Leadership Essentials

Course Code
leadership

Discover the transformative power of the popular Leadership Essentials Certificate (LEC), program, tailored to your unique learning journey. With only five elective units to complete in any sequence, this program will equip you with the vital leadership skills required for high-impact roles in any function. Delve into self-awareness, understand your professional environment, and decode the dynamics of those around you. This program is designed for technical professionals aspiring to lead, communicate, inspire, and take action effectively. Elevate your leadership and communicative prowess with Caltech CTME's Leadership Essentials Certificate program.

  • Date N/A
  • Time N/A
  • Duration Rotating Schedule
  • Program Type Open-Enrollment/Public
  • Certificate Type Flexcert
  • Format Self-Paced Online
  • Credit 8 CEUs
  • Professional Development 80
  • Fees $7,860

Discover the transformative power of the popular Leadership Essentials Certificate (LEC), program, tailored to your unique learning journey. With only five elective units to complete in any sequence, this program will equip you with the vital leadership skills required for high-impact roles in any function. Delve into self-awareness, understand your professional environment, and decode the dynamics of those around you. This program is designed for technical professionals aspiring to lead, communicate, inspire, and take action effectively. Elevate your leadership and communicative prowess with Caltech CTME's Leadership Essentials Certificate program.

Leadership Essentials

Program Experience

The Leadership Essentials Certificate Program catalyzes the development of emerging leaders by equipping them with essential leadership skills such as communicating clearly and forcefully, understanding different leadership styles, providing clear direction and motivation, and cultivating effective and collaborative team culture. Students learn from industry leaders how to formulate a unique vision for success—and how to implement transformational goals using critical skills: building high-performance teams, influencing others to action and negotiating strategically.

This modular series program allows you the option to build the right competencies at the right time. Complete any five short courses to design your own experience, tailoring a certificate for your specific needs. The programs are often integrated into other custom programs such as the Next-Generation Global Supply Chain Leadership, Technology Marketing,  Innovation, or Advanced Engineering to give you a more comprehensive learning experience.

Pre-recorded lectures are on-demand to fit your busy schedule. Instructors may host live office hours or reviews online, which you can attend at your option. Each course is available for four weeks and takes about 16 hours of effort to complete, including readings and assignments.

Benefits

In our leadership courses, you will increase your knowledge and skills for creating a compelling vision, building high-performance teams, influencing others to action, and negotiating strategically.

Participants will learn to:

  • Assess your personal leadership style and skills
  • Write and present with clear logic and structure
  • Provide positive team direction and motivation
  • Develop a collaborative team culture and reduce conflict
  • Enhance team problem-solving and decision-making
  • Influence without alienating or without authority
  • Manage the balance of power in a negotiation
Topics
  • Leading Organizational change
  • Your personal mindset regarding change
  • The impacts of change – personal, project, organizational
  • Entrepreneurial Motivation
  • Stages of the Entrepreneurial Process
  • Cognitive and Unconscious Biases
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • VPS model for Individual Growth
  • OrGro model for Organizational Growth
  • Productivity, Expectations and Perspective
  • Resilience
  • Dealing with uncertainty
  • Neuroscience of fear
  • Growth from the inside out

Hours and Credits: Participants will earn 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for each two-day course attended.

Who Should Attend

Whether you’re looking to improve your core leadership skills or desire to develop the tools needed to implement change in your organization, this program is designed to address those needs wherever you are in your career. As a technical professional growing in your career, or those who aspire to roles of "chief engineer" or "chief scientist," the need for leadership skills are vital to be effective.

Schedule
Course Self-Paced Online
Critical Communication: Storytelling & Presentations

October 2 - October 29

Leading Organizational Change

October 16 - November 12

Amp Me Up!

January 8 - February 18, 2024

Pivot to Thrive

January 22 - February 18, 2024

Included Courses

Leading Organizational Change 9
Leading Organizational Change 9

To meet new demands in an evolving marketplace, businesses are wise to adapt. The obstacles to make changes can prove formidable; and companies often strive to see a sustainable value from their change effort. Leading these efforts requires the ability to select and implement strategies to overcome resistance, identify the organizational needs and translate them into impactful results. Arm yourself with the tools needed to grow your leadership role in these changing times. 

Oct
16
  • Self-Paced Online
  • None
Amp Me Up! 8
Amp Me Up! 8

How do you create a highly productive team that exceeds your organization's goal? Building such a team requires thorough, purpose-driven development combined with nurturing and fostering best practices and key characteristics. This specialized group of colleagues leverage their practiced skills, diverse perspectives and professional expertise to achieve solid, resilient and clear results. Through a collaboration of a shared sense of purpose, your team will create new standards of excellence.

Jan
08
  • Self-Paced Online
  • None
Pivot to Thrive 8
Pivot to Thrive 8

When the going gets tough, the tough pivot. Whether you're a solopreneur consultant or a large corporate brand, the same advice applies: Your team must pivot to survive and, more importantly, thrive. Many organizations implement new steps in productivity or turn to collaboration and communication solutions, while others adapt their business technology,  upgrade operations or improve their data solutions. The ability to change, with speed and accuracy, to meet emerging opportunities and challenges is imperative for your team. The ability to pivot starts with a personal committment to adopt a growth mindset of resiliency and flexibility, leaning away from fear and stagnation and constructively redirecting self-determination.

Jan
22
  • Self-Paced Online
  • None
Managing Without Authority 10
Managing Without Authority 10

Leadership without authority—the ability to influence and motivate others to perform successfully—is dependent upon balancing behavior through credibility and trust, while facilitating problem-solving and creating an environment where inclusion and opportunity are encouraged. Build your influence as an agent for change in your company. 

Mar
18
  • Self-Paced Online
  • None
Entrepreneurial Leadership 9
Entrepreneurial Leadership 9

Entrepreneurial leaders work to inspire their teams to greatness while recognizing the unique capabilities of each individual in their team. They motivate through example, demonstrating that reaching a goal is possible with hard work, courage and dedication. Creating a culture of cooperation and collaboration empowers teams to strive further and make meanginful contributions. Build confidence as the leader who sees the possibilities for growth and can build trust and communicate the vision for purposeful execution.

Apr
01
  • Self-Paced Online
  • None

Instructors

Boyd, Tim

Tim Boyd

Leadership, Systems Engineering, Project Management

Knopman, Galina

Galina Knopman

Leadership and Organizational Development

Shostak, David

David Shostak

Systems Engineering, Aerospace Project Management