Understand how to recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals. Inspire, persuade, and motivate yourself and others under a shared vision.
Coursework
Required Coursework:
Skills
The earner of the Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities Microcredential will learn to:
- Assess the characteristics of effective leaders and paradigms of leadership.
- Develop an action plan for growth based upon personal leadership competencies identified in a leadership instrument.
- Examine leadership skills, styles, and traits and their influence on followers
How It Works
The Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities microcredential is a short-term credit-bearing program offered by the UNH College of Professional Studies. To receive this microcredential, learners must successfully complete the required course.
Upon completion of the required coursework, learners will receive the microcredential issued by Credly that is shareable via social media, digital resumes, online portfolios, and email signatures.
What To Expect
LD 820: Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities is an online graduate-level course at the University of New Hampshire's College of Professional Studies (CPS). Courses are offered online in an 8-week format. Check UNH's Course Search for when courses will be offered as they are offered on a rotating basis.
Learners in this course will be a mix of matriculated UNH degree students and nonmatriculated continuing education students. All learners are expected to participate and engage as defined by the expectations of the individual course instructor, syllabus, and curriculum to successfully complete each individual course.
How to Enroll
There is no formal application process to pursue a UNH microcredential, learners simply enroll directly in the required courses during the set enrollment windows. (View the UNH Course Registration Calendar.)
Current matriculated UNH degree students must enroll through their standard registration procedure with the consultation of their academic advisor through Webcat and the Office of the Registrar.
Nonmatriculated, nondegree, visiting, and continuing education learners can enroll for courses online through UNH's Nondegree Enrollment Hub or by contacting the UNH Registrar's Office at registrars.office@unh.edu.
Start Your Learning Pathway Today
Start working towards your Graduate Certificate or your Masters.
You can couple this microcredential with the Building Diverse & Multicultural Organizations Microcredential to earn the stacked Inclusive Leadership Microcredential. You can apply the credits earned in these microcredentials towards the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and/or the Master of Science in Leadership program if you decide to continue your education in this area.
If you decide to continue your education with the degree program(s), you will need to formally apply and meet that program's admissions criteria.
For More Information Contact
Kathy DesRoches
kathy.desroches@unh.edu
Director of MS Leadership & Nonprofit Graduate Certificate Program
College of Professional Studies
University of New Hampshire
