Univad's Diploma in Leadership and Communication program is your pathway to becoming a dynamic and influential leader with exceptional communication skills.

This comprehensive program merges leadership principles with effective communication strategies to prepare you for leadership roles in today's fast-paced and interconnected world. Whether you're an emerging leader or a seasoned professional, this program empowers you to lead confidently, inspire teams, and drive results through effective communication.

10 Things You Will Learn:

1. Leadership Theories and Practices

2. Effective Communication Strategies

3. Conflict Resolution and Mediation

4. Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

5. Cross-Cultural Communication

6. Public Speaking and Presentation Skills

7. Strategic Leadership and Decision-Making

8. Team Building and Collaboration

9. Crisis Communication Management

10. Leading Through Change

Five Skills You Will Have:

1. Strategic Leadership

2. Effective Communication

3. Conflict Resolution

4. Team Building and Collaboration

5. Crisis Communication Management

Five Jobs for Each Skill:

1. Leadership Development Manager

2. Communication Specialist

3. Conflict Resolution Consultant

4. Team Leader or Manager

5. Crisis Communication Manager

Salary Expectations and Demand: Leadership and communication skills are highly sought after in a variety of industries. Salaries for professionals with expertise in these areas can vary depending on experience, location, and industry. However, roles such as Leadership Development Manager and Communication Specialist often come with competitive compensation packages. As organizations place a premium on effective leadership and communication, the demand for skilled professionals in these fields continues to grow.

Sample Certificate

Semester 1: Leadership and Service Management

Couse preview and intro

• Adventures of a 21st Century Leader

• Edcent survey

• Introduction to the Course

• Introduction to the Dramatized Episodes

• Reading: Background Info about SMA and Jim Barton

• Reading: Jeffrey Pfeffer: What Most People Don't..

• Reading: Invitation to a brief questionnaire

• Reading: Link to the "Meet and Greet" Forum

• Introduction to Module 2

• Discussion forum

• Episode 1: Jim Barton's First Day as CEO (Day 1)

• Reading: Hiring a new CEO

• Reading: Making it to the top

• Questions for reflection and forum discussion

• Learner suggestions: Questions accepting a leaders

• Week 1 quiz

Getting Oriented and Assessing your Team

• Introduction to Module 3

• Episode 2: Meeting the CFO (Day 3)

• Reading: A New Leader's First 100 Days

• Reading: SMA's Income Statement

• Episode 3: Touring the SMA Plant (Day 4)

• Reading: Reports from a Boeing Factory

• Episode 4: Meeting the Head of Engineering (Day 4)

• Reading: To-Do list for Today's CEO

• Practice quiz: Assessing the Head of Engineering

• Discussion: Assessing Barton's team

• Reading: Discussion: Assessing Barton's team

• Reading: A Vital Task: Getting Your Team Right

• Quiz: Getting Started as a New Leader

• Breakout Exercise: Meet and engage other students

• Introduction to Module 4

• Episode 5: Kohler's Philosophy of Disclosure

• How Capitalism Can Thrive in a Transparent World

• Dan Geer: "We are all intelligence officers now"

• Practice quiz: Approaches to Communication

• Living and Leading in an Era of Super Transparency

• Living & Leading in Era of Super Transparency - 2

• Living & Leading in Era of Super Transparency - 3

• Links to check out for Super Transparency Lecture

• Reflect & discuss: Advising Barton on transparency

• Recommendations: Addressing social media challenge

• Quiz: The Era of Super Transparency

Leading Collaboration

• Introduction to Module 5

• Introduction to the topic of leading collaboration

• Video of IDEO's collaboration, "The Deep Dive"

• Leading Collaboration at IDEO

• Practice quiz: Determining the right context for..

• Reading: Reflection

• Reading: Mass Animation

• Leading Collaboration at Mass Animation

• Practice quiz: Diagnosis

• Discussion: Collaborate at IDEO & Mass Animation

• Reading: What is "Collaborative Leadership"?

