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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program 
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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
 at 
Caltech 
Overview

Build confidence as the leader who sees the possibilities for growth and can build trust and communicate the vision for purposeful execution

Duration

80 hours

Total fee

6,550

Mode of learning

Online

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
 at 
Caltech 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Caltech
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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
 at 
Caltech 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • Develop a deeper awareness of how you are impacted by and can impact the workplace
  • Expand your behavioral awareness
  • Acquire new skills for being inclusive versus exclusive
  • Enhance your skills for personal growth and participating in organizational growth
  • Evaluate your personal mindset regarding change
  • Identify the impacts of change ? personal, project, organizational
More about this course
  • This program is modular series that can help you build the right competencies at the right time
  • Choose from over ten short courses?complete any five to design your own experience, tailoring a certificate for your specific needs
  • Caltech?s Center for Technology and Management Education catalyzes the development of emerging leaders by equipping them with essential leadership skills, such as understanding different leadership styles; communicating clearly and forcefully; 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
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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
 at 
Caltech 
Curriculum

Amp Me Up!

Leadership skills

VPS model for Individual Growth

OrGro model for Organizational Growth

Productivity, Expectations and Perspective

High performing teams

Pivot to Thrive

Resilience

Dealing with uncertainty

Neuroscience of fear

Breaking out of fear

Growth from the inside out

Discovering and staying in your personal balance

Crisis Leadership

The anatomy of a crisis (disruption response theory)

Addressing your cognitive biases

Developing recovery plans (in advance)

Gathering data for root cause analysis

Communicating effectively in turbulent times

Restoring trust with key stakeholders

Managing Without Authority

Influence through trust, credibility, and respect... versus fear

Listen with empathy without giving up your position

Facilitate problem-solving in challenging situations

Exercise personal power to positively impact your team

Stay centered in conflicts to reduce tensions and set the stage for growth

Adopt and maintain new behaviors for personal change

Critical Communications

Identify the key parts of a memorable presentation

Identify the purpose of the presentation

Determine your audience?s perspective

Layout an approach and content for the presentation

Use presentation techniques that wow your audience

Use storytelling to enhance the richness of your presentations

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Types of Entrepreneurs - Intrapreneurs vs Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial Motivation

Stages of the Entrepreneurial Process

Cognitive and Unconscious Biases

Emotional Intelligence

Risk Management

Learning from Failure

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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
 at 
Caltech 
Faculty details

Tim Boyd
Tim Boyd specializes in systems engineering, project management and organizational leadership development. He has experience in a wide variety of mission areas including space, air and ground systems, as well as the systems engineering life cycle.
Galina Knopman
Galina Knopman specializes in individual, team, and organizational change. She is the founder and President of Comskil and Best of Life. She is an executive and leadership coach, organizational development consultant, author, photographer, instructor, and guest lecturer. Ms. Knopman's background in software and systems development at NASA, the Air Force and at the Pentagon provides her with an affinity for working with technical individuals and specialized organizations.
David Shostak
David Shostak is a world-class senior program manager with versatile and dynamic leadership team building, interpersonal, and team motivation skills. He has led every aspect of high technology programs, engineering, marketing management, business development, and system engineering programs. He has over 40 years of experience in many technical diversified fields.

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Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
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