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Individual and Team Leadership Graduate Certificate

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Credit Hours

12

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Per Credit

$730

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Duration

8 Months

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Program Benefits

  • Can Be Completed 100% Online
  • Digital Badging for all Graduate Certificate Courses
  • Apply Graduate Certificate Credits to a Qualifying Graduate Degree
  • No Leadership Pre-requisites Required
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Develop In-Demand Skills and Become a Leader

The online Individual and Team Leadership Graduate Certificate provides students with the valuable, transferrable skills they need to advance in their field. Designed with working professionals in mind, this flexible program helps students build upon the leadership and management skills they already possess to grow their career opportunities.

Deepen Your Understanding of Leadership

Regardless of your industry, leadership skills are an essential part of moving into roles that require managing one or more employees. The online Individual and Team Leadership (ITL) graduate certificate is ideal for students looking for specialized team management and leadership knowledge and skills.

The online ITL graduate certificate program provides the opportunity to sample classes before pursuing a Master's in Organizational Leadership. Students can also stack certificate courses toward six other master's programs offered at Saint Mary's. Each class within the certificate program earns students a digital badge, providing an easy way to showcase their learned skills to employers. 

Individual and Team Leadership Graduate Certificate Curriculum

The career-focused curriculum is structured to provide students with skills including leadership and ethics, communication strategies, and collaboration and team building. These skills are highly transferrable across all industries and will equip students with the ability to advance their careers while driving company goals and objectives.

The curriculum consists of four courses comprising 12 credit hours. All courses in the certificate program already exist within the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership degree program and are taught by an exemplary faculty that is dedicated to each individual student's success.

Saint Mary's Accelerator Graduate Certificate Courses

Students will be awarded a course-level badge upon the successful completion of each of the graduate course offerings listed below and will also be awarded the graduate certificate badge upon the successful completion of all coursework required for the Individual and Team Leadership graduate certificate. 

Showcase Your Skills With Digital Badging

Now you can share your accomplishments with your professional network using our digital badging for each course completed throughout your course of study in the Individual and Team Leadership graduate certificate program. Learn More

OL614 Leadership and Ethics (3 credits)

This course focuses on theories and styles of leadership and the ways in which outcomes are influenced through increased awareness of personal style and skills. Personal and professional ethics are analyzed, and ethical issues in organizations are explored.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Evaluate personal leadership strengths and opportunities for leadership success.
  2. Analyze the role of the leader in the context of organizational issues.
  3. Analyze one’s learning and communication style as it applies to leadership in a technological world.
  4. Distinguish emotional intelligence competencies that contribute to leadership success.
  5. Analyze ethical principles that affect decision making.
  6. Analyze ethical dilemmas within organizations.
  7. Synthesize the individual, organizational, and systemic issues in ethical situations.
  8. Construct a process for ethically responsible decision making and apply this model to ethical decision points.

OL624 Collaboration and Team Building (3 credits)

This course focuses on collaboration skills in developing high performing teams. Personal power, conflict, and influence are examined. Team building communication techniques are also included.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Develop strategies for high-performing teams.
  2. Evaluate the role of influence and personal power in building relationships.
  3. Analyze and apply appropriate conflict management approaches.
  4. Evaluate collaboration skills for team building.
  5. Assess cultural situations in organizations.
  6. Evaluate supportive communication techniques.
  7. Analyze an emotional competence framework and apply it to teams.
  8. Apply systems theory, team collaboration, and shared vision to organizations.

OL625 Communication Strategies (3 credits)

This course focuses on tools, techniques, and strategies for effective communication in organizational excellence. Presentation, negotiation, and advocacy are examined.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Evaluate how communication tools, channels, and techniques affect strategy.
  2. Demonstrate interpersonal communication to manage relationships via technology.
  3. Demonstrate effective and supportive listening skills in respectful engagement of others' ideas, behaviors, and beliefs.
  4. Demonstrate the use of narrative and storytelling as a communication strategy.
  5. Demonstrate successful negotiating skills.
  6. Match vocabulary and voice to audience needs.
  7. Argue for and influence an audience on a critical topic.
  8. Present material in a visually appealing manner.

OL640 Power and Influence (3 credits)

This course focuses on the dynamics of power and influence within organizations. It explores the role of power in leadership and how to appropriately exercise it. An overview of the nature and types of power in leadership roles are examined, along with the relationship between power and influence. Communication, relationship building, and organizational politics is also addressed in relation to power and influence.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Analyze the role that power plays in leadership within today’s society.
  2. Describe the relationship among leadership, power, and influence.
  3. Evaluate the connections between power and leadership as they relate to ethical conduct.
  4. Define the nature and characteristics of power, as it exists in the workplace.
  5. Articulate how power influences leadership abilities, including communication, conflict management, and decision-making.

What You'll Learn

  • Interpret the contexts and environments in which organizations operate.
  • Develop individual awareness, style, and communication skills that influence outcomes.
  • Collaborate in complex work teams utilizing effective communication techniques.
  • Evaluate the ethical implications of one's actions.
  • Create an organizational culture of diversity and inclusion.
  • Activate self-directed strategies for continued personal and professional learning.

Grow Your Career With In-Demand Skills

The skills and knowledge learned in the online ITL Graduate Certificate program are essential to those looking to advance to managerial or executive positions. Management career opportunities are expected to grow considerably over the next decade, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting a 9% growth by 2030.1The program also boosts earning potential, with management positions earning a median annual wage of $109,760.1 Potential job titles include:

  • Project Management Specialists: $80,220 annual salary2
  • Public Relations and Fundraising Managers: $118,430 annual salary3
  • Human Resources Managers: $121,220 annual salary4

Certificate Admission Requirements

The online Individual and Team Leadership Graduate Certificate can be completed in as little as four months, with an average length of eight months. The certificate program accepts students from all areas of study and no background, prior work experience, or related bachelor’s degree in leadership is required.

For admission to the program, you'll need:

  • An undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution
  • A minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale
  • A written statement: Your background and future goals all impact your success with Saint Mary's and inform your education. As you prepare your written statement, think about including previous experiences, education, and your strengths and interests. Share your motivations for earning the online artificial intelligence certification and how it will contribute to your career.
  • The names of two people (including title, organization, email, phone number) who can serve as professional references, if needed, during the application review process. The best references are those who know you in a professional capacity, such as current or former supervisors.
  • A current resume: Include both your educational and professional experience.

For more information about the online graduate certificate in Individual and Team Leadership contact us or call 877-308-9954 to speak to an enrollment counselor.

Resources:

1Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Management Occupations. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/home.htm#:~:text=Employment%20in%20management%20occupations%20is,in%20about%20906%2C800%20new%20jobs.

2Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes131198.htm.

3Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Public Relations Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/public-relations-managers.htm.

4Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Human Resources Managers. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm.