Leadership at Cornell
These courses have been created by the Organizational Development and Effectiveness team to develop leadership skills for employees in any role, as well as supervisors and mangers.
Leadership @ Cornell
This is a 7-module virtual classroom curriculum and it is recommended you take these courses in sequence. Courses are 1.5 – 2 hours each. All modules must be completed to receive a completion status and/or certificate for this course track.
Leader as Coach
Leader as Coach focuses on the supervisor or leader as coach based on the 2002-19 Presence-Based Coaching model. After the course, you'll have access to follow-up coaching sessions providing the opportunity for skill mastery by putting all your learning and intentions into practice.
4 days
Register for HR 3017 Leader as Coach
Leading in These Times
As a leader, it is vital to understand the ever-changing landscape of where and how we work. In this three-course track, managers will explore relationships, strategies for effective communications, coaching for performance and development, and how to tap into employee strengths and passions.
Three courses that can be taken individually or receive a certificate by completing the track. There is no required end date for completing any track – take classes at your convenience and complete in your own time!
Register for HR 1009 Leading in These Times
- HR 3050 The Changing Landscape of Work
- HR 3051 Building Connections
- HR 3052 Recognizing, Developing and Moving Talent at Cornell
Building Trust
As a leader, it is your responsibility to establish trust and motivate the team to create an environment that encourages collaboration and partnership between colleagues. As a member of the team, what are you doing to foster an environment where trust is co-created?
Register for HR 1010 Building Trust Program
- HR 3053 Establishing and Maintaining Trust in Work Groups
- HR 3054 The Value of Trust for Creating and Maintaining Belonging
Communications
As a result of this 4-course track of communicating in remote, onsite, and hybrid work environments, you will learn:
- Effective techniques for facilitating business meetings
- The importance of listening and techniques for effective listening
- Cornell's expectations on giving and receiving feedback and strategies to do that well
- How to approach and manage difficult conversations
- HR 3055 Managing and Facilitating Meetings
- HR 3056 Effective Listening
- HR 3057 Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback
- HR 3058 Difficult Conversations
Emotional Intelligence
The capacity to be aware of, control, guide, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. In this 7-part track, we explore the role of emotions in our daily lives. The series will begin by exploring our own self-perception and expression and move through how it effects our interpersonal relationships, decision making, and stress management.
- HR 3060 Self-Perception - Self-Regard, Self-Actualization
- HR 3061 Self-Expression – Emotional Expression, Assertiveness, Independence
- HR 3062 Interpersonal – Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy, Social Responsibility
- HR 3063 Decision Making – Problem Solving, Reality Testing, Impulse Control
- HR 3064 Stress Management – Flexibility, Stress Tolerance, Optimism
Employee Engagement
Engaged employees fully invest their best selves in the work they do. But what is employee engagement and how is it created?
Employees and leaders intuitively know that when we find a place where we can throw our hearts, spirits, minds, and hands into our work, we are happier, healthier, and produce better results. Yet, most of us struggle to understand exactly why we engage in some environments and don’t in others.