Harvard Business School Online – Leadership Principles

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Harvard Business School Online – Leadership Principles

Leadership Principles is designed to help new and aspiring leaders unleash the potential in themselves and others, and cultivate high-performing teams. Become a more versatile leader who can mobilize others by immersing yourself in real-world leadership challenges, self-assessments, and 360-degree feedback from colleagues and peers.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

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Understand your motivational drivers, emotional intelligence, and communication methods to establish a personal leadership style

Apply or adapt your leadership style to meet specific challenges

Manage the conditions that drive team performance

Coach colleagues and share feedback in ways that enable them to develop and deliver

Handle stressful and demanding leadership situations

Take charge of your professional development as you navigate the challenges of transitioning from an individual contributor to a leader

Modules Takeaways Key Exercises

Module 1: Taking Charge

Appreciate how the work of leadership is different in supporting, driving, and guiding others

See how a leader’s self-perception and mindset must change in order to bring out the best in others

Understand the importance of emotional intelligence in transitioning to a leadership position

Build a foundation of self-awareness through 360° assessment (Emotional and Social Competency Inventory)

Video upload: Record yourself reacting to leadership scenarios

Module 2: Leading Your Team

Learn dashboard indicators of team effectiveness

Explore how to manage the conditions that drive team performance through team purpose, composition, processes, and launch

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Module 3: Unleashing Potential in Yourself and Others

Understand the dimensions, functions, and drives of your leadership style and how to apply or expand it to meet specific challenges

Learn how to motivate and equip your team and unleash each individual’s unique talents

Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment

Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a leader through recording yourself and learning from the peer assessment exercise

Module 4: Your Network

Learn techniques for coaching and delivering feedback and how to influence with and without authority

Learn how to leverage strategic, operational, and developmental networks, and explore ways to expand and develop them

Explore avenues for managing the stress of leadership

Video upload: Practice giving feedback and coaching, and apply dimensions of leadership style to evaluate effectiveness

Create a diagram of your professional network in order to visualize, reflect on, and better utilize professional relationships

Reflect on what you’ve learned throughout the course, and consider your personal leadership development plan

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