About this course: An actionable leadership improvement plan enables you to leverage strengths and close the gaps on weaknesses. In this course, you will build your own plan that you can put into practice immediately and realize goals within the next two years. It lays the foundation for an evergreen process of selection and prioritization of skills, and action planning for sustained leadership development.
Who is this class for: This course is geared toward practicing engineers who are early in their careers, especially those who are either in or approaching their first leadership role.
Created by: Rice University
Taught by: David Van Kleeck, Professor in the Practice of Engineering Leadership
Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
| Basic Info | Course 3 of 3 in the Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Module 0 - Welcome
1 video, 6 readings
- Video: Meet the Professor
- Reading: Course Icon Legend
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: Discussion Forum Guidelines
- Reading: Required Materials
- Reading: Pre-Course Survey
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself
- Reading: Leadership Development Plan Assignment
Module 1 - Leadership Development Plan
10 videos, 5 readings, 4 practice quizzes
- Video: Observation and Objectives
- Reading: Required Reading
- Practice Quiz: Reflective Pre-Quiz
- Video: Leadership Development Planning Process
- Reading: Leadership Competency Prioritization Matrix
- Video: Leadership Competency Prioritization
- Practice Quiz: Reflective Post-Quiz - Competence Prioritization
- Video: RCEL Leadership Framework and Blooms Revisited
- Reading: RCEL Competency Assessment Spreadsheet
- Video: Determining Gaps for Current and Target Skill Levels
- Practice Quiz: Leadership Competency Assessment and Selection
- Video: Taking Action to Develop Competency Skill Level
- Video: Preparing and Executing your Plan
- Practice Quiz: Leadership Development Action Planning
- Video: Action Planning Toolkit - Your Annual Appraisal
- Reading: Journaling Introduction
- Reading: Journaling Topic
- Video: Dave's Journal - Getting to know your followers
- Video: Summary
Graded: Journal Reflective Quiz
Graded: Module 1 Quiz
WEEK 2
Module 2 - Pro-active Performance Improvement and Goal Setting
10 videos, 2 readings, 4 practice quizzes
- Video: Observation and Objectives
- Reading: Recommended Reading
- Discussion Prompt: Procrastination
- Practice Quiz: Reflective Pre-Quiz
- Video: Defining Your Personal Greatness
- Video: Considerations for Goal Setting
- Practice Quiz: Considerations for Goal Setting
- Video: Pro-actively Managing Your Performance
- Discussion Prompt: What Motivates You?
- Practice Quiz: Pro-actively Managing Your Performance
- Video: SMART Goals
- Video: Creating a SMART Goal - Your LDP
- Video: Tracking Your Goals
- Practice Quiz: SMART Goals
- Video: Toolkit - Goals Alignment and the Balanced Scorecard
- Reading: Journal Topic
- Video: Dave's Journal
- Video: Summary
Graded: Journal Reflective Quiz
Graded: Module 2 Quiz
WEEK 3
Module 3 - Launching Creative Project Teams
10 videos, 2 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Video: Observation and Objectives
- Reading: Recommended Reading
- Video: Model of Group Development
- Practice Quiz: Stages of Team Development
- Video: How to follow
- Discussion Prompt: Being a Good Follower
- Video: Project Team Life Cycle
- Video: Team Mobilization Strategies
- Practice Quiz: Team Mobilization Strategies
- Video: Consequences of Team Mobilization
- Discussion Prompt: Start with Why
- Video: High Performing Teams
- Video: Toolkit - Adapting Your Leadership Style
- Reading: Journal Topic
- Video: Dave's Journal
- Video: Summary
Graded: Journal Reflective Quiz
Graded: Module 3 - Quiz
Leadership Development Plan Writing Assignment
Graded: Leadership Development Plan
WEEK 4
Module 4 - Creating a Motivating Team Environment
10 videos, 2 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Video: Observation and Objectives
- Reading: Recommended Reading
- Practice Quiz: Reflective Pre-Quiz
- Video: Addressing Performance Problems
- Video: Creating a Motivating Environment
- Practice Quiz: Creating a Motivating Environment
- Video: Leader Involvement
- Video: Empowerment
- Video: Delegation
- Practice Quiz: Reflective Quiz on Empowerment and Delegation
- Video: Intrinsic Motivation
- Discussion Prompt: The Puzzle of Motivation
- Video: Toolkit - Team Recognition
- Reading: Journal Topic
- Video: Dave's Journal
- Video: Summary
Graded: Journal Reflective Quiz
Graded: Module 4 Quiz
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Coursework
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Rice University
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| Access to graded materials | Available | Not available |
| Receive a final grade | Available | Not available |
| Earn a shareable Course Certificate | Available | Not available |
Ratings and Reviews
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This course was challenging and really made you think about core competencies and your assessments regarding each. After fully assessing the 21 competencies you write four SMART goals for your personal leadership development. This course was very informative and well taught.
Excellent experience, highly recommend these certificate. I'll definitively continue with the Engineering Management Professional Certificate.
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Excellent and very useful at the practical level, scientific and applied and useful in life in general and leadership and goals and how to put them in the best form