IMS LEARNING PATHWAYS
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The IMS learning pathways take the specific information you need to master a given skill, break it down into individual topics and presents those topics in a linear fashion. Instead of clicking around articles and courses written for vastly different levels with no cohesive thread joining them, our learning pathways provide a step-by-step journey for you to follow. Learning and retaining new information isn't easy — but a learning path that's tailored to your learning style will go a long way towards minimizing the effect of the forgetting curve.
BENEFITS OF LEARNING PATHS
- Provides a holistic approach to a particular leadership development topic
- Creates a purpose-driven learning path with viable goals to ensure attendees stay focused on a the set learning path
- Follows a curated road map of closely related courses that work with different aspects of the one overarching skill
- Receive certificate of achievement indicating 9 hours of educational credit
- Networking opportunities with your peer-to-peer cohort
PATHWAY: NEW & EMERGING LEADERS
Learn to become a leader others will want to follow by first developing yourself as a leader. You can take on the most challenging leadership responsibilities such as establishing and executing your leadership purpose and vision, acquiring essential strategies and techniques to powerfully lead and manage others and be given skills related to performance management, motivation, team development, delegation and feedback.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PATHWAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- Develop and internalize your leadership identity
- Recognize and leverage opportunities to navigate barriers and potential de-railers
- Coaching advice and ways to deliver effective feedback
- Identify what actions as a leader you should stop, start and continue to do
- Proven leadership techniques to manage others
- How to facilitate and manage effective virtual meetings and presentations
WHO IS THIS PATHWAY DESIGNED FOR?
New and emerging leaders with limited leadership experience.
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Jan 28, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourMastering Tough Conversations: Communicate Best When It Matters Most
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Feb 23, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourReality-Based Leadership - Ditch the Drama and Turn Excuses into Results
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Mar 25, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourFrom Player to Coach: Making the Successful Transition to Management
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PATHWAY: NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP
More and more leaders are leading in environments of rapid disruption — and they're leading teams who aren't co-located. Today, with increased travel restrictions and reduced budgets, that has intensified. This online next level leadership pathway prepares leaders for the ever-changing needs of the new world of work by developing critical skills needed to succeed such as leading virtual teams, building resiliency, collaborating with others, and solving complex challenges.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PATHWAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- Exploring leadership styles and their application in this virtual environment
- Discuss foundational concepts & practices of virtual leadership
- Effective ways to build leadership presence
- Identify ways to be poised, confident and charismatic as a leader
- Coaching for behavior change
- Best practices shared around engagement, teamwork and professional development
WHO IS THIS PATHWAY DESIGNED FOR?
Mid-to-senior level leaders who lead other managers or leaders who work up, down and across the organization.
NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP COURSES | |
Jan 19, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourInnovation Is Every Leader'S Job: Strategies To Help Your Team Adapt And Thrive
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Feb 25, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourCourage to Confront: Problem Solving in the Face of Conflict
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Mar 30, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourIncreasing Your Personal Impact: Maximize Your Power to Influence Others
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PATHWAY: STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING
Make the transition to senior leadership, and get the skills you need to make decisions that drive value and revenue for your business. In this pathway you will learn how to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems. Discover how to use strategic thinking to guide the direction of their teams and come up with solutions to key business problems. There will also be content on ways to upgrade your critical thinking to avoid deceiving fallacies, spot misleading cognitive biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PATHWAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- Proven ways in which strategic thinking can be developed
- Effective tips and techniques to strengthen your strategic thinking on an individual and team level
- Examine ways to stimulate dissent and debate to improve your decision making
- Explore the 5 myths of executive decision making using historical examples
- Discover 12 behavioral practices to improve decision making using a 3D thinking framework (hindsight, insight and foresight)
- Deconstruct mental models that poison our leadership potential and learn how thinking differently improves morale, helps to navigate uncertainty and improves employee engagement
WHO IS THIS PATHWAY DESIGNED FOR?
Mid-to-senior level leaders who are looking to strengthen their strategic and critical thinking skills.
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING COURSES | |
Jan 26, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourKnow What You Don't Know: How Leaders Can Prevent Problems Before They Happen
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Feb 11, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourHow Innovative Thinking Leads To Extraordinary Outcomes
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Mar 09, 2021 | Virtual 3-HourBreakthrough Ideas: Becoming a More Strategic Thinker
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WHAT WE DO
WHO WE ARE
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RENO, NV 89501
PHONE: (775) 322-8222