Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Advanced 21st Century Leadership Skills, Kennesaw State University

Take your leadership to the next level. Learn about 4D leadership, team culture dynamics, managing remote workers and a diverse workforce, managing organizational change, and much more.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding basic responsibility in leadership
  • Building a Leadership Framework
  • Using the 4D Leadership Framework
  • Hiring employees according to team culture
  • Creating a culture of diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging
  • Building a productive environment for remote and hybrid teams
  • Leading organizational strategies with SMART goals and strategic planning
  • Determining critical KPIs
  • Training and mentoring
  • Managing change in your team, department, or organization
  • Creating a change management team
  • Strategy for dealing with resistance to change
  • Define leadership and create a presentation that demonstrates a living example
  • Address conflicts by developing a conflict resolution plan
  • Use the Crisis Management and Communications Plan Template to develop a crisis management and communications plan.

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Team leader
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Organizational Change Manager
  • Manage remote and hybrid teams
  • Strategic Manager
  • Personal or professional trainer
  • Corporate Culture Manager
  • Conflict Manager
  • Communications manager in crisis

Internship – 3-part course series

Learners will acquire skills in the following areas:

  • Understanding basic responsibility in leadership
  • Building a Leadership Framework
  • Using the 4D Leadership Framework
  • Hiring employees according to team culture
  • Creating a culture of diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging
  • Building a productive environment for remote and hybrid teams
  • Leading organizational strategies with SMART goals and strategic planning
  • Determining critical KPIs
  • Training and mentoring
  • Managing change in your team, department, or organization
  • Creating a change management team
  • Strategy for dealing with resistance to change

Hands-on Learning Project

In addition to quizzes and discussions, learners will tackle projects that will help them:

  • Define leadership and create a presentation that demonstrates a living example
  • Address conflicts by developing a conflict resolution plan
  • Use the Crisis Management and Communications Plan Template to develop a crisis management and communications plan.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Developing a framework for leadership

Course 1: 25 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • What leadership style do you have?
  • How to lead instead of just managing
  • How to lead in times of crisis

Skills you will acquire:

  • Developing a leadership philosophy
  • Assistance in guiding the organization through management change
  • Defining Leadership
  • Determining leadership style
  • Understanding the difference between leadership and management

Course 2: 21 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Recruiting for team culture
  • Principles and building a productive environment for remote groups
  • Leading organizational strategies
  • Creating SMART goals and key performance indicators
  • Creating a culture of diversity, equality, and inclusion

Skills you will acquire:

  • Understanding the purpose and importance of developing a team culture
  • Promoting effective communication
  • Attracting and retaining a diverse team
  • Ensuring accountability for diversity and inclusion efforts
  • Increasing collaboration by implementing team execution strategies

Course 3: 17 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Managing change in a team or organization
  • Driving change and evaluating results
  • Establishing a change management team
  • Strategies for dealing with resistance to change

Skills you will acquire:

  • Understanding the meaning of organizational change management
  • Developing a successful change management team
  • Creating a communication framework for change management
  • Evaluating the results and consequences of the change