Building Leadership Skills

In today's workplace, leadership skills have never been more important—they are essential to managerial success, especially at senior levels across all sectors and industries. But as early to mid-career professionals become seasoned in their roles, they often grow overly reliant on their technical or functional expertise. Unfortunately, this focus on technical skills has the opposite effect—it prevents people from moving into leadership roles because what managers need to advance are conceptual, not technical, skills. This course covers the essential leadership skills managers need to advance in their careers in the areas of strategy and results, talent and teams, and change and communication. The course is designed to facilitate concept review, case study analysis, and real-time practical application in each student's workplace. Through lectures, background reading, case discussion, and weekly application assignments students, learn to improve their leadership skills at work.