EXLDR 5620 - Leadership Fundamentals

Course Description

Who Should Take This Course?

Aimed at emerging leaders, supervisors, and mid-level managers who seek to move up within their organization by improving their leadership skills.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate a broader understanding of leadership, including key theories, definitions, and leadership styles, and differentiate leadership and management.
• Compare and contrast effective and ineffective leaders' values, behaviours and practices.
• Identify exemplary behaviors/practices of effective leaders and recognize the importance of relationships in leadership work.
• Analyze their leadership style and practice, develop a leadership philosophy, and communicate their shared values and vision.
• Identify key strategies to successfully enlist and lead others towards a shared vision and overcome conflict.
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of leadership.
• Differentiate between leadership and management.
• Identify effective leadership models for everyday work.
• Compare the values, behaviours, and practices of effective and ineffective leaders.
• Know the key supervisory and management fundamentals.
• Identify key planning strategies to lead others toward a shared vision.
• Have an insight into getting off to a successful start when placed in a new supervisory position.
• Improved ability to communicate with subordinates.
• Understand the conflict resolution model.
• Identify strategies for developing a cohesive, efficient, and effective team.

Notes

• This is a 21-hour online course accessible through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool.
• You will be introduced to the fundamentals of leadership as you reflect on your own leadership philosophy, examining who you are as a leader, articulating your values and behaviours, and generating a vision for your leadership practice.
• All course resources and learning materials will be available through eClass, the University of Alberta’s eLearning management tool.
• This is a graded course; the assessment includes post-course work to be completed via eClass.

Recommendations

Applicants intending to complete a program are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to lock in their course requirements.

Applies Towards the Following Programs

• Advanced Certificate in Leadership : Core Courses
• Business Analysis Certificate : Elective Courses
• Management Development Certificate : Elective Courses
• Occupational Health and Safety Professional Diploma : Core Courses