Power Skills Essentials for Leading Project Teams
University of Maryland, College Park via Coursera Specialization
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Power skills—like adaptability, emotional intelligence, and conflict management—are key to thriving at work and in life. Employers are looking for these now more than ever. Are you ready to stand out and succeed?
This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional success.
In this certificate program, you will consider what makes a positive workplace where people can do their best; assess who you are now and set goals for who you’d like to become, emotions and emotional intelligence, strengths, personality type, and values-based decision-making, a key to critical thinking. In the second certificate in this series, you will have the opportunity to consider time/stress/energy management, thinking style, psychological capital, approach to change, conflict styles and methods, and communication styles and methods. Make the commitment now to invest in your personal and professional development.
Syllabus
- Course 1: Leading with Power Skills: Building Self-Awareness in Teams
- Course 2: Leading with Power Skills: Working with Personality Types
- Course 3: Leading with Power Skills: Emotions & Emotional Intelligence
Courses
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Unlock the power of self-awareness—the ultimate leadership skill and the foundation for all other essential skills. Recruiters and hiring managers highly seek leaders who understand their strengths, manage their emotions, and make thoughtful decisions. Developing self-awareness boosts your effectiveness, communication, and ability to inspire and lead teams to success. This course will help you master this vital skill to stand out and excel in your career. Power skills are key to becoming a great leader. This course helps you truly know yourself by identifying your core strengths, personality traits, and decision-making style. You’ll learn how to accurately assess your soft skills, focus on what you can change, and build the essential skills that fuel professional and life success. With self-awareness as your foundation, this course will give you the tools to grow as a leader and unlock your full potential.
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Develop your Emotional Intelligence to stay competitive and thrive in today's fast-changing workplace. Emotional intelligence is one of the most in-demand power skills in workplaces across sectors and industries. If you are new to emotional intelligence or just want to brush up on this critical skill, this course is for you! This certificate gives you a valuable chance to assess your current soft skills, define your core strengths, and build essential skills. These skills are critical for success in both your professional and personal life. Stand out to employers, who are looking for Emotional intelligence as a core power skill when hiring.
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Unlock your leadership potential by truly understanding yourself—your core personality, decision-making style, and strengths. This certificate offers a unique chance to reflect deeply, assess your soft skills, and build the essential skills that drive success in work and life. Discover the power of the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), the world’s most trusted personality assessment, used by nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies to hire, promote, and build effective teams. Join this course to gain insights that will transform how you lead, collaborate, and grow professionally.
Taught by
Jocelyn Davis