Leadership

Helps participants take their leadership to new heights and to develop the following skills: Communicate with Clarity; Lead with Ethics; Include by Design; Motivate on Purpose; Build a Collaborative Structure.

Strategic Leadership: Principles is the first part of a course designed to help professionals develop a toolkit they can apply as a leader at work, today, to become a highly productive and inspiring leader of tomorrow. This course discusses the tools needed to create an organization that values learning, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, and welcomes changes.

Strategic Leadership: Practice is the second part of a course designed to help professionals develop a toolkit they can apply as a leader at work, today, to become a highly productive and inspiring leader of tomorrow. This course discusses the tools needed to create an organization that values learning, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, and welcomes changes. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1100.

Strategic Leadership: Principles and Practice is a course designed to help professionals develop a toolkit they can apply as a leader at work, today, to become a highly productive and inspiring leader of tomorrow. This course discusses the tools needed to create an organization that values learning, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, and welcomes changes.

Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Principles is the first part of this course which focuses on tools and techniques to build and lead highly effective teams.

Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Practice is the second part of this course which focuses on tools and techniques to build and lead highly effective teams. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1200.

Building & Leading Highly Effective Teams: Principles & Practice is a course which focuses on tools and techniques to build and lead highly effective teams.

Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Principles is the first part of a course designed to help students understand the accounting process and methodologies, enhancing their ability to forecast financial performance, spot trends and study their competition with a keener eye. Students who successfully complete this course learn to develop the financial skills necessary to evaluate proposed business projects, analyze company performance, and apply finance and accounting principles with confidence.

Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Practice is the second part of a course designed to help students understand the accounting process and methodologies, enhancing their ability to forecast financial performance, spot trends and study their competition with a keener eye. Students who successfully complete this course learn to develop the financial skills necessary to evaluate proposed business projects, analyze company performance, and apply finance and accounting principles with confidence. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1300.

Finance and Accounting for the Non Financial Manager: Principles and Practice is a course designed to help students understand the accounting process and methodologies, enhancing their ability to forecast financial performance, spot trends and study their competition with a keener eye. Students who successfully complete this course learn to develop the financial skills necessary to evaluate proposed business projects, analyze company performance, and apply finance and accounting principles with confidence.

Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Principles is the first part of a course designed to provide learners with differential insight to better understand complex adaptive (organizational, business, and social) systems, the interdependent situations that emerge, and ways to influence the systems using interactive design methods.

Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Practice is the second part of a course designed to provide learners with differential insight to better understand complex adaptive (organizational, business, and social) systems, the interdependent situations that emerge, and ways to influence the systems using interactive design methods. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1400.

Systems Thinking and Interactive Design: Principles and Practice is a course designed to provide learners with differential insight to better understand complex adaptive (organizational, business, and social) systems, the interdependent situations that emerge, and ways to influence the systems using interactive design methods.

Change Management: Principles is the first part of a course in which students will learn about the tools and techniques to lead and manage successful change management.

Change Management: Practice is the second part of a course in which students will learn about the tools and techniques to lead and manage successful change management. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1500.

Change Management: Principles and Practice is a course in which students will learn about the tools and techniques to lead and manage successful change management.

Design Thinking for Social Impact: Principles is the first part of a course which combines contemplative practices and design thinking to help mission-driven leaders understand and respond to their organizational challenges with presence and precision. Students will gain an understanding of the challenges faced by mission-driven organizations and the cost of failure which often goes beyond the organization and its employees. This course examines the effects on the communities and causes mission-driven organizations serve and how to better respond beyond the “business-as-usual” solutions.

Design Thinking for Social Impact: Practice is the second part of a course which combines contemplative practices and design thinking to help mission-driven leaders understand and respond to their organizational challenges with presence and precision. Students will gain an understanding of the challenges faced by mission-driven organizations and the cost of failure which often goes beyond the organization and its employees. This course examines the effects on the communities and causes mission-driven organizations serve and how to better respond beyond the “business-as-usual” solutions. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1600.

