Earn your Strengths-based Leadership Certificate completely online with a combination of live interactive sessions and self-paced assignments! This flexible certificate program provides supervisors, managers, directors, and emerging leaders with an opportunity to learn and practice skills leading to a more empowered workplace. Leaders may choose to attend just the workshops that interest them or sign up for the complete certificate program. Participants who attend all five workshops, complete a final project, and present the project at a sixth meeting will receive Temple University Harrisburg’s Strengths-based Leadership Certificate. The first five workshops can be completed in any order.
We are excited to offer hybrid versions of our popular Strengths-based Leadership workshops! The hybrid version of each workshop consists of a half-day online workshop followed by approximately three hours of online coursework which you complete on your own time within three weeks of attending the half-day workshop.
Strengths-based Leadership: An Overview
Participants will discuss what defines an empowering workplace and reflect on their own approach to leadership.
Communication Skills for Strengths-based Leaders
Participants will learn and practice strengths-based communication techniques that will improve relationships and improve results.
Culture and the Strengths-based Leader
Participants will reflect on their own culture, how it has shaped their values and beliefs, and what impact it may have on their role as a leader.
Performance Management and the Strengths-based Leader
In this workshop, leaders will practice giving and receiving strengths-based feedback, discuss goal plans, and identify the benefits of using tools to measure progress.
Strengths-based Leaders Impacting Change
In this session, participants will discuss their vision for their team and identify strengths-based approaches to change and collaboration.
Strengths-based Leadership Final Presentations
This course is available to individuals who have completed the five workshops of the Strengths-based Leadership Series. To complete the certificate, participants must submit a final project plan, implement the project for 30 days, present their project at the Final Presentation workshop in-person or online (Schedule or Canvas), and submit a Final Report.
Upcoming Workshop Dates
Strengths-based Leadership: An Overview
- December 9, 2020 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0007 - 013
- May 13, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0007 - 014
Communication Skills for Strengths-based Leaders
- January 13, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0008 - 013
- June 17, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0008 - 014
Culture and the Strengths-based Leader
- February 10, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0009 - 013
- July 15, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0009 - 014
Performance Management and the Strengths-based Leader
- March 10, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0010 - 015
- August 12, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0010 - 016
Strengths-based Leaders Impacting Change
- December 5, 2020 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0011 - 011 - this is a Saturday morning session
- April 14, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0011 - 016
- September 16, 2021 (9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Zoom) - HBGSBL0011 - 017
Strengths-based Leadership Final Presentations
- Ongoing Canvas Course from January 1 - June 30, 2021 - HBGSBL0012 - 009
Please contact sbleader@temple.edu with any questions.