Leadership Development for Engineers, Short Course | Part time online | Coursera | United States
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About

This Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University is designed for professional engineers who are interested in advancing into leadership and management roles. 

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Overview

You’ll develop awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses as a leader, and you’ll learn to leverage your strengths and control for your weaknesses when you’re placed in charge of a team or project. You’ll also learn to manage relationships with your team members and colleagues through proven coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution techniques, and you’ll master goal-setting and planning methods designed to set you and your team up for success. Finally, you’ll learn how to set up a creative environment for your team, and how to motivate each team member to reach his or her potential.

Applied Learning Project

At the Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Rice University, you will complete a series of self-assessments that culminate in a reflection paper where you examine the implications of your results and how they effect your leadership style, you will conduct an engineer interview where will you will gain a perspective on what it is like to be an engineering leader and you will create a leadership development plan: a set of goals that you can begin working on immediately to improve your leadership skills. 

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Self Awareness and the Effective Leader
  • Relationship Management
  • Personal Leadership Development Planning and Leading High Performing Teams

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months
    • 10 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Beginner Level

  • No prior experience required.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    Free
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    Based on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    Free
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    Based on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 2 months.

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Funding

Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project. 

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