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Essential Manager Skills Specialization

Coursera

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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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

from 192 reviews of courses in this program

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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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March 2026

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Specialization - 9 course series

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Trustworthiness
Category: Team Motivation
Category: Leadership
Category: Team Building
Category: Time Management
Category: Productivity
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Team Management
Category: Team Leadership
Category: People Management
Category: Communication
Category: Management Training And Development
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Delegation Skills
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Teamwork

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Leadership
Category: Smart Goals
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Case Studies
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Agile Project Management
Category: Crisis Management

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Follow Through
Category: Accountability
Category: Constructive Feedback
Category: Expectation Management
Category: Communication
Category: Delegation Skills
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Management Training And Development
Category: Team Building
Category: Productivity
Category: Leadership Studies
Category: Case Studies
Category: Performance Management
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Team Management
Category: Employee Performance Management
Delegating

Delegating

Course 4 4 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Delegation Skills
Category: Constructive Feedback
Category: Performance Improvement
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Leadership
Category: Accountability
Category: Knowledge Transfer
Category: Productivity
Category: Team Management
Category: People Development
Category: Empowerment
Category: Project Implementation
Category: Expectation Management

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Analysis
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Culture Transformation
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Process Improvement

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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Leadership
Category: Business Leadership
Category: Employee Engagement
Category: Coaching
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Team Leadership
Category: People Management
Category: Adaptability
Category: Cognitive flexibility
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Change Management
Category: Performance Management
Category: Team Management

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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Management Software
Category: Timelines
Category: Operations Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Dashboard
Category: Organizational Skills
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Kanban Principles

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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microsoft Project
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Project Management
Category: Timelines
Category: Scheduling
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Milestones (Project Management)
Category: Project Planning
Category: Workflow Management

What you'll learn

  • Set up workspace, scope and structure

  • Manage project execution

  • Share knowledge and resources

Skills you'll gain

Category: Milestones (Project Management)
Category: Project Management
Category: Project Planning
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Timelines
Category: Team Building
Category: Prioritization
Category: Delegation Skills
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Project Management Software
Category: Coordinating
Category: Databases

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Instructors

Anna Dunn
Coursera
1 Course 960 learners
Mariaan Van Zyl
Coursera
2 Courses 11,889 learners
Angelo Paolillo
48 Courses 409,299 learners

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