Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Leadership Principles from the University of Colorado Boulder

Improving personal leadership for business excellence. Achieve your best performance when it really matters!

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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

  • Personal identity
  • Setting goals
  • Mental toughness
  • character
  • Values

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • New manager
  • Independent donor
  • CEO
  • A retiree interested in improvement
  • Engineer in the engineering sector
  • Scientist in the engineering sector
  • Technical professional in the engineering sector
  • Technical Project Manager
  • Technical Team Leader
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Technology Marketing Manager
  • Technology Product Manager

Internship – a three-part course series

People have a natural desire to improve, grow, and succeed. In this specialization, we will present tactics and tools that will help you get the best out of yourself. The course is about personal excellence, as you define it. Whether you are a new manager, an independent contributor, a CEO, or a retiree interested in improving, this course is for you. It is relevant to anyone who has a desire to succeed in any field of your choice.

What will you learn in the course?

  • Top-notch execution tactics
  • awareness
  • Emotion regulation
  • Calm under pressure
  • motivation
  • Setting goals
  • Planning and concentration

Our goal is to provide you with the tools you need to live a fulfilling life and succeed when it really matters.

Academic credit

This internship can be taken for academic credit as part of the CU Boulder Master of Engineering Management (ME-EM) degree offered on Coursera. The ME-EM program is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals transition into management and leadership roles in the engineering and technology sector.

Features of the ME-EM program:
  • Performance-based methodological acceptance
  • No application process
  • Ideal for people with diverse academic backgrounds and professional experience

For more information about the ME-EM program, visit the Coursera website.

Hands-on Learning Project

Learners will be given knowledge checks each week to check their understanding and advance their learning. The projects include:

  • Developing a personal ethos
  • Strategic Action Plan

Additionally, there will be reflective notebook entries and activities throughout the courses. Registered students will also have access to an award-winning workbook developed by the instructor. The workbook includes guidelines for additional entries and activities so that learners can leave the course with a document that reflects their growth throughout the course.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Leading yourself with self-knowledge

  • Course 1 • 37 hours • 4.7 (44 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Describe the importance of self-awareness and create a plan for practicing and making it a habit.
  • Describe how the theory of intentional change works and how effective application of this theory can drive behavioral change.
  • Understand the factors that shape and influence our perception of the world and how we respond.
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Personal Identity
  • Category: Cognitive bias
  • Category: Personal Energy
  • Category: Strengths
  • Category: Ads

Leading yourself with purpose and meaning

  • Course 2 • 33 hours • 4.7 (25 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Reflect on what it means to you to live a good life so you can live intentionally.
  • Define the components of a personal ethos and understand how to lead a life based on values.
  • Reflect on how important inheritance is to you and how it can shape your actions and behaviors.
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Purpose
  • Category: Character
  • Category: Excellence
  • Category: Values
  • Category: Meaning

Leading yourself with personal excellence

  • Course 3 • 37 hours • 4.8 (25 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Explain how the paradoxical pursuit of happiness affects our mental health.
  • Learn how to reduce anxiety while increasing personal competence.
  • Develop a mindset that encourages resilience to better deal with difficulties.
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Motivation
  • Category: Happiness
  • Category: Goals
  • Category: Mental Resilience
  • Category: Concentration