Design Thinking for Social Impact: Principles and Practice is a course which combines contemplative practices and design thinking to help mission-driven leaders understand and respond to their organizational challenges with presence and precision. Students will gain an understanding of the challenges faced by mission-driven organizations and the cost of failure which often goes beyond the organization and its employees. This course examines the effects on the communities and causes mission-driven organizations serve and how to better respond beyond the “business-as-usual” solutions.

The Human-Centered Leader: Inner Wisdom, Outer Impact: Principles is the first part of a course for people who lead with heart and backbone. Grounded in human-centered design and contemplative practice, this course sharpens your focus, deepens your presence, and builds the resilience to lead with clarity, courage, and care—in a world that rarely slows down.

The Human-Centered Leader: Inner Wisdom, Outer Impact: Practice is the second part of a course for people who lead with heart and backbone. Grounded in human-centered design and contemplative practice, this course sharpens your focus, deepens your presence, and builds the resilience to lead with clarity, courage, and care—in a world that rarely slows down. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1700.

The Human-Centered Leader: Inner Wisdom, Outer Impact: Principles and Practice is a course for people who lead with heart and backbone. Grounded in human-centered design and contemplative practice, this course sharpens your focus, deepens your presence, and builds the resilience to lead with clarity, courage, and care—in a world that rarely slows down.

Executive Presence and Leadership Communication: Principles is the first part of a course which develops the essential verbal and non-verbal communication skills that distinguish influential leaders, focusing on authentic presence, strategic messaging, and compelling delivery techniques for diverse business settings. Participants will master the art of communicating with clarity, confidence, and credibility while cultivating a personal leadership brand that inspires trust and drives organizational success.

Executive Presence and Leadership Communication: Practice is the second part of a course which develops the essential verbal and non-verbal communication skills that distinguish influential leaders, focusing on authentic presence, strategic messaging, and compelling delivery techniques for diverse business settings. Participants will master the art of communicating with clarity, confidence, and credibility while cultivating a personal leadership brand that inspires trust and drives organizational success. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1800.

Executive Presence and Leadership Communication: Principles and Practice is a course which develops the essential verbal and non-verbal communication skills that distinguish influential leaders, focusing on authentic presence, strategic messaging, and compelling delivery techniques for diverse business settings. Participants will master the art of communicating with clarity, confidence, and credibility while cultivating a personal leadership brand that inspires trust and drives organizational success.

Critical Thinking and Decision-Making for Strategic Leadership: Principles is the first part of a course designed to equip professionals with advanced analytical frameworks and cognitive tools to evaluate complex business challenges, recognize cognitive biases, and make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. Participants will develop a disciplined approach to strategic problem-solving that balances analytical rigor with practical judgment, enabling them to navigate ambiguity and lead their organizations through increasingly complex competitive landscapes.

Critical Thinking and Decision-Making for Strategic Leadership: Practice is the second part of a course designed to equip professionals with advanced analytical frameworks and cognitive tools to evaluate complex business challenges, recognize cognitive biases, and make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. Participants will develop a disciplined approach to strategic problem-solving that balances analytical rigor with practical judgment, enabling them to navigate ambiguity and lead their organizations through increasingly complex competitive landscapes. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 1900.

Critical Thinking and Decision-Making for Strategic Leadership: Principles and Practice is a course designed to equip professionals with advanced analytical frameworks and cognitive tools to evaluate complex business challenges, recognize cognitive biases, and make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. Participants will develop a disciplined approach to strategic problem-solving that balances analytical rigor with practical judgment, enabling them to navigate ambiguity and lead their organizations through increasingly complex competitive landscapes.

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Principles is the first part of a course designed to equip professionals with proven strategies and practical techniques to navigate complex negotiations, manage difficult conversations, and transform conflicts into opportunities for mutual gain. Through interactive simulations and real-world case analyses, participants will develop the emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and communication skills needed to build lasting agreements and preserve valuable relationships in high-stakes business environments.

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Practice is the second part of a course designed to equip professionals with proven strategies and practical techniques to navigate complex negotiations, manage difficult conversations, and transform conflicts into opportunities for mutual gain. Through interactive simulations and real-world case analyses, participants will develop the emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and communication skills needed to build lasting agreements and preserve valuable relationships in high-stakes business environments. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 2000.

