
HarvardX: Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change
Why choose Teams?
Course Insight
Suitable for beginner learners. This course serves as an entry point into Business & Management, building foundational knowledge before moving on to advanced frameworks or specialized paths.
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Quick Facts
What You’ll Learn
The crises of our time generate enormous adaptive challenges for our families, organizations, communities, and societies. The need for leadership that can mobilize people to meet these challenges and improve life is critical.
In this Beginner course, you will explore strategies for leading in a changing world where adaptive pressures will continue to challenge all of us. You will discover new ways to approach complex organizational systems and take thoughtful action on the work we all face ahead. Most importantly, you will reflect on how to move forward on the leadership challenges you care about most.
Outcomes
- How to identify and unbundle complex challenges.
- How to understand the role of formal and informal authority.
- How to identify the key perspectives of stakeholders.
- How to build and renew trust relationships.
- How to approach conflict.
- How to implement personal strategies for surviving and thriving amidst change.
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