Our education and professional experiences focus on technical, how to do it, skills. So, we progress from doer to manager to leader, primarily based on our technical competencies. This model of promotion has been in use for decades, but it is now obsolete. Few of us intentionally learn soft skills along the way, finding ourselves a bit overwhelmed when asked to work in complex teams or to assume a managerial or leadership role.
Employers have recognized the value of personality type, adaptability and flexibility in responding to change, emotional intelligence, trust, psychological safety, conflict management and the ability to manage time, stress and energy to meet organizational needs. None of these are technical skills. They are the soft skills, probably the most difficult skills to assess and learn – but critical to professional, and life, success. In fact, they are now being renamed Power Skills. Do you have what you need to succeed?
Our Re-Imagining Leadership Professional Certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success.
In this certificate program, you will consider what makes a positive workplace where people can do their best; assess who you are now and set goals for who you’d like to become, emotions and emotional intelligence, strengths, personality type, and values-based decision-making, a key to critical thinking. In the second certificate in this series, you will have the opportunity to consider time/stress/energy management, thinking style, psychological capital, approach to change, conflict styles and methods, and communication styles and methods. Make the commitment now to invest in your personal and professional development.
Become the person you are meant to be. Become the person ready to take the next step with all the right power skills.
How will this happen? An APPLE a day…The courses in this certificate use the APPLE model to help you become your best self.
Whether you’re delivering a small part of a project or portfolios of large multi-million-dollar government works, these principles scale and apply to all industries to achieve delivery success.
The certificate consists of six individual courses and when all six are successfully completed, the certificate will be issued (for verified learners – see cost information below). All courses are asynchronous which allows individual students to sign up and start the courses when they want and at their own pace. Students from all sides of the project management community will also be able to collaborate with others registered in the program. The list below identifies the six courses required to complete the Re-Imagining Leadership Professional Certificate program.
Earn 60 PDUs for completion of all six (6) courses.
Each course is free for the first four (4) weeks and it takes approximately ten (10) hours to complete. For a small fee, edX and UMD will issue a Verified Certificate which provides proof for an employer, school or other institution that the course was successfully completed by the student. To qualify for a Verified Certificate, participants complete all aspects of the courses which can include watching all videos, participating in discussion forms, and completing any required homework and exams with a passing grade.
Costs for a verified version of each individual course in the Re-Imagining Leadership Professional Certificate program are shown below.
“I took ENCE 665 at the University of Maryland as part of my doctorate, which is the basis for the Leadership series curriculum. The experience was eye opening to say the least. I benefited from it in profound ways, both personally and professionally; and have regularly used and shared the knowledge and skills with my colleagues as a Director at Medtronic. I highly recommend this certificate to everyone if you want to improve your effectiveness!” – Michael O’Connor, PhD, PMP , Director Strategy & Project Management, Medtronic
Become the person you are meant to be. Become the person ready to take the next step with all the right power skills.
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