{"id":10843,"date":"2021-08-27T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/?p=10843"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T09:50:09","slug":"coursera-for-business-launches-leadership-academy-to-deliver-world-class-management-training-at-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/coursera-for-business-launches-leadership-academy-to-deliver-world-class-management-training-at-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Coursera for Business Launches Leadership Academy to Deliver World-Class Management Training at Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb-1024x331.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10924\" width=\"356\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb-1024x331.png 1024w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb-768x248.png 768w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/coursera-logo-full-rgb.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The disruption and uncertainty caused by digital transformation, and widespread adoption of hybrid work have created new challenges for organisations. These challenges require leaders to keep pace as change accelerates.<\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coursera is excited to launch the Leadership Academy to help companies develop the next generation of leaders and high-performance teams amid a rapidly changing workplace, remote work, and back-to-office transitions.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offered as part of the company\u2019s enterprise platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/business\/\">Coursera for Business<\/a>, the academy will feature content from the world\u2019s top universities and companies \u2014 taught by many leading instructors. Coursera\u2019s growing portfolio of Academies includes the Data and Analytics Academy, Cloud and IT Academy, Software Engineering Academy, Marketing Academy, Finance Academy, and now Leadership Academy. Coursera\u2019s six academies are powered by our proprietary and innovative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/business\/products\/?utm_medium=press&amp;utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=leadership-academy-pr&amp;utm_content=skillsets&amp;utm_term=skillsets\">SkillSets<\/a> platform, which helps employees develop specific skills for specific roles.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leadership Academy features 42 SkillSets, including Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Skills, Change Management, and Organizational Development. These cutting-edge SkillSets make leadership skills measurable, enabling employees and managers to track progress against skill development targets as learning progresses.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leadership Academy prepares employees for a range of different leadership roles by learning to:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Lead Yourself <\/strong>\u2013 enable employees to develop leadership behaviours by obtaining a foundational understanding of management, change, and human skills.<\/li><li><strong>Lead Teams<\/strong> \u2013 develop team leadership capabilities by strengthening change, recognition, people development, and collaboration skills.<\/li><li><strong>Lead Organisations<\/strong> \u2013 build organisational leadership capabilities that empower leaders to grow people and profits.<\/li><li><strong>Lead Transformation<\/strong> \u2013 develop workforce capabilities that empower all employees to adapt, innovate, and transform the business.<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leadership Academy features over 350 job-based content recommendations from leading university and industry partners including:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/leadership-collaboration?=\">High Performance Collaboration \u2013 Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation<\/a> by Professor Leigh Thompson from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/communication-strategies-virtual-age?\">Communications Strategies for a Virtual Age<\/a> by Ivan Wanis Ruiz from the University of Toronto<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/remote-team-management\">How to Manage a Remote Team<\/a> by Darren Murph and Jessica Reeder from GitLab Inc.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/high-stakes-leadership\">High Stakes Leadership: Leading in Times of Crisis <\/a>&nbsp;by Professor Mike Barger from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan<br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Enterprise cloud data management company<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informatica.com\/\"> Informatica<\/a> is among the first to embrace the Leadership Academy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The notion that great leaders are born, not made, is misleading. An important part of leadership development is the realization that there are component skills that can be learned and mastered<\/em>,\u201d said Matt Dearmon, Director of Leadership and Professional Development at Informatica. \u201c<em>As the world keeps changing, we need to support leaders at every level of our organisations with the types of targeted, reliable skills that form the basis of the Leadership Academy. We\u2019re excited to leverage this Academy to help deliver skills-focused leadership training that is both scalable and personalized to the needs of the learner. We can meet them where they are and help take them where they want to be.<\/em>\u201d<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched on August 18, 2021, the Leadership Academy is now broadly available to all Coursera for Business customers. With the Leadership Academy, Coursera looks forward to helping customers provide teams across their organisation with job-based skills development paths, and to equip them with the growth mindset and human skills required to thrive in a digital economy.<br><br><br><br>By <em><strong>Leah Belsky<\/strong><\/em>, Coursera Chief Enterprise Officer<br><br><br><br>On <strong>September 16, 2021 at 13:00<\/strong> Coursera will explore how skills-based learning can impact your organisation and why prioritising learning during this time of unprecedented change is a strategic imperative. <a href=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oebcast-series\">Visit our website for more information about this OEBCast Episode<\/a>.<br><br><br><br>From <strong>December 1 &#8211; 3 at OEB21<\/strong> Coursera will share the latest insights into how the digital skills revolution is shaping employers and employee futures.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disruption and uncertainty caused by digital transformation, and widespread adoption of hybrid work have created new challenges for organisations. 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