This course empowers women professionals to step into strategic leadership roles with clarity, confidence, and impact. You will begin by assessing your current leadership skills, behavioral preferences, and competency gaps through reflective and evidence‑based tools. You will identify your core values and strengths, explore how these shape your leadership style and decision‑making, and examine how gender dynamics and common workplace biases can influence leadership opportunities and authority.

Strategic Leadership & Vision for Women

Strategic Leadership & Vision for Women
This course is part of Women in Leadership: Intensive Learning for Emerging Leaders Specialization

Instructor: Katie Jolicoeur, Ph.D.
What you'll learn
Assess your strengths, values, and leadership style to build strategic confidence and navigate workplace bias effectively.
Create and communicate an inclusive strategic vision by analyzing stakeholders, opportunities, and organizational priorities.
Execute strategy with influence, KPIs, and a personalized leadership development plan for sustained career growth.
Skills you'll gain
- Plan Execution
- Influencing
- Organizational Strategy
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Stakeholder Communications
- Team Leadership
- Performance Metric
- Strategic Communication
- Team Oriented
- Strategic Leadership
- Initiative and Leadership
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Visionary
- Leadership Development
- Planning
- Leadership
- Persuasive Communication
- Business Leadership
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