Dartmouth College
Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization
Dartmouth College

Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization

Become a Better Business Leader Today. Using Professor Sydney Finkelstein's renowned research into the art and science of leadership and years of experience working with managers and executives around the world, this specialization will help you build the wisdom and skills you need to grow and change as a leader—and as a person.

Sydney Finkelstein

Instructor: Sydney Finkelstein

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4.9

(409 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • How to understand common leadership mistakes and keep them from happening to you

  • How to balance the rational and the emotional to make the best possible decisions

  • How to crack the code on talent to accelerate your career and help other people get better

  • How to become a wise leader at work, at home, and in life

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Specialization - 4 course series

Why Smart Executives Fail: Common Mistakes & Warning Signs

Course 116 hours4.9 (306 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Which mistakes leaders make most often

  • How to spot the early warning signs of key mistakes

  • How to avoid making these same mistakes in your own life

Skills you'll gain

Category: Change Management
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Learning
Category: Learning from Failure
Category: Leadership Development

Decision-Making: Blending Art & Science

Course 219 hours4.8 (137 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How our brains work and how we make decisions

  • What experience means for decision-making

  • How to identify our emotional biases and overcome them

  • How to put it all together to make better decisions

Skills you'll gain

Category: Decision-Making
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Management
Category: Learning How To Learn
Category: Leadership Development

Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership

Course 317 hours4.9 (123 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to become a leader that creates other leaders

  • How to see the potential in others

  • How to generate and regenerate talent

  • How to produce tangible results for your organization

Skills you'll gain

Category: Growth Strategies
Category: People Development
Category: Leadership Development
Category: Leadership And Management
Category: Influencing

Lessons on Wisdom: Personal Leadership for Your Life

Course 419 hours4.8 (71 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to fulfill your leadership potential by changing how you think

  • How to make creativity and observation a meaningful part of your life

  • Practical hacks for overcoming the challenges of daily life

  • How to be great in everything you choose to do

Skills you'll gain

Category: Change Management
Category: Growth Strategies
Category: People Development
Category: Learning How To Learn
Category: Leadership Development

Instructor

Sydney Finkelstein
Dartmouth College
4 Courses25,216 learners

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