What you'll learn

You will know your leadership strengths and areas for development
You will learn concrete leadership strategies
You will develop action plans to be an impactful, resilient leader

Course content

2 sections • 6 lectures • 45m total length

Centered Leadership: Introduction3:21
Follow the Centered Leadership model to lead with impact, resilience, and fulfillment at work and in the rest of your life. The lesson guide for this first video is Chapter One of the Centered Leadership book. Read this chapter to learn how Joanna Barsh developed the Centered Leadership model—and how it’ll impact you.

Centered Leadership Part 1: Meaning7:41
Meaning, the focus of this lecture, is the anchor. It concentrates on strengths and purpose—drivers of long-lasting fulfillment. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Meaning" Lesson Guide resource.
Centered Leadership Part 2: Framing6:21
Framing, the focus of this lecture, is one of the most exciting, because we learn to understand and accept our fears (reducing their power over us) and ultimately to shift the underlying mindsets and behaviors that have created those fears and our responses to them. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Framing" Lesson Guide resource.
Centered Leadership Part 3: Connecting10:07
Connecting, the focus of this lecture, teaches us to build trust and form relationships that enable us to have greater impact. Feeling connected is the key to sustained fulfillment. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Connecting" Lesson Guide resource.
Centered Leadership Part 4: Engaging10:08
Engaging, the focus of this lesson, emphasizes how you can overcome your fears, move into action, and take risks. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Engaging" Lesson Guide resource.
Centered Leadership Part 5: Energizing8:10
Energizing, the focus of this lesson, will help you manage work-life demands. The activities will help you identify what energizes and drains you and will offer strategies for finding time every day to focus on energy renewal and recovery. Watch the video and then work through the attached downloadable "Energizing" Lesson Guide resource.

Requirements

You should have a desire to expand your concept of leadership
You should be willing to explore your life as material for learning
You should be ready to engage in interactive leadership exercises

Description

What you admire in others exists within you – it is a matter of bringing it out through self-awareness and conscious practice to build skills. Get inspired to begin your own Centered Leadership journey.

The Centered Leadership model will help you lead with impact, resilience, and fulfillment at work and in your life. There are five parts to Centered Leadership: Meaning, Framing, Connecting, Engaging, and Energizing.

LeanIn.Org is committed to offering women the ongoing inspiration and support to help them achieve their goals. This course is a partnership between LeanIn.Org and Joanna Barsh, director emeritus at McKinsey & Company and author of Centered Leadership and How Remarkable Women Lead, along with McKinsey & Company.

Who this course is for:

This course is for women of all ages who want to develop their leadership skills and become the most effective and impactful leader they can be—at work and in the rest of their lives

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 3min

Centered Leadership5 lectures • 42min

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