If you’re looking to improve and grow your leadership skills, LinkedIn Learning is offering free courses to help you achieve your goals.
Until November 30, 2021, LinkedIn Learning is offering their The Top 15 Most Popular Courses: Leadership Edition for free.
The edition features the top 15 LinkedIn Learning courses taken by leaders, people with titles of Director or higher, over the past year.
Read on to learn more about LinkedIn Learning and the free leadership courses they offer.
What is LinkedIn Learning?
Launched in 2016, LinkedIn Learning is an online training portal offering 17,000+ video courses in business, technology, and creative.
Taught by industry experts with years of experience in their field, the courses are updated regularly; dozens of courses are added each week.
Improve your skills, earn certificates, and watch the videos on your time.
I’ve taken courses on LinkedIn Learning to improve my skills and knowledge in business, WordPress, web development, user experience, accessibility, and communication.
What You’ll Learn in the Top 15 Most Popular Courses: Leadership Edition
Comprised of 15 courses with 11+ hours of content, the Leadership Edition learning path highlights courses over 200,000 leaders have watched in the past year. Find out:
- How to sharpen your leadership skills
- Move from a managerial role to a leadership role
- Improve communication with strategies for giving, receiving, and acting upon feedback
You’ll learn about transitioning from manager to leader, developing resilience to lead your team, having inclusive conversations, and how to use coaching to increase employee engagement.
You may recognize several of the instructor names, including Guy Kawasaki, Dorie Clark, and Sara Canaday.
The courses are:
- Executive Presence on Video Conference Calls
- How to Make Strategic Thinking a Habit
- Guy Kawasaki on Turning Life Wisdom into Business Success
- Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers
- Skills for Inclusive Conversations
- Executive Leadership
- Building Resilience as a Leader
- Coaching and Developing Employees
- Communicating in the Language of Leadership
- Transitioning from Manager to Leader
- Leadership Mindsets
- How to Give Negative Feedback to Senior Colleagues
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- How to Work Smarter, Not Harder: Save Time and Money and Increase Productivity
- Starting a Memorable Conversation
Get Started with LinkedIn Learning
To take the 15 free courses, you’ll need to sign up for a free 30-day trial version of LinkedIn Learning or log into your LinkedIn account.
Once you’ve logged in, visit The Top 15 Most Popular Courses: Leadership Edition.
Choose the course you want to start with to begin learning or improving a leadership skill.
Summary
Whether you’re transitioning to a new leadership role or have been a leader for years, the LinkedIn Learning Leadership Edition courses are an excellent (and free!) way to strengthen your leadership skills.
Shoutout to LinkedIn Learning for making their Leadership Edition path available to everyone for free.
Perfect for folks in the United States who have an extended Thanksgiving holiday, or anyone with free time over the next week.
If you take any or all the courses, add a comment on this blog post about the courses and what you thought of them.
