This Specialization is well suited for managers, leaders, team members and others who work in diverse environments that require effective teamwork and communication with a wide array of stakeholders, both inside and outside your organization. In this Specialization, you will encounter practical, engaging relationship labs in which you must navigate challenging interactions with animated characters who represent a diverse range of perspectives, roles and interests. You will receive instant, practical feedback on your approaches to these interactions, including whether your approaches tend to be passive, aggressive or appropriately assertive.
Diversity Leadership for Everyone Specialization
Diversity Leadership for Everyone Specialization
Lead Diverse Teams to Change the Future. Collaborate, inspire and lead others both inside and outside your organization.
Instructors: Pem Shulman
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
2 months at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
2 months at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
How to lead diverse teams, give and receive feedback, and collaborate with external stakeholders
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- Collaboration
- Influencing
- Persuasive Communication
- Overcoming Objections
- Decision Making
- Conflict Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Team Management
- Assertiveness
- Diversity Awareness
- Leadership
- Constructive Feedback
- Active Listening
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Cultural Diversity
- Discussion Facilitation
- Interpersonal Communications
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Empathy
What’s included
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Taught in English
59 practice exercises
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Engage others in important conversations about issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion
Manage conflicts that arise among team members
Facilitate collaboration among diverse team members
Skills you'll gain
Conflict Management, Decision Making, Diversity and Inclusion, Influencing, Discussion Facilitation, Collaboration, Team Management, Diversity Awareness, Communication, Cultural Diversity, Leadership, Negotiation, Active Listening, and Relationship Building
What you'll learn
Initiate conversations to give feedback when needed
Explore ways to improve performance and relationships
Manage emotions and avoid unnecessary conflict
Skills you'll gain
Constructive Feedback, Communication, Conflict Management, Relationship Building, Expectation Management, Collaboration, Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence, Performance Review, Interpersonal Communications, Empathy, Diversity and Inclusion, and Active Listening
What you'll learn
Anticipate, acknowledge, and handle the objections of external stakeholders
Anticipate, acknowledge, and handle the objections of external stakeholders
Influence the decision-making of external stakeholders
Skills you'll gain
Overcoming Objections, Communication Strategies, Communication, Influencing, Decision Making, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement, Active Listening, Simulation and Simulation Software, Conflict Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Diversity Awareness, Collaboration, and Persuasive Communication
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Frequently asked questions
It should take about two months to complete the Specialization. This estimate is based on your investing an average of three hours per week of study time. The actual time it takes will depend on how much time you invest in completing each course.
You do not need any particular background knowledge for this Specialization. It is helpful for you to have had some previous experience leading others or participating in a project team with others. This type of experience, such as on an educational or work project, will provide helpful context for the content in the Specialization.
No, you do not need to take the courses in any specific order. You may try the courses in whatever order appeals to you.
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