HIGHLIGHTS

Here are some of the highlights for this micro-credential.

  • No admission requirements, no application process, no pre-requisites, open to anyone

  • Learn at your own pace using a computer, tablet or smartphone

  • Take up to 90 days to complete the course

  • Receive a certificate of course completion and digital badge for successfully completing the course which can be shared on social media (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), downloaded as a PDF, or even embedded in an email signature

Micro-credential Overview

In this 15-hr micro-credential, learners will explore mindful leadership, particularly identifying their own personal strengths and weaknesses, along with some tools to develop their leadership capabilities. Learners will also create a plan of action to help them continue practicing their leadership skills, as well as reflect on who they are as a leader. Learners will explore leadership theories and the differences between effective and ineffective leadership styles. Learners will examine personal leadership characteristics and assess individual strengths and weaknesses related to the process of leadership. Lastly, learners will design a creative personal or professional leadership plan.

Review the curriculum below to see the topics covered.  

Learners who successfully complete the course will earn a digital badge and certificate of course completion that can be downloaded and shared via social media. 

You will have access to the course for 90 days to work through the content.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this micro-credential, learners should be able to:

  • Identify your personal strengths and weaknesses, along with some tools to develop your leadership capabilities

  • Develop a plan of action to help you continue practicing leadership

  • Reflect on who you are and who you are as a leader

  • Explain contemporary leadership theory and the differences between effective and ineffective leadership

  • Recognize intrapersonal aspects of well-being to develop awareness, focus one's attention, and guide one's intention

  • Examine personal leadership characteristics and assess personal strengths and weaknesses related to the process of leadership

  • Design a creative personal or professional leadership plan

Curriculum

    1. Before we begin...

    2. Introduction from Sault College's eLearning Department

    3. What is asynchronous online self-directed learning?

    4. Navigation

    5. Learner Resources and Supports

    6. Technology Requirements

    7. Privacy and Accessibility Policies

    8. Learner Introductions

    9. Discussion Forum: Learner Engagement

    10. Technical Discussion Forum

    11. Frequently Asked Questions

    12. Help & Contact Information

    1. Welcome and Mindful Leadership Information

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    2. Modes of Learning

    3. Learning Outcomes

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    1. Lesson 1: Learning Objectives

    2. Lesson 1 : This Course Will Not Make You a Leader

    3. Lesson 1 : Your Learning Target

    4. Lesson 1: Is There a Difference Between Management and Leadership?

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    5. Lesson 1: Knowledge Check

    6. Lesson 1: Take a Moment...

    7. Lesson 1: Individual Definition of Leadership

    8. Lesson 1: What is Leadership?

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    9. Lesson 1: Remember

    10. Discussion Forum: Management Versus Leadership

    11. Lesson 1 Quiz

    1. Lesson 2: Learning Objectives

    2. Lesson 2: Current Reality

    3. Lesson 2: VUCA

    4. Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

    5. Lesson 2: Adaptive Leadership

    6. Lesson 2: Quotation

    7. Lesson 2: Quotation

    8. Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

    9. Lesson 2: What Do You Do on Autopilot

    10. Lesson 2: Quotation

    11. Lesson 2: What is the Current Average Adult Attention Span?

    12. Lesson 2: Mind Full and Mindfulness

    13. Lesson 2: The Different Systems

    14. Lesson 2: Healthy Mindset

    15. Lesson 2: Contemplative Practice

    16. Lesson 2: Knowledge Check

    17. Lesson 2: Present and Presence

    18. Lesson 2: Self-Awareness

    19. Lesson 2: Summary

    20. Discussion Forum: Being Mindful

    21. Lesson 2 Quiz

    1. Lesson 3: Learning Objectives

    2. Lesson 3: Individual Reflection

    3. Lesson 3: Overview of Foundational Theories (Tried, Tested, True)

    4. Lesson 3: Author's Research

    5. Lesson 3: Emotional Intelligence

    6. Lesson 3: Knowledge Check

    7. Lesson 3: Functional Personality

    8. Lesson 3: Conscious Practice - Meditation

    9. Lesson 3: Summary

    10. Lesson 3 Quiz

    1. Lesson 4: Learning Objectives

    2. Lesson 4: Leadership Best

    3. Lesson 4: Values in Action

    4. Lesson 4: Personal Values

    5. Lesson 4: Values

    6. Lesson 4: Daring Greatly

    7. Lesson 4: It is Not the Critic Who Counts

    8. Lesson 4: Quotation

    9. Lesson 4: Wholehearted​

    10. Lesson 4: Knowledge Check

    11. Lesson 4: Positive People

    12. Lesson 4: Do You Remember?

    13. Lesson 4: Summary

    14. Discussion Forum: Reflection on Leadership

    15. Lesson 4 Quiz

About this course

  • $149.99

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Feedback & Testimonials

Quotes

Teresa Evers

I loved the quotes and the reflective thinking on vulnerability and gratitude.

Feedback & Testimonial

Sarah Stevens

I enjoyed learning about all the values and abilities/strengths it takes to play in the leadership role in a career. I also loved learning more about gratitude and how we should include more in our daily life things that show gratitude.

Better Awareness

Jane Lalande

I liked learning about a better awareness to work towards being a better leader in the workplace. The content was well and it was easy to understand.