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Women in Leadership:

Becoming an Agent of Change

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Why enroll in this course?

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Understand the importance of intersectionality.

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Cultivate your leadership persona.

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Present with diversity, equity, and inclusion in mind.

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Support public policies that empower women to lead.

What will you learn?

What will you learn?

  • Most effective approaches to leadership in the 21st century

  • Challenges facing women who seek leadership roles

  • Tactics to achieve equity in any organization

All the participants who successfully complete their program will receive an MIT Professional Education Certificate of Completion, as well as Continuing Education Units (CEUs)*.

To obtain CEUs, complete the accreditation confirmation, which is available at the end of the course. CEUs are calculated for each course based on the number of learning hours.

*The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is defined as 10 contact hours of ongoing learning to indicate the amount of time they have devoted to a non-credit/non-degree professional development program.

To understand whether or not these CEUs may be applied toward professional certification, licensing requirements, or other required training or continuing education hours, please consult your training department or licensing authority directly.

Course outline

Women in Leadership provides the curriculum, tools, and techniques to become a catalyst for positive change and equity within your organization. Empower yourself to take bold risks in order to advance yourself, your team, and your organization in the face of adversity.

Course Overview

    Lead Instructors

    MPE Faculty Edward Schiappa
    Prof. Edward Schiappa

    John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities and Co-chair of the Gender Equity Committee of the School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences - MIT | Coordinating Instructor

    MPE Faculty David Niño
    Dr. David Niño

    Senior Lecturer in the Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program at MIT

    Faculty Contributors

    MPE Faculty Kerri Cahoy
    Prof. Kerri Cahoy

    Associate Professor Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Co Director At Small Satellite Center, MIT School Of Engineering

    MPE Faculty Kristala Jones
    Prof. Kristala L. Jones Prather

    Arthur Dehon Little Professor, Department Executive Officer, MIT School Of Engineering

    MPE Faculty Anna Frebel
    Prof. Anna Frebel

    Professor of Physics, Division Head for Astrophysics - MIT School of Science

    MPE Faculty Deborah Ancona
    Prof. Deborah L. Ancona

    Founder of the MIT Leadership Center at the MIT Sloan School of Management

    MPE Faculty Kara Blackburn
    Dr. Kara Blackburn

    Senior Lecturer, Managerial Communication, MIT Sloan School of Management

    I wish to have done this course 20 years ago! This course helped me to answer very fundamental questions that I tried to answer by myself through observation. It provided me the background of how the things are in the state of business as today. Also, this course made me reflect on different ways of leadership styles and helped me to acknowledge my own voice and the type of leader I want to be. It validates my way of act, but more importantly, it opened the door to be expose to other greater tools to sharpen my desire to become even better. I learned the key elements to growth my career that none else talked me about it with an open and true desire to share the real way to get up through the corporate ladder. It was fascinating to discover new resources to build a more clear career path and be able to redesign my future actions to continue to move up in my career. Finally, I would like to thank all the professors that facilitated the course. It was very inspiring to see their true interest to support and advance women in leadership to the best of their knowledge and capabilities. Thanks also to our facilitator for her dedication and always be there for me to revise assignments and provide additional comments to enrich the discussions.
    Erika Enciso Sosa
    Head of LATAM New Franchise Recruiting,
    The Wendy's Company

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