1952A - Project Leadership

Course Description

This course focuses on making you a more effective project leader. Project management is a combination of art and science. In this course, you’ll delve into the art of leadership and your leadership style – working with project teams, managing stakeholder politics, resolving team conflict, and embracing change management. Leadership can be a huge contributor to project success or failure, and this course covers the relevant leadership elements required to succeed in the art of project management. The course will provide you with a thorough understanding of how you, as a leader, can transform yourself and reach a greater level of project management maturity.

Note: 1952A and 1952 B together are equivalent to 1952 Leading Projects in Organizations

Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper-proof, verifiable, blockchain-based, and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to:

• Construct, manage, and lead project teams effectively and ethically
• Apply ethical decision-making in project situations, including conflict resolution
• Evaluate the impact of a project on organizational change and culture and implement the appropriate approach to managing organizational change

Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include:

• Emotional Intelligence
• Team Leadership
• Managing conflicts
• Leading change
• Decision-making

Notes

Need PMI Professional Development Units (PDUs) to maintain your PMP and other certifications? Click here to learn more about PMI Professional Development Units.

PMI, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CAPM, PMI-PBA and PMI-ACP are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Eligible learners may apply to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) for this micro-credential. You can find more information on our Financial Aid page.

Recommendations

• 1860 Foundations of Project Management
• 3401 Practical Project Management - Part 1
• 3402 Practical Project Management - Part 2

This course is recognised by the following association(s). Click on the association name for details.

• Project Management Institute (PMI)

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

• Agile Project Management : Required Courses
• International Project Management : Alternate 3, Alternate 4
• Project Management : Required Courses