About this Professional Certificate
The majority of challenges that organizations face are technology related. Given the growing importance of technology, the demand for leaders with an engineering background will probably rise. Already a quarter of the CEOs of the world's 100 largest corporations have engineering degrees.
Engineers have the potential to be good leaders. They are analytical and tech-savvy. They are comfortable with figures. They often have a can-do attitude. However, these characteristics alone are not enough to make engineers effective leaders.
In this program, you will learn that a good leader needs at least three mindsets, supporting the development of essential leadership skills:
These three mindsets are indispensable for good leaders. They sometimes conflict and they often require completely different skills. In this program, you will become familiarized with each of these mindsets and discover how they can support you as a leader.
By completing this certificate, you will improve your leadership skills through tasks that help you develop a
of a business situation analysis to inform an effective decision, use a set of cohesive
, and frame your
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What you'll learn
- How to apply a set of practical analytical techniques to support business planning and strategic decision making
- How to encourage multiple stakeholders with different interests to cooperate
- How to recognize team dynamics and handle both individual and team issues
- How to gain support from senior management and your teams
| From | DelftX, Delft University of Technology via edX |
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| Hours | 60 |
| Instructors | Alexander de Haan, Hans de Bruijn, Els van Daalen, Gerdien de Vries, Jet Pagnier |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business Personal Development |
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Effective Decision Making: Dealing with Business Complexity As an engineer in a leadership position, you will be faced with new responsibilities and tasks. These may include developing a business (unit) strategy and a business plan or... edX | DelftX, Delft University of Technology |
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Dealing with Power and Dynamics: Discover Your Leadership Style and Influence Stakeholders In our interconnected and complex world, leaders are faced with both internal and external stakeholders. Problems have to be solved within complex networks of stakeholders, each... edX | DelftX, Delft University of Technology |
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Framing Your Communication to Inspire and Convince (You were viewing this course) In order to be effective, leaders need a high tolerance of complexity. Beyond this, they need to inform their people and the outside world of their strategies, policies and... edX | DelftX, Delft University of Technology |
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| From | DelftX, Delft University of Technology via edX |
|---|---|
| Hours | 60 |
| Instructors | Alexander de Haan, Hans de Bruijn, Els van Daalen, Gerdien de Vries, Jet Pagnier |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Business Personal Development |
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Finance Emerging Leaders Program Participant 1 $55k
Future Leaders Exchange Program Recruiter $56k
Campaign Coordinator for Florida Business Leaders for Kerry $59k
Program Leaders $63k
Operations Analyst (Good Samaritan Hospital) $66k
Instructor, Leaders in Sustainability graduate core course $67k
Future Leaders Program: HR Business Analyst $73k
Product Engineer  Group Leaders #TN072 $100k
Good Dynamics Engineer $101k
Area Manager- Gartner for Marketing Leaders $117k
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