Leadership Certificate Competencies

In addition, they have practiced each of the following skills.

COMPETENCY: SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT

Skill or behavior:

• Articulates a moral code and relates code to actions & choices*
• Articulates and leverages unique strengths
• Demonstrates emotional and social intelligence
• Demonstrates resilience and perseverance
• Grounds actions in personal core values
• Holds self accountable
• Learns from failure
• Manages derailing tendencies and personality characteristics
• Recognizes the need for lifelong learning and sets developmental goals for the self*

COMPETENCY: COLLABORATION

Skill or behavior:

• Appropriately manages interpersonal conflict and uses task conflict to improve outcomes
• Balances leadership and active followership
• Contributes to a positive and productive team culture
• Demonstrates exemplary collaborative communication and listening skills
• Gives and receives feedback effectively
• Holds peers accountable
• Identifies and respects others’ core values and strengths
• Establishes positive and productive professional relationships
• Works effectively in functionally and demographically diverse teams*

*Indicates that the skill meets an ABET criteria for student outcomes.

COMPETENCY: LEADERSHIP

Skill or behavior:

• Adapts leadership style to the skills and motivation of the team
• Aligns personal and professional purpose with action
• Celebrates individual and team accomplishments
• Creates an environment that encourages innovation
• Holds the team accountable
• Inspires and communicates a shared vision
• Inspires and informs through excellent oral and written communication*
• Is aware of impact on others and broader consequences of behaviors and decisions*
• Leads others to identify and solve problems*
• Models personal professional ethical responsibility*
• Seeks and incorporates feedback
• Sets goals, motivates action, coordinates efforts
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND SKILLS

• Conscientious: Pays care and attention to work.  Organized and dependable.
• Basic project management: creating a timeline, setting goals and milestones, budgeting, reporting
• Delivers on commitments
• Enacts best practices in brainstorming and organizational decision-making
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Grows and leverages a professional network
• Maintains a professional appearance
• Manages time effectively and is punctual
• Sets specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-bound goals
• Flexible; adapts successfully to changing situations and environments.