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Principles and Practice is a course designed to equip professionals with proven strategies and practical techniques to navigate complex negotiations, manage difficult conversations, and transform conflicts into opportunities for mutual gain. Through interactive simulations and real-world case analyses, participants will develop the emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and communication skills needed to build lasting agreements and preserve valuable relationships in high-stakes business environments.

Coaching and Facilitation for Team Leads: Principles the first part of a course which helps team leads develop the mindsets and skills to coach rather than manage, fostering greater autonomy and engagement. Learners will gain practical facilitation techniques for leading inclusive conversations and feedback sessions. Through active listening, reflective questioning, and conflict resolution strategies, participants will be equipped to support team growth and resilience. The course also emphasizes how to guide teams in self-assessing and self-correcting for continuous improvement.

Coaching and Facilitation for Team Leads: Practice is the second part of a course which helps team leads develop the mindsets and skills to coach rather than manage, fostering greater autonomy and engagement. Learners will gain practical facilitation techniques for leading inclusive conversations and feedback sessions. Through active listening, reflective questioning, and conflict resolution strategies, participants will be equipped to support team growth and resilience. The course also emphasizes how to guide teams in self-assessing and self-correcting for continuous improvement. In this course, students will apply concepts learned in LDNC 2100.

Coaching and Facilitation for Team Leads: Principles and Practice is a course which helps team leads develop the mindsets and skills to coach rather than manage, fostering greater autonomy and engagement. Learners will gain practical facilitation techniques for leading inclusive conversations and feedback sessions. Through active listening, reflective questioning, and conflict resolution strategies, participants will be equipped to support team growth and resilience. The course also emphasizes how to guide teams in self-assessing and self-correcting for continuous improvement.

Students will learn from highly successful, inspiring practitioners and academic leaders and gain insights for their own professional development. Readings and structured activities will offer students the opportunity to reflect on their current approach to leadership and explore how they might adapt that strategy in light of the lessons learned.

Great leaders can persuade and help employees stay engaged, as well as be more responsive and proactive, given the right set of tools and techniques. This course is designed to help professionals develop a toolkit they can apply as a leader at work, today, to become a highly productive and inspiring leader of tomorrow. It will discuss the tools needed to create an organization that values learning, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, and welcomes change.

Course to be sunset by May 30, 2025. The sunset of a course or program does not have any impact on the validity of the earned credential.  Students who are not able to complete a program prior to the sunset date will be able to do so with approved replacement courses in accordance with other academic policies.

Managers consistently report that interpersonal abilities or soft skills are essential when managing projects and people. Traditionally, more emphasis is placed on the core knowledge and skills needed to fulfill a specific role or job responsibility, but it's often more difficult to master the people skills. This course focuses on managing others in one-on-one settings, managing a team, and managing stakeholders. Students will learn to use practical and flexible tools and techniques that will improve people skills and increase effectiveness as a team leader and a team member.

Course to be sunset by May 30, 2025. The sunset of a course or program does not have any impact on the validity of the earned credential.  Students who are not able to complete a program prior to the sunset date will be able to do so with approved replacement courses in accordance with other academic policies.

This course helps students understand the accounting process and methodologies, enhancing their ability to forecast financial performance, spot trends and study their competition with a keener eye. Participants who successfully complete this course learn to develop the financial skills necessary to evaluate proposed business projects, analyze company performance, and apply finance and accounting principles with confidence. Specific topics include forecasting financial performance and analyzing financial strategies through case studies.

Course to be sunset by May 30, 2025. The sunset of a course or program does not have any impact on the validity of the earned credential.  Students who are not able to complete a program prior to the sunset date will be able to do so with approved replacement courses in accordance with other academic policies.

This course affords the opportunity for participants to gain an in-depth, rigorous professional education experience at a critical moment in their careers.  It will develop and expand an individual’s skills, an awareness of systemic issues related to gender inequality, and explore approaches to systemic change. In addition, the course offers networking opportunities and enables cross-industry connections and collaboration among women seeking to develop their leadership skills and advance their careers. These networks will support the continued professional development of participants and fuel their ability to contribute to creating a more inclusive environment in their own organizations and communities. Offered in partnership with the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership.