Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership (Coursera)

Offered by Dartmouth College,
Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership (Coursera)

How can a company thrive for the long term? It always comes down to people: finding talented people, retaining those people, and doing it continuously. In this course, Professor Sydney Finkelstein will teach participants how to support and leverage their biggest asset, the people around them. By learning to find world-class talent and help them move forward in their career, you will learn to build success for your organization and yourself.

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Using examples like the NFL’s Bill Walsh, the Slow Food Movement’s Alice Waters, and fashion’s Ralph Lauren, Professor Finkelstein shows that superbosses can be found across industries and up and down the org chart—and teaches us to find the superboss within.
Course 3 of 4 in the Strategic Leadership: Impact, Change, and Decision-Making Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • How to become a leader that creates other leaders
  • How to see the potential in others
  • How to generate and regenerate talent
  • How to produce tangible results for your organization

Syllabus

WEEK 1: The Superboss Leader
WEEK 2: Superboss Secrets to Motivation
WEEK 3: The Master-Apprentice Relationship
WEEK 4: The Superboss Playbook

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