IT Leadership: Leading People, Projects, and Change
IT Leadership: Leading People, Projects, and Change
Published 6/2025
Duration: 10h 21m | .MP4 1920x1080 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 3.92 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Published 6/2025
Duration: 10h 21m | .MP4 1920x1080 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 3.92 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Practical Strategies for Leading Modern IT Teams
What you'll learn
- Understand the key pillars of successful IT leadership, including people, planning, risk-taking, and customer focus, so you can lead with purpose and clarity.
- Transition confidently from individual contributor to leader. Understand the mindset shift required and how to lead with influence, not just expertise.
- Distinguish between managing and leading and learn when to apply authority versus influence to build trust and accountability within your team.
- Develop your unique leadership persona by exploring emotional intelligence and leadership styles to enhance your ability to motivate and inspire your team.
- Apply performance management frameworks to support each team member’s development and performance.
- Communicate effectively in an IT environment by building trust, resolving conflict, and handling tough conversations, so you can lead with confidence.
- Think and act strategically by aligning technology to business goals, prioritizing initiatives, and building an actionable IT roadmap.
- Navigate IT governance by understanding compliance, ethics, and risk to ensure your team operates with integrity and professionalism.
- Foster team collaboration and accountability by building a culture of humility, hunger, and emotional intelligence.
- Lead your team confidently through organizational change by managing resistance, maintaining morale, and keeping projects on track during times of uncertainty.
- Implement project management best practices. From estimating scope and budget to measuring ROI.
- Embrace ongoing professional growth and wellness. Deciding when to climb the ladder or remain in a role you thrive in.
Requirements
- Familiarity with common information technology concepts and terms.
- Willingness to learn and try to implement course strategies/assignments in your organization.
- Internet access.
Description
In a rapidly evolving tech world marked by AI breakthroughs, IT layoffs, and cultural shifts like quiet quitting, it’s easy for technology leaders to feel like they’re constantly “putting out fires.” Perhaps you’ve been thrust into management because you were a stellar technician, only to discover that guiding people requires a whole new mindset? If any of these challenges resonates with you, this course is designed to help.IT Leadership: Leading People, Projects, and Changeis designed to help you transition from an individual contributor to an effective, strategic leader—so you can spend more time inspiring your team and less time battling day-to-day chaos.
Grounded in practical, real-world lessons, the curriculum focuses on leadership fundamentals like setting goals, managing time, and leading others. You will develop skills for prioritizing tasks, navigating conflict, and building a supportive team culture. Each section explores best practices in emotional intelligence, strategic planning, IT governance, communication, and more.
The curriculum is grouped into six major subjects including:
General Leadership Development
Leading People & Teams
Effective Communication
IT Strategic Planning
Project Management
Leading Through Change
IT Governance & Compliance
This course is designed to help you build a comprehensive toolkit for sustained success as an IT leader. Throughout the course, you’ll engage with case studies and hands-on assignments that reflect real-life challenges, including budget constraints, talent retention, and rapid technological change; equipping you with the confidence to lead under any circumstances.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear, personalized leadership framework that keeps you focused on strategic priorities instead of putting out one fire after another. You will be able to craft clear goals, measure progress, and maintain momentum, no matter how often priorities shift in a changing IT landscape. If you’re ready to move beyond reactive management and lead your team with clarity, vision, and impact, this is the course you need.
Who this course is for:
- New IT Leaders & IT Executives
- Functional IT managers that want to lead high performing teams.
- IT professionals interested in moving into a management role one day.
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