. We explore the neuroscience behind resonant and dissonant leadership, in terms of the default mode and task positive networks.
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 27 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
4 videos
Watch: What Is Great Leadership?8m
Watch: Resonant Leaders Create Experiences of Hope, Compassion, and Mindfulness6m
Watch: The Neuroscience of Leadership10m
4 readings
Read: Navigating the Course10m
Read & Watch: Required, Recommended, and Supplemental Readings & Video List10m
Read: Required and Recommended Reading List10m
Read: Recommended Reading List10m
2 practice exercises
Reflection: PLA #1 (Module 1.1) Leaders Who Brought Out the Best in You2m
Test for Understanding: Week 1 Quiz8m
1 hour to complete
Week 2: Renewal As an Antidote to Chronic Stress
We examine the effects of emotional contagion, both positive and negative on relationship. We examine the psychological and physiological process with which our bodies and minds experience stress and how it hinders openness to new ideas, people and emotions. Chronic annoying stress causes cognitive, emotional and perceptual impairment. We examine the Parasympathetic Nervous System, the bodies only way to ameliorate the effects of stress and renew. We examine how hope/vision, compassion, mindfulness and playfulness both build resonant relationships and enable us to renew.
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 33 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
3 videos
Watch: Stress and Renewal16m
Watch: Strategies for Renewal and Building Resonant Relationships8m
3 readings
Read: Recommended and Supplemental Reading List10m
Read & Watch: Supplemental Reading & Video List10m
Read: Recommended Reading List10m
1 practice exercise
Test for Understanding: Week 2 Quiz8m
2 hours to complete
Week 3: Emotional Intelligence and Its Link to Leadership
Emotional, social and cognitive intelligence competencies are the drivers of effective leadership, management and professional jobs. We review the research in private, public and non-profit sector jobs in many countries of the world.
2 hours to complete
2 videos (Total 24 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes
2 videos
Watch: EI and SI in Various Fields of Work11m
3 readings
Read & Watch: Recommended and Supplemental Reading & Video List10m
Practice: PLA #6A - Coding Introduction10m
Read: Required and Recommended Reading List10m
5 practice exercises
Practice: Incident #36m
Practice: Incident #416m
Test for Understanding: PLA #6 - Coding Quiz/ Incident #512m
Apply Skills: ALA #1: Me at My Best2m
Test for Understanding: Week 3 Quiz8m
1 hour to complete
Week 4: Inspiring and Motivating Sustained Development, Growth and Learning
Intentional Change Theory and decades of longitudinal research showing how it creates sustained, desired change is introduced. Learners examine who and how people have helped them grow in the past and link it to future possibilities. We explore the Positive and Negative Emotional Attractors (PEA and NEA), which are states that enable change, and help us become open to it. We need the NEA to survive and the PEA to strive and flourish.
1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 23 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
2 videos
Watch: The Positive (PEA) and Negative (NEA) Emotional Attractors10m
2 readings
Read: Required and Supplemental Reading List10m
Read & Watch: Required and Supplemental Readings & Video List10m
2 practice exercises
Reflection: PLA #7 (Module 4.1) Who Helped Me Most?2m
Test for Understanding: Week 4 Quiz8m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM INSPIRING LEADERSHIP THROUGH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
by GTSep 4, 2017
I really enjoyed this course. it helped me to refresh some of the concepts I had learned early in m career as well as see actual case study work as it applies to the corporate environment that im in.
by AHApr 27, 2020
I am so glad to bump into this course during COVID-19. To get my PEA and help the others with their PEA are great! I highly recommend this all of those who just stepped into their leadership roles.
by EEMay 26, 2020
I learned new material which is very helpful for me personally, my coaching business and to using at work. Professor Richard Boyatzis unique way of presenting the course material was very effective
by ONMay 14, 2017
It was a fantastic and self motivating course. Since I am in coursera the Case Western Reserve University's courses are one of the best. I am so sad that I did not have a chance to study there
About the Inspired Leadership Specialization
In this specialization you will learn how to overcome the ravages of chronic stress and renew your body and mind by building better relationships and positive approaches to leadership. You will learn the power of asking questions to become a more inclusive and self-confident leader, and how to effectively coach others toward sustained, desired change, learning or increased motivation in life and work.
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