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Leadership Development for Women Series
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Essential Provider : Florence Hardy 5 chapters · 15 Lessons · 32m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Being respected as a leader is a particular challenge for some women owing to the entrenched negative perceptions and gender biases that are quite common. Overcoming these attitudes requires a strategic approach to workplace leadership.
This course will provide the knowledge and strategic tools that women can use to address and counteract gender bias at work. You will gain a deeper awareness of the characteristics and skills women need to be successful workplace leaders. You will also learn strategies that women can use to maximize their own potential and their team’s potential while maximizing their career goals and establishing a meaningful leadership role.
What You'll Learn
- Identify the essential dimensions of leadership in the 21st-century workplace
- Create a strategic plan for your leadership journey and incorporate leadership strategies into daily practice
- Recognize and counteract gender bias and negative perceptions at work
- Apply transformational leadership through communication, relationship-building, decision-making, and employee engagement
- Develop agility and resilience amid change while finding meaning, mentors, and allies
- Balance assertiveness and likability to establish a meaningful leadership role
Key Takeaways
- Being respected as a leader can be a particular challenge for some women due to entrenched negative perceptions and common gender biases.
- Overcoming these attitudes requires a strategic approach to workplace leadership along with specific knowledge and tools.
- The course builds awareness of the characteristics and skills women need to be successful workplace leaders.
- Learners explore strategies to maximize their own potential and their team's potential while advancing career goals.
- The course distinguishes transactional from transformational leadership and examines capabilities versus opportunities in leadership.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for women seeking to address and counteract gender bias at work and to establish a meaningful workplace leadership role.
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn the essential dimensions of leadership, how to create a strategic plan for your leadership journey, how to incorporate leadership strategies into daily practice, how to recognize and counteract gender bias, and how to develop leadership expectations and practices.
What leadership topics does the course cover?
Topics include leadership in the 21st-century workplace, capabilities versus opportunities, gender bias and perceptions, transactional versus transformational leadership, personal integrity and self-development, communication and relationship-building, decision-making and employee engagement, agility and resilience amid change, finding meaning, mentors, and allies, and balancing assertiveness and likability.
What skills does this course help develop?
It supports skills in leadership development, executive development, key opinion leader development, leadership psychology, leadership studies, and leadership analysis.
How is the course structured?
The course runs from an introduction through to a conclusion and includes multiple "Test Your Knowledge" checkpoints across its lessons.
