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Thrive: Personal and Professional Growth Specialization

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Thrive: Personal and Professional Growth Specialization

Lead, Influence, and Thrive with AI.

Build executive presence, emotional resilience, and AI-powered wellness habits for lasting success.

Mariaan Van Zyl
Starweaver
Anya Soto

Instructors: Mariaan Van Zyl

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from 207 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

  • Develop authentic executive presence and strategic relationship management skills to lead with impact.

  • Build sustainable well-being habits and emotional resilience using evidence-based strategies.

  • Leverage AI tools for mood tracking, stress reduction, and goal achievement while maintaining critical oversight.

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January 2026

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Specialization - 8 course series

How to Build an Executive Presence

How to Build an Executive Presence

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify and develop their authentic executive presence + ROI

  • Manage strategic relationships

  • Develop their own strategic executive presence journey map

Skills you'll gain

Category: Executive Presence
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Leadership
Category: Professional Development
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Communication
Category: Assertiveness
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Relationship Management
Category: Influencing
Category: Collaboration
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Personal Attributes
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Strategic Planning
Growing your Influence

Growing your Influence

Course 2, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to strategically build and leverage professional networks to expand your influence within your industry or organization.

  • Enhance your communication skills, including persuasive speaking and active listening to effectively convey your ideas and influence others.

  • Acquire techniques for negotiation and persuasion to achieve desired outcomes and win support for your ideas.

  • Develop adaptive leadership skills, fostering trust, collaboration, and alignment towards common goals.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Professional Networking
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: LinkedIn
Category: Leadership
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Personal Development
Category: Communication
Category: Growth Mindedness
Category: Lifelong Learning
Category: Influencing
Category: Branding
Category: Thought Leadership
Category: Adaptability
Category: Professional Development
Category: Social Media Strategy
How to Series on Personal Development Topics

How to Series on Personal Development Topics

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Create a unique identity based on personal strengths, values, and lessons learned from past experiences.

  • Learn strategies to embrace resilience and a learning mindset to overcome challenges.

  • Enhance influence and credibility by showcasing resilience and growth in both personal and professional settings.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Personal Development
Category: Empowerment
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Growth Mindedness
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Courage
Category: Resilience
Category: Open Mindset
Category: Accountability
Category: Assertiveness
Category: Lifelong Learning
Category: Willingness To Learn

What you'll learn

  • Recognize the significance of habits in shaping one's life.

  • Explain the process of habit formation.

  • Apply effective strategies for cultivating habits that promote well-being, including exercise, meditation, and gratitude.

  • Address common behaviors like comparison and boundary-setting issues impacting well-being

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mindfulness
Category: Behavior Management
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Exercise Science
Category: Stress Management
Category: Resilience
Category: Productivity
Category: Mental Health
Category: Growth Mindedness
Category: Positive Behavior Support
Category: Health Promotion
Category: Behavioral Health
Category: Preventative Care
Category: Personal Care
Category: Personal Development
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Health And Wellness Coaching
Track, Analyze & Your Mood

Track, Analyze & Your Mood

Course 5, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Develop personal mood intelligence by recognizing standard valence scales and emotion labels used in mood tracking

  • Apply a mood-tracking app with AI-suggested triggers.

  • Apply evaluate trend charts to identify meaningful patterns in personal emotional data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Personalization
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Trend Analysis
Category: Record Keeping
Category: Data Collection
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Generative AI
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Communication
GenAI Wellness: Prompt, Evaluate, Thrive

GenAI Wellness: Prompt, Evaluate, Thrive

Course 6, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision Making
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Crisis Intervention
Category: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Category: Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Patient Preparation
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Model Evaluation
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Health And Wellness Coaching
Category: Technical Communication
AI-Guided Stress Reduction & Analysis

AI-Guided Stress Reduction & Analysis

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Recall three evidence‑based stress‑reduction techniques for quick reference during high‑pressure work situations.

  • Apply an AI‑guided breathing exercise triggered by real‑time biometric stress alerts.

  • Analyze dashboard data to compare heart rates and build sustainable stress habits.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mindfulness
Category: Standard Operating Procedure
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Patient Education And Counseling
Category: Data Analysis Software
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Personal Development
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Respiration
Category: Physiology
Category: Stress Management
Category: Empathy
Category: Vital Signs
Category: Dashboard
Category: Professional Development
Achieve Goals with AI: Track and Adjust

Achieve Goals with AI: Track and Adjust

Course 8, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Transforming vague intentions into SMART goals and building AI-powered tracking systems with personalized reminders using AI tools.

  • Evaluating AI-generated progress analysis to make data-informed adjustments while maintaining human judgment as the final authority.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Goal Setting
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Self-Awareness
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Decision Making
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Goal-Oriented
Category: Generative AI
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Smart Goals

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Instructors

Mariaan Van Zyl
Coursera
2 Courses12,061 learners
Starweaver
Coursera
554 Courses1,052,451 learners
Anya Soto
Coursera
4 Courses12,336 learners

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