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Essential Manager Skills Specialization

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Essential Manager Skills Specialization

Build Your Complete Management Foundation.

Master core leadership skills and project management tools for first-time manager success

Anna Dunn
Mariaan Van Zyl
Angelo Paolillo

Instructors: Anna Dunn

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What you'll learn

  • Lead teams effectively using research-backed frameworks for delegation, accountability, and feedback

  • Manage projects confidently with practical methodologies and tools like Asana, MS Project, and Notion

  • Solve problems systematically using lean principles while adapting your leadership style to situations

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Specialization - 9 course series

What you'll learn

Practical Project Management for Managers

Practical Project Management for Managers

Course 2, 4 hours

What you'll learn

What you'll learn

Delegating

Delegating

Course 4

What you'll learn

Lean Problem - Solving for Team Members and Leaders

Lean Problem - Solving for Team Members and Leaders

Course 5, 3 hours

What you'll learn

Effective Leadership: Master Management Styles

Effective Leadership: Master Management Styles

Course 6, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate various management styles to recognize them in yourself and others, and discern their suitability for different situations.

  • Analyse your default management style and gain tools to flex your style as the situation demands.

Asana for Beginners: Track project progress

Asana for Beginners: Track project progress

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Log into Asana and create a project. Then, create the sections and rules in the website project plan project.

  • Add a task to the project in the list view. Then, learn how to track the progress of the project and add tasks using a board and timeline.

  • Track the progress of the project using workflow and a dashboard in Asana.

What you'll learn

  • Navigate the Microsoft Projects interface while applying key components like tasks, resources and calendar.

  • Build task relationships and setup task statuses to manage working processes. 

  • Utilize Gantt charts and other views to visualize project timelines and progress.

Notion for Beginners: Create a Project Plan

Notion for Beginners: Create a Project Plan

Course 9, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Set up workspace, scope and structure

  • Manage project execution

  • Share knowledge and resources

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Course: Effective Leadership: Master Management Styles

Reviewed on Apr 18, 2025

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Course: Microsoft Project for Beginners: Create Simple Project Plans

Reviewed on Aug 23, 2025

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Course: Effective Leadership: Master Management Styles

Reviewed on Jul 27, 2025