• Reading: Collaborative Leadership

• Reading: Introduction to Dramatized Episode #7

• Episode 7: Old Friends (Day 13)

• Discussion: Advising Barton on collaboration

• Quiz: Collaborative Leadership

• Introduction to Module 6

• Reading: Introduction to Episode #8

• Episode 8: The Merit Pay System (Day 24)

• Practice quiz: What do you think?

• Discussion prompt: Share your thoughts

• Motivating, Inspiring: Introduction

• Reading: Motivation in Literature 1

• Motivating, etc.: Economic models & their problems

• Reading: Motivation in Literature 2

• Motivating, etc.: The alternatives to incentives?

• Readings and Video

• Reflection and discussion: Motivating people

• Quiz: Motivating, Inspiring, and Leadership

Effective governance

• Introduction to Module 7

• Reading: What does a board of directors do?

• Reading: Introduction to Episodes 9 and 10

• Episode 9: Barton's First Board Meeting Day 31)

• Episode 10: Sleeping with the Press (Day 31)

• Episode 11: "A Sensitive Matter" (Day 45)

• Episode 12: "Reconfiguring the Board of Directors"

• Reflection

• Episode 13: The Reconfiguration Process

• Episode 14: Reconfiguration Accomplished

• What makes for an effective board of directors?

• Discussion: Creating a better Board of Directors

• Quiz: Effective Governance

• Introduction to Module 8

• Episode 15: Talking Shop

• Episode 16: Design Delay

• Assessing Barton as a Change Leader

• Reading: Leading change in organizations

• Discussion: Assessing Barton's performance

• Quiz: Leading Change

Managing Talent

• Introduction to Module 9

• How the dramatic episodes play into this module

• Episode 17: Unexpected Insight from a Neighbor

• Specialisterne: From Hope to Action To Impact

• Managing People with "Inspired Peculiarities"

• Anka Wittenberg, Chief Diversity and Inclusion

• Anka Wittenberg Interview, Part 2

• Discussion: The Dandelion Principle

• Understanding what matters to excellent performers

• A Sampling of 21st Century Perspectives on Talent

• Engineers Revolt (During Barton's 2nd year as CEO)

• Reflection

• Reflections and discussion: Managing talent

• Quiz: Managing Talent

• Introduction to Module 10

• Episode 19: Barton in Crisis

• Reading: Difficulty and development

• Episode 20: Contemplating Resignation

• Discussion: Avoiding and recovering from crisis

• Episode 21: An Ultimatum

• Episode 22: Negotiating with the Unions

• Reading: The harms done by bonuses & parachutes...

• Reflection and Discussion: Drop the parachute?

• Episode 23: A united front

• Discussion: Assessing Barton's performance

• Quiz: Leading in Crisis

Leading Innovation

• Introduction to Module 11

• Reading: What to expect in this module's lectures

• Fostering innovation

• Lean manufacturing mindset - continuous innovation

• Innovation Dilemma (At about Barton's 1 year mark)

• Practice quiz: What should Akita decide?

• Collaborating with clients for innovation

• Reading: Emily Pilloton on participatory design

• Reflection: Innovation strategy

• Rethinking intelligence, education & capacity

• Discussion: How to encourage innovation

• Introduction to Module 12

• Reading: Understanding execution

• Major Setback (Early in Barton's 3rd year as CEO)

• Discussion: Advising Barton on execution

• A Percentage Game

• Quiz: Execution

Public life, Private life

• Introduction to Module 13

• Episode 27: Firing Kohler

• Practice quiz: Predictions

• Episode 28: Played for a Fool?

