Re-Imagining Leadership

Overview

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?

Teh Re-Imagining Leadership programme in collaboration with University System of Maryland - USMx is a Professional Certificate. 

Job Outlook

• Project Manager jobs to grow by 33% over next 10 years (Source: PMI.org)
• Program Project Manager income is $60k to $100k based on industry (Payscale.com)
• Power Skills cannot be automated, and inherently protect the learner from impacts of automation in the workplace
• Emotional Maturity Skills are highly correlated with project success (Chaos Report 2015, Standish Group)
• The top 4 out of 5 skills that matter to Executives are soft skills according to IBM’s 2018 Global Survey (IBM).