Leadership Essentials (Online)

The topic of leadership can be overwhelmingly broad, encompassing multiple disciplines in academia that study the complexity of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational dynamics. But where do we begin to build our executive leadership abilities or hone our skills for the next chapter of our professional lives?

The Leadership Essentials (Online) program offers a four-week learning journey for aspiring, new, and mid-level leaders to immerse themselves into the essentials of effective leadership with real-world application and research-based insights presented by renowned Columbia Business School faculty and executive coaches in the field.

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“This program provides an evidence-based approach to enhancing how you think and act as a leader while giving you considerable control over the learning process.”

Hear from Faculty Director Joel Brockner with an introduction to the Leadership Essential (Online) program, where he emphasizes the importance of leadership and how it can affect the people around you and your organization.

Introduction to Leadership Styles and Emotional Intelligence focuses on the difference between a “leader” and a “manager” and the relationship between emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership effectiveness. You will go through a series of hands-on activities to understand the topics and self-assess your own EQ.

Understanding Yourself as a Leader further explores leadership behaviors based on key findings and theories from Lewin’s studies. You will learn about your own leadership style from the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a widely acclaimed self-assessment tool, and build strategies to work effectively with people who have other leadership styles.

Leading Organizational Change invites you to dive deeper into your executive leadership abilities and addresses typical cases of organizational change. You’ll learn best practices for how to manage and bring about change in your own organization.

Leadership and Team Effectiveness wraps up the program with further perspectives from research findings on team dynamics. You’ll explore key questions and trending topics to consider when it comes to shaping your team effectiveness.

Leadership Essentials (Online) is designed for aspiring, new, and mid-level business leaders looking to improve their effectiveness working with individuals and teams. This online program is designed for leaders looking for the same great learnings from the in-person program in a convenient online format.