HarvardX Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles

This course teaches the strategies and skills for leading in a changing world where adaptive pressures will continue to challenge all of us. The course is based on the research and teaching of Ronald Heifetz, a renowned authority on leadership and the founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. The course covers topics such as how to identify and unbundle complex challenges, how to understand the role of formal and informal authority, how to identify the key perspectives of stakeholders, how to build and renew trust relationships, how to approach conflict, and how to implement personal strategies for surviving and thriving amidst change. The course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn how to exercise leadership and mobilize people to tackle tough problems and improve life.