Team Leadership and Collaboration

This Micro-Credential will teach social and emotional intelligence and how these competencies can strengthen leadership skills, enhance personal and professional growth, and promote a deeper understanding of collaboration. It emphasizes knowledge of individual emotional intelligence, conflict styles, and group dynamics in order to be a better leader of teams and collaborator in groups. Once three of the courses are completed, you will earn a Team Leadership and Collaboration badge to post on your professional sites.

Completed your requirements and ready to collect your badge? Apply to receive your micro-credential badge here.

Required Courses

(3 of the 4 courses required)
BA 492: Working with Emotional Intelligence – 4 credits
BA 489: Organizational Leadership – 4 credits
PSYCH 438: Group Dynamics – 4 credits
COMM 455: Conflict Management – 4 credits
(These are all offered in 5 week/one night a week format in Medford through the INL program and fully online in a 10 week format.)

Additional Requirements

Must earn a C- or better in each course. Some of these courses have projects and papers included in the coursework.

Learning Outcomes/Competencies

• Gain an operating understanding of organizational leadership and culture, including theories about individual and group behaviors, and emotional intelligence.
• Learn to assess self and other’s behaviors.
• Develop plans for improving team leadership in times of conflict and change.
• Improve communication skills for productive management of teams.

Contact Moneeka Settles at settlesm@sou.edu for more information on the schedule of the courses or on how to receive the micro-credential badge.