The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is inviting applications for free online courses.
IIM Ahmedabad Course of Leadership Skills
This course provides a foundation for leadership practice and aims to take you on a journey of self-discovery. You will also gain insight into building inner stability and develop your leadership skills.
The course builds upon your experiences and aims to enhance your capacity to lead with and without authority, across boundaries, and from any political or organizational position.
The course will also enable you to learn important leadership skills, clarifying the relationships among key concepts such as definitions of leadership, self-management, authority, power, influence, politics, negotiations, change management, decision-making, and various leadership styles.
This knowledge will provide you with a practical and coherent theoretical framework for applying and exercising leadership. Lastly, the course explores the challenge of managing the inevitable personal stresses and dangers of leading a team. The course draws from several disciplines, such as business management, philosophy, spirituality, history, literature, sports, communications, and psychology.
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Language: English
- Certificate: Yes
- Fees: Free
- Start Date: 02 Apr 2023
- Duration: 6 Weeks
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- To develop an understanding of oneself and build inner stability
- To gain insights into leadership styles and lead downwards
- To understand the biases that impact communication and leaders’ decision-making capability
- To understand the art of leading upward and sideways
Course Content
Week 1: Leading the Self: Mindfulness, Inner Stability, and Positive Strengths
Week 2: Leading Downward: Leader Behaviours and Leadership Styles
Week 3: Building Sustainable Relationships: Supportive Communication and Decision-making Biases
Week 4: Power, Politics, and Leading Upwards
Week 5: Ethics, Culture, and Change Management
Week 6: Leadership and Ancient Indian Wisdom: Lessons from the Mahabharata
This is a beginner course designed for professionals from diverse work backgrounds. To succeed in this course, you should have experience with/have a basic understanding of working in organizations. To apply for the course apply here.
