Master In-Demand Skills for Technology Leadership

Technology leaders go beyond mastery of coding skills and technology knowledge to position their teams for success. In this learning path, you'll get the essential skills needed as a technology leader, from business acumen and development to thought leadership, mentoring, and team management.

Identify the value of data analysis and managing risks.
Practice leadership, development, and change management skills.
Learn principles to guide technology in your organization.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
-Get an accessible, nontechnical overview of data science, covering the vocabulary, skills, jobs, tools, and techniques of the field.

Course 2: Data Literacy: Exploring and Describing Data
-Learn the fundamentals of data fluency and how data can help you make better decisions.

Course 3: Project Management Foundations: Risk
-Learn how to anticipate, assess, and manage risk to achieve your project’s goals.

Course 4: Business Analysis Foundations: Strategy Analysis
-Synthesize the set of steps and techniques for performing strategy analysis in your work environment.

Course 5: Managerial Finance Foundations
-Learn how to leverage managerial finance to analyze and influence decisions related to your organization’s financial performance.

Course 6: Inclusive Tech: Leadership and Management
-Make strides towards building and leading an inclusive tech team. Learn about essential inclusive leadership principles and how to act on them in your own organization.

Course 7: Inclusive Tech: The Case for Inclusive Leadership
-Learn what it means to be inclusive, why it matters, and how you can start implementing inclusive leadership.

Taught by

Barton Poulson, Barton Poulson, Bob McGannon, Mike Figliuolo, Jim Stice, Jim Stice, Anil K. Gupta, Jan Rutherford, Britt Andreatta, PhD, Sara Canaday, Mike Derezin and Sara Canaday