New Online Certificate Program from Cornell University Develops High Performance Leaders
(Ithaca, NY, August 25, 2009) - Cornell University’s ILR School and eCornell have announced the launch of a new online professional development certificate program in High Performance Leadership. The certificate program is based on the research and consulting of Professor Samuel Bacharach, the McKelvey-Grant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the ILR School and director of Cornell ILR’s Institute for Workplace Studies.
The High Performance Leadership certificate is designed to develop the critical skills necessary for today’s leaders to succeed in an ambiguous and uncertain business environment. This program will equip proven and high-potential leaders to work effectively across an organization to get things done, execute their business’ strategy to deliver results, and manage and develop others in the organization.
High Performance Leaders must master the ability to:
• Mobilize coalitions with diverse agendas, needs, and wants;
• Sustain momentum in order to execute strategy in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity;
• Develop and lead people through coaching relationships; and
• Negotiate across and beyond organizational boundaries.
The High Performance Leadership certificate develops all these essential skills. Professor Bacharach’s approach to leadership is based on years of observing and researching leadership in action and answering the question “What makes leadership work?”
“Leadership without the skills of proactive execution is a mirage,” says Bacharach. “I've developed what I consider to be the most integrated set of courses that assures the learner that they will be introduced to and will be able incorporate the skills that will make them high-performance leaders. My challenge for the last 30 years has been to break leadership down into a series of skills that can be mastered. To my mind, this 10-course eCornell program is the crowning gem of my career, and I believe that regardless of the organization, this program can truly enhance the proactive leadership capacity of all learners.”
The program is delivered by eCornell using its proven instructor-led structured flexibility model that combines the structure of a well-defined schedule, the flexibility of online learning, and access to subject-matter expert instructors to contextualize the learning and guide the learner to successful completion.
Students who successfully complete all the components of the High Performance Leadership series earn a certificate from Cornell University.
Learn more about the High Performance Leadership certificate.
About eCornell
eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world's leading organizations with online, asynchronous professional and executive development in the areas of strategy, leadership and management development, human resources, financial management, and hospitality management. Its proven course development model and instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous and interactive learning. The company has delivered over 117,00 courses to more than 31,000 students in 189 countries. For more information, visit www.ecornell.com.
About the Cornell University ILR School
Cornell University’s ILR School is advancing the world of work through teaching, research and outreach. It was founded as The School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1945, with a mission "to improve industrial and labor conditions in the State." Today, the school has national and international reach and is known more simply as ILR. Its focus has evolved to keep pace with the changing workplace and extends beyond labor-management relations to the many facets of work that are critical to an organization’s success in a global economy – from human resource management and labor economics and law, to organizational behavior and conflict resolution. ILR is a unique educational institution offering a four-year undergraduate program focused on the workplace, several types of graduate degrees, and career-long learning for professionals. To learn more about the ILR School, visit www.ilr.cornell.edu.
