- character
- Personal Identity
- goal setting
- Mental toughness
- Values
- Awareness
- Strengths
- Cognitive Bias
- Personal Energy
- meaning
- Purpose
- Excellence
Principles of Leadership: Leading Oneself Specialization
Personal Leadership for Business Excellence. Perform at your best when it matters most!

What you will learn
Describe why identifying one's own strengths, core values, behavior patterns and motivations are foundational for defining personal excellence.
Describe how knowing your core purpose, crafting a personal mission and vision help us find meaning in our lives and define personal character
Through an understanding of self and situational awareness, identify strategies to perform at your best when it matters most.
Describe the importance of self-awareness and create a plan to parctice and habitualize it.
Skills you will gain
About this Specialization
Applied Learning Project
Learners will complete (knowledge check) quizzes every week to test their comprehension and advance their learning. Projects include developing a personal ethos and a strategic action plan. In addition, there are reflective journal entries and activities throughout all courses. Learners who subscribe will also have access to an award-winning companion workbook developed by the instructor. This workbook contains the journal prompts and other activities so learners can come away from the course with a document reflecting their growth throughout the course.
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Hands-on Project
Every Specialization includes a hands-on project. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to complete the Specialization and earn your certificate. If the Specialization includes a separate course for the hands-on project, you'll need to finish each of the other courses before you can start it.
Earn a Certificate
When you finish every course and complete the hands-on project, you'll earn a Certificate that you can share with prospective employers and your professional network.

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