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Principles of Leadership

Empower your team to become the motivating, innovative and effective leaders your business needs. Help employees uncover their unique strengths and refine a leadership style aligned with organizational goals. They’ll learn how to craft and communicate a compelling vision, driving impactful leadership. The Principles of Leadership Training Pathway sharpens communication skills to foster positive work environments and enhance team dynamics through active listening and emotional management.

Equip employees with the skills to navigate diverse teams with agility, ensure ethical decision-making and cultivate integrity-based cultures. Explore team building and motivation strategies designed to support peak performance. And learn more about strategic innovation and aligning leadership styles to inspire creativity and progress within organizations. With our training, your business can help cultivate adept leaders poised for success in dynamic environments.

Skills you'll learn

  • Utilizing self-assessment techniques to identify unique leadership strengths and weaknesses to develop leadership identity and amplify impact.
  • Sharpening key leadership communication skills by focusing on active listening, clarity, emotional management techniques, and persuasive messaging.
  • Identifying personal leadership styles and aligning personal strengths with organizational needs.
  • Utilizing practical strategies to enhance ethical decision-making and navigate workplace ethical dilemmas.
  • Utilizing techniques to form teams with complementary skills, foster cohesion and synergy, and motivate team members toward peak performance.
  • Utilizing techniques to form teams with complementary skills, foster cohesion and synergy, and motivate team members toward peak performance.
  • Employing leadership best practices to drive creativity, problem-solving, and innovative thinking.

Skill modules

Developing Your Leadership Vision

    • Personal Leadership Style Development
    • Visionary Leadership and Strategic Planning
    • Communicating Your Leadership Vision

Leading with Effective Communication

    • Mastering Leadership Communication
    • Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Adapting Leadership Styles

    • Leadership Styles
    • Dynamic Leadership Adaptation

Leading with Integrity

    • Ethical Decision-Making in Leadership
    • Fostering an Ethical Organizational Culture

Leading and Motivating Teams

    • Developing High-Performance Team Dynamics
    • Motivating and Engaging Team Members

Fostering Innovation

    • Cultivating a Culture of Innovation
    • Leadership Styles that Foster Innovation

Showcase your achievement

You will earn a Certificate of Completion and Skill Badge for each individual skill in this Skills Pathway when you've successfully completed each skill with a score of 85% or higher. Share your accomplishments by uploading them to your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn®¹.

Digital Certificates and Badges
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Frequently asked questions

A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours.

  • A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour.

Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.

A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.

Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.

  • Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.\n
  • Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.\n
  • Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.

Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.

Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.

There are no prerequisites. All levels and skillsets are welcome to take the Principles of Leadership non-college-credit Training Pathway.

Principles of Leadership has six one-hour skill modules comprised of subjects like Leading with Integrity. Each module has a knowledge check and skill assessment where employees can demonstrate what they’ve learned. You can expect the Skills Pathway to take about six hours, and all modules are non-credit, 100% online and self-paced.