Certificate in Organizational Leadership
Inspire, Motivate and Influence Others - Develop Your Soft Skills to Become a More Effective Leader
Make an impact at your company by complementing your technical knowledge with the interpersonal leadership skills to guide others toward increasing productivity and meeting organizational goals.
The 100% online Certificate in Organizational Leadership program teaches management and leadership tactics you can apply immediately in a corporate environment, including fiscal planning and responsibility, employee communication and motivation, team building and general principles of organizational leadership. You will be taught the tools and strategies to lead an organization that values learning, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and innovation, and welcomes change.
$104,240
Average annual salary for manager occupations*
*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Management Occupations, on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/home.htm (visited Jan. 17, 2020).
National long-term projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions, and do not guarantee actual job growth. Certificate program options do not guarantee career or salary outcomes. Students should conduct independent research for specific employment information.
Take Three Classes and Complete Your Certificate
To earn your Certificate in Organizational Leadership, you must complete three courses — Strategic Organizational Leadership, Maximizing Team Effectiveness and one elective from the multiple course options below.
Earning this certificate demonstrates your commitment to becoming a highly productive, strategic and creative leader inside or outside your organization.
Ideal for professionals seeking tactical management, conflict management and organizational leadership skills, the certificate program promotes personal confidence, professional integrity and management techniques used by business leaders.
What You’ll Learn
Students will learn strategies and skills related to the following:
- The key traits of successful leaders
- Development of an authentic leadership voice
- Planning and executing successful and productive meetings
- Managing and resolving conflict
- Inspiring and conflict management
- Building and managing diverse and inclusive teams
- Strategic planning and goal-setting
- Emotional intelligence
- Fiscal planning
- Ethics and moral leadership
- Organizational mission, vision, and a culture of innovation and creativity
- Individual development and strategies for providing feedback
Military Savings
Villanova offers military education savings to those who qualify. Learn more.
Military Clock Hours: 202.0-240.0
Required Courses
3 Course Program
Strategic Organizational Leadership $2,095
8 Week Course View Course
Maximizing Team Effectiveness $2,095
8 Week Course View Course
1 Elective $2,095 - $2,495
8 Week Course See Course Options Below
Total for Individual Courses
$6,285 – $6,685
Multi-Course Package Total $5,531 – $5,883
Savings $754 – $802
Note: Pricing for the three-course certificate programs varies depending on course selection. Fill out the form for more information.
Electives
Meet Your Expert Faculty
Villanova University’s courses are taught by industry practitioners with a range of real-world experience. Meet Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies Faculty and Staff.
Roberta Dillon, MS, is a Communication and Conflict Management Specialist, who works as a facilitator, trainer and coach to leaders and teams in higher education, healthcare, not-for-profit, and governmental agencies. Her studies and writing focus on organizational and interpersonal conflict including workplace violence. Bobbie worked professionally as a mediator for more than a decade with mediation training at the Upstate New York Family Mediation Training Institute, the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation at Hofstra University School of Law, as well as completing studies in the use of Narrative Mediation and Non-Violent Communication. She is a certified coach and trainer for the Comprehensive Conflict Coaching Model, an approved trainer for the Family Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and a certified assessor of the Conflict Dynamics Profile and Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile instruments.
Who Should Register?
Villanova’s online Certificate in Organizational Leadership is designed for current business leaders and mid- to upper-level managers, as well as those who aspire to lead critical change that sustains and propels organizational success.
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