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University of Maryland, College Park

Leading with Power Skills: Working with Personality Types

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Understanding personality differences is key to becoming a more effective communicator, collaborator, and leader. Whether you're working on a team, managing projects, or preparing for a leadership role, this course will help you better understand yourself and the people you work with. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) framework, you'll explore how personality influences communication, decision-making, problem-solving, teamwork, and responses to change. Through self-reflection and practical workplace examples, you'll identify your own strengths, recognize different working styles, and develop strategies for building stronger relationships and navigating conflict more effectively. Designed for students, professionals, managers, and aspiring leaders, this course goes beyond personality theory by showing you how to apply personality insights in everyday workplace situations. By the end of the course, you'll have practical tools to improve collaboration, communicate more effectively, and lead with greater confidence and self-awareness.

Syllabus

  • Welcome to Leading with Power Skills: Working with Personality Types
    • Set yourself up for success by developing meaningful goals and creating an action plan to support your learning journey.
  • What is Personality & Personality Type?
    • Explore the foundations of personality and personality type by examining key concepts of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Learn how personality preferences influence decision making, energy, and interactions with the world around you.
  • You and Your Personality
    • Learn how to identify your personality type, apply your unique strengths, and better understand the personality traits of others.
  • Personality Applied, PART I
    • Explore how personality type can improve problem-solving, communication, and collaboration in everyday situations.
  • Personality Applied, PART II
    • Learn practical strategies for leveraging personality differences to improve communication, strengthen teamwork, and achieve better outcomes.
  • Final Exam
    • Test your knowledge of the Course!

Taught by

Jocelyn Davis

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4.1 rating, based on 8 Class Central reviews

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  • Anonymous
    I want to express my sincere appreciation for the depth and practical relevance of this course. It has been a transformative experience that provided me with a much clearer lens through which to view team dynamics and my own leadership style. This content has significantly boosted my emotional intelligence. I now feel more confident in my ability to work in a collaborative environment where diverse personality types feel understood and valued. Thank you for providing such a high-quality academic and professional resource.
  • Anonymous
    some modules could have been a bit more in detail and more explanation around them. otherwise the course was well structured.
  • Anonymous
    Content is very interesting and informing.
    Sound quality is bad.
    Some questions have wrong grammar or wording.
    The teacher focuses too much on her own type.
    The summery had additional and interesting info, but that is not what a summery is.
    It was a bit annoying, but I did learn a lot.
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    Khalid Bexawi
    It's amazing course. I was able to learn how to have better management thru Types. I would recommended for more foundational and organized academic understanding for MBTI.
  • Anonymous
    Overall, this was a valuable and informative course. However, I was surprised by the low sound quality such a detailed and content-rich course would have greatly benefited from the use of a proper microphone to enhance clarity and learner engagement…
  • Anonymous
    I really don't like that you don't know which questions you got wrong or what the correct answer should be on a quiz. The Knowledge Checks are super simple but the end of lesson / course quiz have some questions that seem tricky and, if you miss them, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Also, I don't like the dependency on an external, for pay offering. I think the course should be more independent and self contained.
  • Anonymous
    Taking Leading with Power Skills: Working with Personality Types on Coursera was an enlightening experience. The course offered practical insights into understanding different personality types and how to work effectively with each. I particularly appreciated the real-life examples, engaging content, and clear breakdown of MBTI type indicator. It helped me reflect on my own strengths and how to collaborate better with others. The course was well-structured, easy to follow, and immediately applicable to both personal and professional settings. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to improve communication, leadership, and team dynamics.
  • Anonymous
    Excellent Course. Made it very simple to understand. It not only helped understand my strength and weakness but to understand others as a team.
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