Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Leadership and Society from Fundação Instituto de Administração

Develop your leadership skills. Discover the key aspects of leadership in organizations and how to improve your skills and advance in activities and roles that require leadership.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Problem analysis skills
  • Communication skills
  • Time management
  • Creative thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Technological skills
  • Project planning
  • Displaying information

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Organizational leader
  • Team Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Marketing Manager
  • Sales Manager
  • Strategy Manager
  • Business Development Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Customer Relations Manager

Internship – a four-part course series

Course program

This integrated course program is designed to present the key challenges facing leaders in modern organizations, while analyzing the leadership process, its development, and the pressures placed on the leader.

Using these parameters, theoretical movements in the field of leadership and the learning that can be extracted from each of them are discussed, to prepare people for managerial roles or to assist current leaders in their improvement.

At the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Improve your performance as a leader;
  • To better navigate the organization’s political arena;
  • Improve communication with team, colleagues, managers and strategic partners;
  • Develop partnerships;
  • Manage your career in management roles.

Hands-on Learning Project

This integrated course program does not require the development of a practical project. Assessment activities are carried out throughout each course. Each course consists of four assessments at the end of each module, for a total of 16 throughout this integrated course program.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Building a leader identity

  • Course 1
  • 23 hours
  • 4.5 (58 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn

Welcome to the Leadership Identity Building Course. In this course, you will learn that the pressures on the leader in the modern organization are extraordinary and require the ability to reread the demands of the context and reexamine practices. Thus, a reexamination of the leader’s profile is required, in order to establish criteria for selecting people in the organization and/or in the market who will take on managerial roles, as well as to evaluate and make decisions about people who already hold these roles in our organizations.

By the end of the course, you will be able to improve your performance as a leader; develop a reputation as a leader and manager. The course consists of four modules offered during the learning weeks. Each module includes videos, readings, and exams to assess learning. At the end of each module there is an assessment to test your knowledge. We would very much appreciate your attendance at the course and hope that you will make the most of the concepts presented here. Fun studies!

Skills you will develop
  • Identify the differences between a leader and a manager
  • Identify people with a leadership profile
  • Identify the leader’s challenges
  • Understand the development of the concept of leadership
  • Identify your style as a leader

Leader Development

  • Course 2
  • 23 hours
  • 4.7 (18 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn

Welcome to the Leadership Development Course. In this course, you will learn that the great challenge for modern organizations is to develop their leadership in an increasingly complex and dense environment. At the same time, people in leadership positions feel insecure due to the changes in the demands placed on them. Based on studies conducted in Brazil and other countries, we will propose parameters for developing leaders.

At the end of the course, you will be able to diagnose your development status as a leader and manager; initiate development actions; and monitor your development process as a leader and manager. The course consists of four modules offered during the learning weeks. Each module includes videos, readings, and exams to assess learning. At the end of each module, there is an assessment to test your knowledge. We would be very happy to have you attend the course and hope that you will make the most of the concepts presented here. Fun studies!

Skills you will develop
  • Know how to develop behavioral skills
  • Identify critical capabilities for development
  • Understand the demands of the leadership process
  • To monitor skills development
  • Assess your level of behavioral skills

Transition in the organization’s political arena

  • Course 3
  • 22 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

Welcome to the course on the political arena of the organization. In this course, you will learn that understanding the political arena of the organization is essential to assessing leadership and preparing leaders for the future. In our research, we found that there is a low level of awareness of the political arena and its implications for the leader’s actions. Awareness allows us to think about the political skills required and how to develop them.

By the end of the course, you will be able to understand the political arena in which you operate; improve your political skills; and offer support for your team members and colleagues to develop political skills. The course consists of four modules offered during the learning weeks. Each module includes videos, readings, and exams to assess learning. At the end of each module, there is an assessment to test your knowledge. We would be very happy to have you in the course and hope that you will make the most of the concepts presented here. Fun studies!

Skills you will develop
  • Identify the characteristics of the organizational political arena
  • Build activities to develop political skills
  • Understand how reputation is defined in the political arena
  • Know how to improve your connections within the political arena
  • Understand the power of collaboration in organizations

Leadership Career Evolution

  • Course 4
  • 30 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

Welcome to the Leadership Career Evolution course. In this course, you will learn that leadership career evolution involves filling roles at increasingly structured levels. Each level offers new challenges. It is possible to predict what the main difficulties that will be challenges at each level will be, in order to prepare people and minimize the effects on their adjustment process and the results of the organization.

At the end of the course, you will be able to prepare for the next step in your career; analyze the level of performance in the role you hold today. The course consists of four modules offered during the learning weeks. Each module includes videos, readings and exams to assess learning. At the end of each module there is an assessment to test your knowledge. We would very much appreciate your presence in the course and hope that you will make the most of the concepts presented here. Fun studies!

Skills you will develop
  • Understand the transitions from an operational profile to leadership
  • Identify the characteristics of strategic levels
  • Understand the transitions from operational levels to tactical and strategic roles
  • Understand career options based on level of complexity