University of Colorado Boulder
Principles of Leadership: Leading Technical Organizations Specialization
University of Colorado Boulder

Principles of Leadership: Leading Technical Organizations Specialization

Create Value by Accountable, Authentic Leadership. Play to your strengths, know your impact on others and inspire your team to be their best.

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Kathryn Tobey

Instructor: Kathryn Tobey

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  • By successfully completing this specialization, you will be able to build an integrated team of effective leaders and multiply their abilities.

  • You will be able to describe how leaders are accountable for meeting commitments and deploy strategies for effective relationship building.

  • And you will be able to identify the skills required of organizational leaders that can be honed in entry-level positions.

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • By successfully completing this course, you will be able to describe your personal leadership style.

  • You will also be able to define value creation and explain how building a high-performance team is an essential aspect of leadership.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Value of Executive Presence
Category: Your Personality Type and How You Impact Others
Category: How to Build a Highly Performing Team
Category: Your Top 5 Strengths

What you'll learn

  • By successfully completing this course, you will be able to apply different decision-making processes to different leadership situations.

  • You will also be able to describe how taking accountability is an essential part of being a leader.

  • And you will be able to put strategy, risk-management, and meeting stakeholder commitments into the context of corporate culture.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Understand the power of corporate culture
Category: How organizational leaders are ultimately accountable for meeting commitments
Category: Techniques to lead change and manage the risks associated with disruption
Category: How different situations require different decision-making techniques and how to avoid decision bias.

What you'll learn

  • By successfully completing this course, you will be able to deploy effective relationship-building strategies.

  • You will also be able to describe the defining characteristics of "authentic leaderhsip".

Skills you'll gain

Category: Learn The value of enduring relationships and their contribution to business success
Category: Understand what different stakeholders value in your organization
Category: Envision you as a leader of a technical organization
Category: Enhance employee engagement through authentic leadership
Category: How to build an entrepreneurial culture in an incumbent organization

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Kathryn Tobey
University of Colorado Boulder
3 Courses3,413 learners

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