Part of being an effective leader is learning how to play to your strengths and overcome characteristics that don't lend to good leadership practices. During the course, you will examine your own strengths and learn ways to use them in a leadership role. Learn to manage stress and solve problems creatively. Throughout the course, you will also build a tool kit of useful techniques that you can begin using right away in your engineering career.
Self Awareness and the Effective Leader
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Self Awareness and the Effective Leader
This course is part of Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization
Instructor: David Van Kleeck
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3 weeks at 10 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Creativity
- Initiative and Leadership
- Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Prioritization
- Relationship Building
- Resilience
- Personal Attributes
- Stress Management
- Personal Development
- Engineering Management
- Leadership
- Goal Setting
- Creative Thinking
- Creative Problem-Solving
- Leadership Development
- Self-Awareness
- Professional Development
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TO
Reviewed on Dec 6, 2016
Great course. Really good for those who want to be managers/leader, and those who are already leaders. Lots of reading required, but it is OK.
CM
Reviewed on Apr 5, 2017
Good course; very interesting. I would like to see the professor grade the course papers or at least review them instead of stric
TS
Reviewed on Nov 7, 2016
Excellent course to get your brain thinking. Opens your eyes into a leadership sight. Help yourself
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