{"id":6550,"date":"2020-02-04T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/?p=6550"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:13:20","slug":"executive-leadership-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/executive-leadership-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-Level Executive Leadership Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have what it takes to become an executive leader? While you may have an innate ability to lead, leadership is not always something that already exists inside. Rather, it\u2019s something that can be learned.<\/p>\n

When it comes to education, we\u2019re not interested in fairy-tales. Even the highest leaders in the most successful positions weren\u2019t just born executives \u2013 and you don\u2019t have to be, either. Executive leadership courses, coupled with accumulated experience, are a proven way for aspiring leaders to reach the executive level.<\/p>\n

It gets even better: there\u2019s a master\u2019s program for ambitious executives like you. It\u2019s called the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Here, we outline three big tips and some of the most important leadership courses that apply to them, which are found in Goodwin University\u2019s executive program curriculum<\/a>. Let us help you hone every facet of your capacity to be a well-understood, fair, and smart leader for your organization or business.<\/p>\n

Tip 1: It\u2019s not about you…
\n<\/strong>Harvard Business Review<\/a> consultants agree that the power of an executive leader is nothing without a strong team, from department managers down to customer service agents. Corporate culture has changed. No longer does upper leadership sit in a quiet, private corner office, lined with mahogany and in a fancy tall-backed swivel chair. Open door policies and open floor plans are the way of the future. They symbolize transparency \u2013 which is a top business priority in this day and age \u2013 and allow for increased and efficient collaboration across a company.<\/p>\n

In a New York Times<\/a> article, the author encourages that to achieve a diverse and vibrant workplace, you should \u201ccreate a culture that enables \u2018interruption\u2019 and provides incentives for action.\u201d Empowered employees are happy employees. And if you\u2019re going to be an executive leader and set the tone for your organization, you\u2019re going to need to build your team-building know-how.<\/p>\n

Talent and Performance Management<\/strong> is one executive leadership course that will help you bring value to the workplace, because you\u2019ll know how to increase productivity through development of the business\u2019 most valuable asset: its employees! This course will show you effective onboarding, coaching, mentoring, and shadowing strategies for your future team.<\/p>\n

Tip 2: Speak many languages.
\n<\/strong>No, we don\u2019t mean that you should pick up Mandarin and Portuguese. While it\u2019s never a bad idea to become bi-or tri-lingual, there\u2019s a different kind of multi-lingual talent that will serve you well as a business executive. Think of all the communicating you\u2019re going to need to do. You\u2019ll have to use written and oral language skills to present historical, data-driven, vision-oriented, and testimonial information successfully to audiences as diverse as:<\/p>\n