Leadership Fundamentals

Leadership Fundamentals

Learn how to be an effective manager, supervisor, and leader. Learn the skills you'll need to effectively manage projects, make decisions, and solve problems in a team setting also. Use the principles of great leaders to achieve success in almost every aspect of your daily life.

96 Course Hrs
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$580.00
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96 Course Hrs
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Details

If you are a supervisor, manager, or leader, this selection of four classes will teach you the skills needed for success.

You will learn how to make a successful transition from employee to manager and how to manage your time so that you can deal with the constant demands of a managerial job.

You will learn the skills required to delegate responsibility and motivate your employees. You will learn how to solve problems and resolve conflicts so that you can accomplish your job more effectively. You will master the basics of communication, because effective communication is essential in your quest to be a good leader.

You will be able to assess your own personality, as well as the personalities of your co-workers and boss, and develop a plan of action to improve both your interpersonal skills and your work relationships.

You'll learn the components of a successful team and the stages of its development. You'll master the skills you'll need to effectively manage projects, make decisions, and solve problems in a team setting. Plus, you'll have a chance to learn the pitfalls of unhealthy group interaction and minimize any of its effects on your team.

Improving your leadership skills can help you gain the respect and admiration of others, while also allowing you to enjoy success in your career and more control over your destiny. These courses will teach you how to use the principles of great leaders to achieve success in almost every aspect of your daily life.

Requirements

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course.


Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Instructor

Patricia Addesso

Patricia Addesso has worked for over 20 years in retail, academic and telecommunications organizations. She has a doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and well-grounded in the theory of human behavior at work. In addition, she has held management positions in three companies, and thus "speaks the language" of upper management. This blend of the theoretical and the practical is the hallmark of her consulting style. Dr. Addesso's specialty is organization development and team building. She has been involved in managing mergers, acquisitions, and other large-scale organizational changes, and is currently involved in projects such as strategic planning and personality assessments.

Vivian Harte

As a professor at two colleges for over 14 years, Vivian Harte taught students how to build and maintain successful teams. In the workplace, she helped teams create a city's strategic energy plan, write a state's recycling manual, organize and facilitate educational conferences for recycling coordinators, and make recommendations for improving college policies for faculty members. But perhaps her favorite work is interacting with students online to help them build the kind of teams that make a difference in workplaces across the country.

Lynne Morton

Lynne Morton is a management consultant and executive coach with 20 years of experience helping individuals and organizations improve their performance. Her professional experience includes having served as an Associate Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Vice President at Seabury & Smith (Marsh & McLennan), and an Account Supervisor at Burson-Marsteller.

Instructor Interaction: The instructor looks forward to interacting with learners in the online moderated discussion area to share their expertise and answer any questions you may have on the course content.

Instructor-Moderated Course Code: BC9159