Self Awareness and the Effective Leader

Self Awareness and the Effective Leader

This course is part of Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization

Instructor: David Van Kleeck

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

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3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

687 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

97%

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There are 6 modules in this course

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.

This course is designed for engineers who are interested in and have the desire to advance into leadership and management roles. You don't need any leadership experience to do well in this course. We ask you to reflect on your personal experiences pretty often, so some work experience will help you in that aspect, but we hope that most of what you learn here will be applicable to many areas of your life. Looking to advance even further as an engineering manager & leader for Industry 4.0? Rice University's top-ranked School of Engineering now offers a Master of Engineering Management & Leadership, 100% online for your convenience. Visit www.rice.edu/engineeringleaders to learn more.

What's included

1 video6 readings1 discussion prompt

Outline a leadership competency framework, explain a methodology for assessing skill level and begin developing your leadership toolbox with an introduction to networking.

What's included

10 videos6 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videos Total 35 minutes

Observation and Objectives 2 minutes
RCEL Framework 2 minutes
Bloom's Taxonomy 2 minutes
Leadership Journals 3 minutes
Personality Assessments 5 minutes
Goal Setting 3 minutes
Engineering Leadership 2 minutes
Tool box - Personal Networking 12 minutes
Dave's Journal - Model for Engineering Leadership 2 minutes
Summary 2 minutes

6 readings Total 125 minutes

Recommended Reading 50 minutes
Completing the Personality Assessments 20 minutes
Journaling Introduction 5 minutes
Journaling Topic 20 minutes
Goal Setting 10 minutes
Journaling Topic 20 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Blooms Quiz 30 minutes
Goal Setting 30 minutes
Module 1 Quiz 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Everyday Leadership 10 minutes

Discuss the challenges that engineers will face in the future and continue developing your toolbox with strategies for managing your time and how to prioritize.

What's included

9 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videos Total 62 minutes

Observation and Objectives 1 minute
Innovation Demonstration 6 minutes
Engineer of 2020 4 minutes
Engineer Interview 36 minutes
President Kennedy's Engineering Challenge 1 minute
Tool Box: Time Management 5 minutes
Tool box: Prioritizing Time, Size Relative to Importance Levels 4 minutes
Dave's Journal - Reflections on the Pace of Change 2 minutes
Summary 2 minutes

4 readings Total 228 minutes

Recommended Readings 60 minutes
Engineer of 2020 120 minutes
President Kennedy's Vision Speech 18 minutes
Journaling Topic 30 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Engineer of 2020 30 minutes
Module 2 Quiz 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Adapting to the Pace of Change 10 minutes

An introduction to self-assessment tools that allow you to identify strengths and weaknesses and how they could impact your leadership style. This week's tool for your leadership toolkit is developing your statement of life purpose.

What's included

11 videos5 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

11 videos Total 38 minutes

Observation and Objectives 2 minutes
Hierarchy of Life Management 6 minutes
Personality Assessments 8 minutes
Core Self Evaluation 2 minutes
Locus of Control 6 minutes
Dispositional Influences 1 minute
Cognitive Styles 4 minutes
Managing Oneself Discussion 3 minutes
Tool box - Statement of Life Purpose 1 minute
Dave's Journal - Making Assumptions 2 minutes
Summary 3 minutes

5 readings Total 225 minutes

Recommended Readings 150 minutes
Personality Assessments 20 minutes
Are You a Player or a Victim? 15 minutes
Know Your Life Purpose 10 minutes
Journaling Topic 30 minutes

3 assignments Total 44 minutes

Hierarchy of Life Skills Quiz 6 minutes
Self Assessments 8 minutes
Module 3 Quiz 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Managing Oneself 10 minutes

Develop strategies for limiting or leveraging stress to improve your leadership style. The tool of the week teaches you to practice effective techniques for controlling stress.

What's included

8 videos3 readings3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

8 videos Total 19 minutes

Observation and Objectives 2 minutes
Motivation to Lead 2 minutes
Stress as a Forcefield 3 minutes
Defense Mechanisms and Responses 2 minutes
Strategies for Managing Stress 5 minutes
Dave's Journal - Philmont Trek 2 minutes
Tool box - Using Stress Management 2 minutes
Summary 2 minutes

3 readings Total 95 minutes

Recommended Reading 60 minutes
How to Make Stress Your Friend 15 minutes
Journaling Topic 20 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Quiz: Motivation to Lead 30 minutes
Stress Management 30 minutes
Module 4 Quiz 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Self Awareness Peer Review Assignment 120 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

How to Make Stress Your Friend 10 minutes

Discuss the differences between analytical and creative problem solving. Develop techniques for encouraging creativity in solving problems while recognizing and overcoming conceptual blocks. We add mind mapping to your toolbox this week for a way to foster personal creativity.

What's included

10 videos5 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videos Total 40 minutes

Observation and Objectives/Making Assumptions 3 minutes
Analytical and Creative Problem Solving 6 minutes
Constancy Block In Detail 4 minutes
... The Other Blocks 3 minutes
Overcoming Barriers to Creativity 9 minutes
Conceptual Blocks 2 minutes
Assessing Your Creative Style 2 minutes
Dave's Journal - Experimental Observation 2 minutes
Tool box - Mind Mapping 8 minutes
Summary 2 minutes

5 readings Total 140 minutes

Recommended Reading 90 minutes
Embrace the Shake 10 minutes
Another Perspective 10 minutes
Journaling Topic 20 minutes
End of Course Survey 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 90 minutes

Analytical and Creative Problem Solving 30 minutes
Conceptual Blocks 30 minutes
Module 5 Quiz 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Filling in the Gaps 10 minutes

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Reviewed on May 10, 2020

VERY NICE COURSE CATERS TO THE REQUIREMENT OF ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP, EXCELLENTLY CRAFTED FOR SUCCESS

Reviewed on Jan 21, 2021

Highly recommended to help understand your own strengths and weakness, so you can focus on improving or potentiate them

Reviewed on Apr 24, 2018

Interesting course with good instructor. The peer reviews are tough to pass though. Think twice if you want to pursue this course as it is not easy during the peer reviews.

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