Leadership Microcredential

As a higher education leader, you face unique challenges daily. Whether it’s navigating complex change management processes, fostering collaboration, or dealing with departmental conflict, the pressures are immense.

Our Leadership Microcredential is designed specifically for leaders like you, offering actionable insights and strategies from experienced leaders who know your exact challenges to enhance your leadership capabilities and drive meaningful change within your institution. This asynchronous 5.5-hour Magna Online Course delves deeply into essential leadership traits, equipping you with a profound understanding of qualities that inspire success and team cohesion. You’ll learn proven techniques for effectively managing change, ensuring new programs succeed, and overcoming obstacles that may arise during implementation. Additionally, you’ll gain guidance on strengthening campus-wide collaboration, fostering an engaged and empowered team, and resolving conflicts within your department to maintain a positive and productive work environment.

This asynchronous Magna Online Course is unique in its flexibility by adapting to your specific needs through a self-assessment tool that starts your journey. You’ll receive a recommended list of programs to complete to solve your biggest challenges. For those passionate about leadership, you also have the option of completing as many of the programs you like. Upon completion, you’ll earn a digital badge that highlights your commitment to leadership excellence. This badge not only showcases your enhanced skills but also distinguishes you as a leader dedicated to professional growth and institutional success.

Register today and take the next step in your leadership evolution—empower yourself, drive meaningful change, and lead with confidence.

This Magna Online Course Includes:

• A self-assessment tool to guide your learning to incorporate your specific needs
• Goal-Setting Guide
• Classroom Action Plan Worksheet
• Supplemental materials for each program within the course
• A digital badge upon completion

View Included Programs In This Magna Online Course

Learning Goals:

At the conclusion of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Develop a deep understanding of the core qualities that drive effective leadership and foster team cohesion within higher education settings
• Gain practical skills in leading and managing change to ensure the successful implementation of new programs and initiatives
• Strengthen collaboration across your institution, creating a more engaged and empowered academic community
• Manage and resolve conflicts within your department, fostering a positive and productive work environment
• Build authenticity and lead with integrity to create an engaged and motivated team
• Identify and address negative and toxic leadership behaviors, learning how to cultivate a healthy and supportive work environment
• Gain insights into creating successful training and development programs for graduate teaching assistants, enhancing their effectiveness and contribution to the institution

How Does This Magna Online Course Work?

• To earn the digital badge demonstrating your proficiency in leadership, view 5 or more of the 11 included programs.
• You may watch programs in any order.
• Each program includes a note-taking guide, supplemental materials, and a transcript to further your learning.
• To receive credit for a program, watch the entire program without refreshing or going to another page until the program is complete. (You may take breaks between programs.)
• The course comes with a self-assessment tool which takes your responses and provides you a custom learning path, focusing on your biggest needs.
• The course also comes with special additional resources such as a Classroom Action Plan and a Goal-Setting Guide to support you in implementing what you learned into your practice.
• Once you have completed the requirements of the course, you will be able to request a digital badge which demonstrates your proficiency of the subject matter.

Who Will Benefit from This Course:

• Deans
• Department Chairs
• Chancellors
• Provosts
• Presidents
• Vice Presidents
• Directors
• Those seeking a leadership role in higher education

Group Enrollment:

Discount pricing is available for multiple seats purchased at the same time.

For 10 or more seats, please contact Magna Sales at sales@magnapubs.com or call 800-433-0499 ext. 183 to receive a customized quote.

Request a customized quote!

Product Code: PQ23TA

Meet Your Presenters

Ken Alford, PhD
Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University

Robert E. Cipriano, EdD
Senior Partner, Academic Training Leadership & Assessment Services

Stephanie Delaney, PhD
Vice President of Instruction, Renton Technical College

Shana Garrett, PhD
Licensed Professional Counselor, Walden University

Lynn Gillette, PhD
President, Sierra Nevada College

Stephanie Hinshaw, EdD
Executive Director, Butler University

Erin Malone, PhD, DVM
Professor and Assistant Dean of Curriculum, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine

Jessica Marotta, EdD
Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Education, Marymount University

Tanjula Petty, EdD
Assistant Provost for Student Success and Special Initiatives, Alabama State University

Ann Taylor, PhD
Assistant Dean for Distance Learning, The Pennsylvania State University

Jennifer H. Waldeck, PhD
Professor and Department Head, University of Georgia