Online Leadership Course Curriculum

Unit 1: Blackstone’s Skills for Success

• Discover How You Learn
• Find a Place to Study
• Learn How to Study

Unit 2: Management Practices & Principles

• The Supervisor: Manager and Leader
• Effective Communication
• Creating a Positive Work Climate
• Building Teams and Managing Conflict
• Delegation
• Developing Job Expectations
• Recruiting Employees
• Selecting Employees
• Orienting and Training Employees
• Performance Evaluation
• Disciplining Employees

Unit 3: Interpersonal Communications

• Aspects of a Positive Workplace Environment
• Communication
• Diversity in the Workplace
• Team Building

Unit 4: Critical Thinking Skills

• Introduction to Critical Thinking and the PANIC Method
• Inference and Judgment
• Metacognition
• Forming Strong Conclusions through Predicting
• Rhetorical Strategies
• Critical Theories
• Deductive Reasoning
• Emotional Intelligence and Critical Thinking

Unit 5: Time & Stress Management

• LifeTime Patterns (Values)
• The Power of LifeTime Habits
• Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes
• Choosing Your Priorities
• Planning and Scheduling Activities
• Interruptions, the #1 TimeThief
• TimeLogs
• TimeTips
• Self-Esteem and Time Management
• Stress Management