ILRSMC07
Proactive Leadership
This certificate has been replaced with Change Leadership
A four course certificate series from Cornell University.
Price: $error
Enrollment Information
Description
Cornell University's Certificate in Proactive Leadership develops skills and outlines processes critical to executing initiatives in corporate, not-for-profit, or public organizations.
This four-course series focuses on how to get things done in organizations: how to create change and build support. It develops the skills necessary to lead proactively, become a consensus builder, and mobilize action. The ability to execute in organizations is the difference between successful initiatives and failures. The skills and processes developed in this series will enable leaders to identify opportunities for effective action and shepherd them from concept to execution.
Who Should Take This Certificate?
This certificate is designed for managers and leaders at all levels of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations who are charged with devising and executing business plans, strategies, and corporate initiatives.
Certificate Information
The certificate is earned upon completion of all four courses listed below. Courses must be taken in the sequence shown.
ILRSM509
Developing an Agenda for Change
Drive change within your organization, adapting it to a dynamic environment and controlling how it evolves.
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ILRSM510
Mapping the Political Terrain of Allies and Resistors
Create a political agenda for change, accounting for both support and resistance to the transition. Anticipate and prepare for dissenting opinions.
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ILRSM511
Negotiating Support and Buy-In for Your Agenda
Build and negotiate support for your change initiatives. Understand principles of bargaining power and organizational influence and analyze the agendas of other employees.
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ILRSM512
Mobilizing the Coalition for Action
React to change with an appropriate leadership style. Lead a coalition to manage the change and ensure successful implementation.
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Accreditation
Participants who successfully complete all four courses in this certificate series will receive a Certificate in Proactive Leadership from Cornell University.
Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) will give .6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to each student who successfully completes each course. Students can apply to the ILR school for the CEU units after they have successfully completed the courses.
ACE CREDIT Recommendation
The American Council on Education recommends this Certificate Program for 2 semester hours in Leadership, Management, or Business Administration in the upper division baccalaureate degree category.
HRCI Recertification
The courses in this certificate series have each been approved for six (6) Strategic Management recertification credit hours toward SPHR and GPHR recertification and six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.
With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.
