The Global Leadership Certificate is a FREE option for students to engage in their leadership journey that is specifically gauged towards applying their leadership skills across cultures and contexts. Over the course of seven weeks, students will explore personal, local, national, and global issues within leadership and identify the knowledge, skills, and awareness necessary to navigate these different contexts.
The Global Leadership Series is a FREE seven-week certification program designed for Cal Poly students seeking to deepen their leadership skills within different cultural contexts. Participants will explore the intersection of leadership, identity, and global awareness while developing competencies essential for effective leadership across various communities and cultures.
Through weekly sessions and interactive activities, participants will
- Examine how leadership manifests across different disciplinary and cultural contexts
- Develop a greater awareness of personal leadership style, privilege, and social responsibility
- Complete a contextual leadership plan outlining goals for applying leadership skills in personal and community spaces
The Global Leadership Series is ideal for students eager to expand their leadership perspectives, navigate complex global issues, and cultivate the skills needed to lead in a globally connected world.
Overview of the 7 weeks:
Week 1: Establish that leadership choices and meanings change when context changes.
Week 2: Move from contextual leadership to personal and structural understandings of how identity, role, history, and institutional location shape what we notice, how we are read, and what choices are available.
Week 3: Explore cultural humility and how leaders continue learning and adapting across cultural differences. Students will develop cultural inteligence and what shapes motivation.
Week 4: Dive into what shapes communication by understanding culture and individual perspectives. Examine different forms of conflict while learning how to navigate each one.
Week 5: Transition from learning about ourselves and others to putting leadership into action. Intention and ethical collective action can create meaningful and positive change.
Week 6: Bring together key concepts from the GLS series to explore cross-cultural leadership in practice
Week 7: Participants will present their capstone projects, showcasing how they have applied the concepts and frameworks they've learned throughout the series.