• Episode 29: Public life, Private life

• Reflection

• Questions about Disclosure: The case of Steve Jobs

• Episode 30: Disclosure Issue

• Practice quiz: Verdict

• Liability (Barton's 2nd year as CEO)

• Reflection and discussion: Final thoughts

• Quiz: The Rights and Obligations of Leaders

• Introduction to Module 14

• Reading: Introduction to Episode 32

• Consulting with a Peer, Part 1 (Flashback: Day 52)

• Reflection and discussion

• Consulting with a Peer, Part 2 (Flashback: Day 52)

• Reflection and discussion

• Consulting with a Peer, Part 3 (Flashback: Day 52)

• Reflection and discussion

• Part 1: What Culture Is

• Part 2: The Importance of Culture

• Part 3: The Difficulty of Changing Culture

• Reading: "On Corporate Culture" by Richard Nolan

• Reading: On communication

• Reading: On culture and leadership

• Reading: Reflection and discussion: Culture at SMA

• Quiz: The Importance of Corporate Culture

Modern Theories of Leadership

• Introduction to Module 15

• Modern theories of leadership

• Discussion: Theories for 21st Century leadership

• Discussion: Role of theory in leadership practice

• Testing Your Knowledge of Leadership Theories

• Introduction to Module 16

• FILM: Global Financial Meltdown

• Case analysis & discuss: Failures of leadership

• Explanations of financial crisis, ranging from fun

• Reflection and discussion: Lessons learned

• Quiz: How the Financial Crisis Unfolded

Study in Leadership Failure

• Introduction to Module 17

• FILM: The Warning

• Case analysis and discussion: The Warning

• Reflection and discussion: What must improve?

• Quiz: Avoiding the financial crisis...

• Introduction to Module 18

• Case readings and video

• Case analysis & discussion: Assessment of a leader

• Reflections on the case of Lord John Browne

• Quiz: The Case of Lord Browne

Leadership in 21st century organizations

• Introduction to Module 19

• Leadership Advice from Harvard Business School

• Reading: Four spheres of executive responsibility

• Episode 33: Maiden

• Reflection and discussion: Final Assessment

• Episode 34: Barton Removed

• Reflection and discussion: Right outcome?

• Synthesizing YOUR framework for leadership

• Final Assignment: Synthesizing Your Own Approach

Semester 2: Communication

The beginning of Communication Science

• Welcome to Diploma in Communication Science

• About Us

• Transcripts

• Research in this MOOC

• Edcent survey

• Introduction

• What is Communication?

• Concepts

• Theories

• Transmission

• Reception, Signs, and Signification

• Cultural Approach

• Three Approaches

• Reading: LBON: An Intro to Communication Science

• Quiz: An Introduction to Communication Science

• A Short History of Communication Science

• Two Schools of Classical Communication Science

• Two Schools of Classical Communication Science

• A Renaissance of our Field

• The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

• Towards a Modern Communication Science

• Reading: A Short History of Communication Science

• History of Communication Science

• Discussion prompt: What do you hope to learn?

Technical Approaches to Communication Science

• Introduction

• The Power of Propaganda and the All-powerful Media

• Powerful Media Put to the Test

• Minimal Effects

• Needles, Bullets, and Martians

• Powerful Media Rediscovered

• The Linear Effect-Oriented Approach

• Quiz: The Linear Effect-Oriented Approach

• Breakout Exercise: Meet and engage other students

• Reading: Reception and Significance Perspective

• Intro to Reception and Signification Perspective

• Message Construction

• Active Audiences

• Selective Processing

• Cognitive Shortcuts

• Central and Peripheral Route

• Encoding, Decoding, and Construction of Meaning

• Quiz: The Reception and Signification Perspective

Cultural and Social Approaches to Comm. Science

• Introduction to the Cultural Approach

• Producing and Maintaining Culture

• Making Sense of the World

• Popular Culture: Reflection or Illusion?

• Cultural Studies: Birmingham and Toronto

• Cultural Groups

• How To Fit In?

• Conclusion: Cultural Conformity and Relativism

• Reading: The Cultural Approach

• Quiz: The Cultural Approach

• Introduction Question & Answers

• Metaphors

• The Role of Media in Society

• More Metaphors on the Role of Media in Society

• Primary and Secondary Research

• What's New About New Media?

• Globalization: Village vs. Tribes

• About the Exam

• Edcent survey

Final Exams and Conclusions

• Final exams

• Instructors' final note

• Discussion forum

• Final notes

The next application deadlines are:

• Priority Deadline: September 1, 2024

• Final Deadline: September 15, 2024

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• Professionals who have several years of working experience

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