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Leadership focused on Human Flourishing (edX)

Leadership focused on Human Flourishing (edX)

It describes the elements of the Leadership model oriented towards human flourishing, in order to develop leaders who achieve better results. It describes the elements of the Leadership model oriented towards human flourishing, in order to develop leaders who achieve better results. We are facing a world leadership crisis, due to (among other factors) the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous context we are living in.

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The world needs self-aware leaders who are also aware of their environment, immersed in a permanent learning process, who are committed, resilient, with a positive vision of the present and the future, who find meaning in their life mission, and who flourish by contributing to the flourishing of others.
This course will bring the necessary tools to develop a human-flourishing-oriented-leadership.
This course is part of the Humanities & Soft Skills MicroMasters Program.

What you'll learn

  • Identify opportunities for personal improvement within the five elements of the Leadership Focused on Human Flourishing model.
  • Develop the skills that will allow you to achieve and optimize results at work.
  • Understand the relationship between happiness, leadership, and flourishing.

Syllabus

Topic 1. Leadership in a new era
1.1 The need to understand leadership through positive psychology
1.2 Happiness, flourishing and results
Topic 2. Self-awareness and Awareness of One’s Environment
2.1 Self-knowledge, self-management, self-development
2.2 Social Intelligence
Topic 3. Positivity and Resilience
3.1 Positivity
3.2 Resilience
Topic 4. Meaning and Commitment
4.1 Meaning
4.2 Commitment

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