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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Leadership Skills by IIMA - IIM Ahmedabad

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About the Course

Welcome to the Leadership Skills course! In our increasingly complex world, understanding the practice of leadership is critical. In simpler words, leadership is the practice of influencing people to meet the challenges that will enable them to achieve important individual and organizational goals. This course provides a foundation for leadership practice and aims to take you on a journey of self-discovery. You will also gain insight into building inner stability and developing your leadership skills. This is a beginner course designed for professionals from diverse work backgrounds. The course helps you lean on your experiences and strengthen your capacity to lead across boundaries, from any political or organizational position, with or without authority. The course will also enable you to learn important leadership skills, clarifying the relationships among key concepts such as definitions of leadership, self-management, authority, power, influence, politics, negotiations, change management, decision-making, and various leadership styles. This knowledge will provide you with a practical and coherent theoretical framework for applying and exercising leadership. Lastly, the course explores the challenge of managing the inevitable personal stresses and dangers of leading a team. The course draws from business management, philosophy, spirituality, history, literature, sports, communications, and psychology. To succeed in this course, you should have experience or a basic understanding of working in organizations....

Top reviews

AH

Sep 17, 2023

Very nicely briefed by Prof. Vishal Gupta. This course enhances the skills of individuals to be more effective at their organisational endeavours and after completing this one comes out stronger.

MG

Jun 19, 2023

very good course. covered all aspects of Leadership Skills and the instructor Dr. Vishal Gupta is a great faculty. His method of presentation and explaining each topic is very clear and specific.

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By Karamvir S S

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Jul 29, 2023

This course has given me teachings and understanding in a simple way. How to manage people and how to excel in your field. I would like to thank Mr.Vishal Gupta from the bottom of my heart for this course, explained in very simple language.

By Romi K

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Dec 25, 2023

Course is very Well drafted about very essentials skills of a true Leader , Genuinely all respect and thanks to Shri Vishal Gupta for teaching us in very Impeccable ways. Through out the session it was always engaging and interactive.

By VAIBHAV M

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Jun 16, 2023

I feel it was a great learning experience and at my current career phase where I am (in Mid-level Management) having an exposure to such a course is crucial as I climb the corporate ladder. Thank you Team Coursera for this opportunity.

By Shueb S

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Aug 8, 2023

A good course designed to help people understand leadership, it's virtues , need for it , how it influences you and people around you. Curriculum is relevant for people to absorb in a self-paced manner.

Thanks & Cheers.

Shueb M Sayed

By ANAND K

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Sep 17, 2023

The leadership skills course was transformative, exceeding expectations with comprehensive content and practical application. Instructors were supportive, and it led to tangible leadership improvement, making it highly recommended.

By Sudip r

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Jan 16, 2024

Excellent course. Thanks Professor and IIMA for offering such a Brilliant course and the content is really awesome. Worth spend of 50 hours on TREAT AND LEAP. Thanks again. Pl offer some more courses on Ancient leadership lessons.

By Chirag P S

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Jun 23, 2023

This Course very deep meaningful & Effective to understand Leadership and management for overall good growth of individual and organization with positive aspect ( WIN to WIN Mindset )

"LEADERS ARE MADE , NOT ALWAYS BORN."

By Suresh K

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Jan 9, 2024

Leadership skills course enhanced my thought process towards leadership. I have learnt excellent leadership skills. I specially thanks Dr. Vishal Gupta and Coursera team to provide us a chance to become a leader. Regards

By Vikram K

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Sep 24, 2023

Super, Thank you so much Vishal Sir and the Coursera team for an amazing course! I learned so much and you made even the more complex topics interesting and easier to follow through real-world stories and case studies,

By Prashant S

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Jun 14, 2023

Any individual who wants to pursue a career in leadership and management. This is the course they should start with, genuine learning from this and very practical theories and frameworks to implement in the real world.

By Sasti K

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Feb 23, 2024

An amazing course which gives a standard framework to begin your leadership journey. This course will be a lifelong reference. A must for beginners or those who have not had an formal education on leadership yet.

By Sukanya C

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Nov 17, 2023

Superb course. The instructor made the content so easy to understand with practical examples and every quiz to understand the learning and retention curve was very good. One can definitely gain a lot from this.

By Amit A

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Aug 13, 2023

Excellent learning experience. Vishal's explanation was very good and easy to follow. The reading material, videos, and sample exercises helped immensely in learning the concept and applicability in our role.

By Praveen N

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Jun 6, 2023

Great insights was provided in to various leadership aspects and had a great time learning the same. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Vishal Gupta for arranging such an intuitive session.

By Yogesh C

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May 30, 2023

Many thanks to Prof. Vishal Gupta and IIMA for providing such a well-structured, interesting, and useful course.

Highly recommended for understanding core concepts about leading any organizational entities.

By Harpreet S

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Sep 2, 2023

Excellent course to boost the leadership skills and management leasons shared by experienced professors of IIM-A. This shall really help in carrer advancement and excel in changing needs of organisation.

By Raunak D

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Jul 12, 2023

Amazing Course and the course instructor Prof Vishal Gupta Sir taught everything in an amazing way and it will definitely help us to develop our overall leadership skills. Learnt a lot from this course.

By sokat36

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Jun 29, 2023

We can a learn better than normal offline classes. We on the on job can take the advantage of this course which will guide us and improve us our skill of leadership quality through this course. Well done

By Dr. P H M

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Jan 18, 2024

Great Course. Genuine Efforts in Preparation of Course Material. Highly Recommended. All scripts are lucidly written and in apt words to keep it simple and meaningful. Many thanks to Prof. Vishal Gupta.

By Suyog Y

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Jul 25, 2023

The leadership course I just completed was excellent. The presentation format was highly appreciated. I extend my sincere gratitude to Coursera and Mr. Gupta for their efforts in putting this together.

By Harsh

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Jul 7, 2023

This course has been excellent learning for me and will be for anyone who aspires to be a great leader one day. I will like to give a big thank you to Professor Vishal Gupta for his wonderful lectures.

By SalimaCharania

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May 24, 2023

It teaches you that leaders are not born they're in the making. Well paced and clear on every topic. Thank you to Prof. Vishal Gupta for sharing his insights on the curriculum and making it interested.

By Garima G

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Jun 12, 2023

It was an amazing journey learning with Mr. Vishal Sir. You have been an amazing mentor, and I hope to get into IIMA to experience your live sessions and interactions.

Thank you

Garima Gopal

Student, BBA

By Himanshu S C

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Mar 14, 2024

Thank you, Professor Vishal Gupta, for being such an amazing instructor and for contributing significantly to my personal and professional development. Here's to continuous learning and growth!

By Queen S M

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Sep 9, 2023

Thank you Coursera,, thank you professor . I've learned a lot in your course Leadership Skills. I've also get interested about Indian epic. I wont' forget the lesson's from Mahabharata.