Lead with Confidence
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Lead with Confidence
This course is part of Boost Your Leadership Impact Specialization
Instructor: Harvard Business Review
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What you'll learn
Identify your values, vision, and approach as a leader, as an effective leader
Accomplish results by cultivating positive relationships and building mutual trust
Create an inclusive environment for the team to connect and collaborate, even when everyone isn’t in the same place
Determine what to delegate and whom to delegate, while effectively communicating and monitoring the assignment, and providing continuous support
Skills you'll gain
- Trustworthiness
- Communication Strategies
- Relationship Building
- Telecommuting
- Workplace inclusivity
- Leadership and Management
- Delegation Skills
- Self-Discipline
- Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
- Staff Management
- Team Collaboration
- Team Leadership
- Drive Engagement
- Leadership
- Virtual Teams
- Empowerment
- Team Building
- Leadership Development
- Emotional Intelligence
- Personal Development
Details to know
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills
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- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate
There are 3 modules in this course
By inspiring and empowering your team, you’ll have a positive impact on your organization. In this course, you’ll find out how to develop your personal leadership style to ensure you have the confidence and know-how to bring out the best in those you manage. You’ll gain the skills you need to delegate and communicate effectively, solve problems, and keep work running smoothly.
How can you become an effective and inspiring leader? Begin by defining your values and vision, and deepening your self-management skills. Then learn how to create the conditions for others to succeed—even when your team isn’t working in the same physical space.
What's included
13 videos34 readings1 assignment
13 videos•Total 28 minutes
- How Successful Leaders Empower Others•1 minute
- What I Learned About Being a Leader•2 minutes
- Stay True to Your Valuesa•3 minutes
- What Do You Stand For?•2 minutes
- Can You Lead Without Authority?•1 minute
- Put Empathy into Action•3 minutes
- What It Takes to Maintain Trust•2 minutes
- You've Lost Your Team's Trust. What's Next?•2 minutes
- Invite All Voices into the Conversation•2 minutes
- Gain a Reputation as a Great Boss•2 minutes
- Inclusive Teams Are High Performing Ones•2 minutes
- Unite Your Team Across Distance•3 minutes
- Connect with Your Team—No Matter Where They Are•2 minutes
34 readings•Total 340 minutes
- How Will You Lead?•10 minutes
- What defines a leader•10 minutes
- What’s not required of leaders•10 minutes
- Two aspects of leadership•10 minutes
- Define Yourself as a Leader•10 minutes
- Your values and vision•10 minutes
- What do you value?•10 minutes
- Choose a vision to work toward•10 minutes
- Set a direction for your team•10 minutes
- Lead without formal authority•10 minutes
- Lead with Emotional Intelligence•10 minutes
- How leaders become more effective•10 minutes
- Focus inward•10 minutes
- Tune in to your thoughts and feelings•10 minutes
- Connect with others•10 minutes
- Be present for your team•10 minutes
- Plan how you’ll act with emotional intelligence•10 minutes
- Build Mutual Trust on Your Team•10 minutes
- Workplaces run on trust•10 minutes
- The trust triangle•10 minutes
- Does my team trust me?•10 minutes
- Trust Your Team — and Show It•10 minutes
- How to rebuild trust•10 minutes
- Empower Everyone You Lead•10 minutes
- Know your team members•10 minutes
- Make everyone feel welcome•10 minutes
- Create psychological safety•10 minutes
- Provide growth opportunities•10 minutes
- Inspire Collaboration Across Distance•10 minutes
- The challenges for dispersed teams•10 minutes
- Get everyone on the same page•10 minutes
- Create social bonds across distance•10 minutes
- Open communication channels•10 minutes
- Lead a global team•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Leading People Assessment•30 minutes
You can’t accomplish all your assignments on your own. The ability to delegate well is critical to your—and your team’s—success. Discover how to decide what to delegate, effectively communicate assignments, and support delegated work.
What's included
9 videos18 readings1 assignment
9 videos•Total 25 minutes
- Create Time for Your Most Important Work•4 minutes
- Master the Art of Effective Delegation•3 minutes
- How Delegation Helps Everyone•2 minutes
- Make Delegation Your Development Tool•3 minutes
- Make Yourself Replaceable•2 minutes
- Tune Into the Skills Your Team Offers•3 minutes
- Freedom to Act•3 minutes
- Creating a Win-Win•2 minutes
- What Can I Take Off Your Desk?•3 minutes
18 readings•Total 180 minutes
- The Delegation Advantage•10 minutes
- Benefits of delegating•10 minutes
- Barriers to delegating•10 minutes
- Signs that your delegating needs work•10 minutes
- Prepare to Delegate•10 minutes
- Why delegate•10 minutes
- How to delegate•10 minutes
- What to delegate•10 minutes
- Decide whom to delegate to•10 minutes
- Communicate the Assignment•10 minutes
- Steps for explaining the assignment•10 minutes
- Grant decision-making authority•10 minutes
- Monitor and Support the Work•10 minutes
- Track delegated assignments•10 minutes
- Provide support•10 minutes
- Handle reverse delegation•10 minutes
- Resolve problems•10 minutes
- Step back and reflect•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Delegating Assessment•30 minutes
What's included
2 assignments
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Course-End Assessment•30 minutes
- Course-End Project: Lead with Confidence•30 minutes
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