XCOM-970 - Master Practitioner in Leadership

Delivery Options Online

Course Description

Master Practitioner in Leadership: Balancing Strategy, Wisdom, and Impactt is an 8-week program designed for professionals seeking to enhance their ability to lead thoughtfully and decisively. The course focuses on developing essential skills in strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, critical judgment, and bias awareness. Participants will explore how successful leaders leverage experience and intuition, align decisions with values, and collaborate effectively to drive organizational impact. Through engaging discussions, practical assignments, and real-world case studies, participants will be equipped to confront complex challenges with confidence and insight.

Course Objectives

Understand the distinction between management and leadership thinking.
Define analytical and critical thinking as essential leadership skills.
Recognize the importance of self-awareness in leadership development.
Recognize common logical fallacies and mental traps.
Understand how cognitive errors affect decision-making.
Develop strategies to avoid faulty thinking.
Apply analytical tools to break down complex problems.
Enhance problem-solving skills in a leadership context.
Identify unconscious biases that influence decisions.
Understand the impact of biases on leadership effectiveness.
Implement strategies to mitigate personal and organizational biases.
Question underlying assumptions in decision-making.
Critically assess evidence before drawing conclusions.
Develop balanced and informed leadership decisions.
Make effective decisions under uncertainty.
Integrate intuition, experience, and data-driven insights.
Evaluate risks and opportunities comprehensively.
Effectively communicate your leadership philosophy and approach.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

Master Practitioner in Leadership : Required

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XCOM-970 - 301

Fall 2025 Non-Credit

Available

Online

Sep 29, 2025 to Nov 23, 2025

40.0

tuition non-credit

$2,995.00

Section Notes

Week	Virtual Class Meeting Faculty Panel & Discussion Held on Tuesdays from 7-8:30pm ET	Weekly Learning Objectives
Week 1	Fostering Effective Collaboration and Team Dynamics	Identify the key ingredients for cultivating a cohesive team and how they impact team performance. Compare models and frameworks to evaluate their effectiveness in fostering inclusion and team cohesion across diverse teams. Apply leadership techniques to address workplace challenges.
Week 2	Aligning Decisions with Core Values	Cultivate habits of interior reflection that lead to greater awareness of one’s personal values. Examine how personal values both cohere and conflict with the values of an organization. Practice techniques of discernment that contribute to values-based leadership in complex modern organizations.
Week 3	Strategic Thinking for Future Challenges	Define the traits and characteristics of a strategic thinker and explain how these traits support effective leadership. Explain the connections/linkages between strategic thinking skills and ethical leadership. Examine the relationship between strategic thinking, ethical leadership, and decision-making in achieving goals.
Week 4	Leveraging Experience and Intuition in Leadership	Analyze intuitive and rational decision-making processes in leadership. Evaluate which decision-making process, intuitive or rational, is appropriate for different situations/scenarios. Reflect on how ethical decision-making, communication, and thinking styles impact leadership.
Week 5	Navigating Ethical Dilemmas	Evaluate the diversity of ethical schools of thought and how differing approaches to ethical decisions contribute to complexity in modern organizations. Construct an ethical vision for leading a diverse team anchored in mission and values Evaluate barriers to achieving an organization’s mission.
Week 6	Communicating with Influence and Clarity	Identify effective communication strategies to motivate and drive action in an organization. Apply effective communication strategies to enhance clarity, audience engagement, and retention in a presentation.
Week 7	Driving Organizational Impact through Innovation	Identify the attributes of a strategic thinker and their role(s) in fostering innovation in an organization. Discuss how innovation connects to decision-making and the traits of innovators. Determine strategies for collaborating with innovative individuals to achieve leadership goals.
Week 8	Developing Your Personalized Leadership Action Plan	Examine how planning, ethical decision-making, and communication contribute to successful leadership. Develop a Leadership Action Plan.