Foundations of Self-Leadership
Foundations of Self-Leadership
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2-module
series
2
weeks
5 hours
per week
12/11/2025
last updated
What you’ll learn in Foundations of Self-Leadership
In this foundational leadership course, you’ll build the habits, mindsets, and strategies that form the bedrock of effective self-leadership. You’ll develop the awareness, emotional strength, and focus to lead yourself before you lead others.
Strengthen your inner drive: Build self-motivation, resilience, and focus using tools like the SMART Goal Toolkit to set clear goals, Motivation Maps to understand what drives you, and Achievement Journals to track progress turn insights into steady growth.
Lead with emotional intelligence: Deepen your self-leadership by recognizing and managing emotions in yourself and others to lead authentically, build trust, and strengthen your influence.
Strengthen adaptive leadership skills: Learn to navigate uncertainty with resilience frameworks such as the Change Curve Model and the Crisis Compass Toolkit, helping you manage emotions, stay focused, and make steady decisions during disruption.
Build personal effectiveness: Apply practical and actionable frameworks to stay organized and maintain momentum—setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and giving and receiving feedback with clarity and confidence.
Model human-centric leadership: Lead with integrity, inclusion, empathy, and authenticity while developing habits that build strong relationships and foster psychological safety to create a foundation of intentional leadership.
Meet the course designer
Kimberly Black, Associate Professor, Business Strategist & Leadership Innovator
“True leadership starts from within. When you lead yourself with clarity and purpose, you create the space for your team to thrive.”
Kimberly has built her career across industries including finance, healthcare, retail, and real estate. Growing up in an entrepreneurial family gave her a practical perspective on what it takes to inspire people and drive results.
As faculty member at DeVry University and part of the DeVryPro design team, Kimberly contributed to Foundations of Self-Leadership with a focus on the realities leaders face today—the need for emotional intelligence, resilience, and collaboration in fast-moving workplaces.
Her expertise is reflected throughout the course, where each module is designed to give learners practical tools they can put into action immediately. From building trust to making confident decisions, Kimberly’s insights help learners lead with empathy and drive meaningful outcomes.
Why take this self-leadership training course
Effective leadership starts from within. Whether you're starting fresh or preparing for your next step this self-leadership training empowers you to unlock your potential, develop the confidence to lead authentically, and build the foundation for long-term success.
Lead from within
Clarify your purpose and align your motivation with the impact you want to create.
Adapt and grow
Strengthen your ability to stay agile, resilient, and optimistic through change and challenges--essential skills for today’s fast-moving workplaces.
Develop your authentic leadership style
Turn self-awareness into confident, credible leadership that inspires collaboration and trust.
Advance on your terms
Learn at your own pace in a flexible, fully online format, enhanced by AI-supported guidance that helps you apply new techniques in real time.
Celebrate your success
After completing this course, you’ll earn a digital badge you can share on LinkedIn and other social platforms to celebrate your achievement and highlight your skills.
Foundations of Self-Leadership modules
Discover the course modules you’ll experience as part of the foundational leadership course:
Uncover what fuels your motivation and how it shapes your leadership style. Develop emotional intelligence to better understand your strengths, communication habits, and decision-making patterns. Through frameworks like SMART goals and visualization, learn how to set meaningful objectives, stay focused under pressure, and lead with authenticity, empathy, and purpose.
Build the resilience and flexibility to lead confidently through change. Explore practical strategies for maintaining composure and motivation in complex or uncertain environments. Apply adaptive leadership tools and real-world exercises to strengthen focus, guide others through disruption, and foster stability and trust even in challenging circumstances.
Take the next step in building leadership skills for new managers
Continue your leadership journey with the next step in the pathway.
Leading Teams and Driving Impact: The next course in DeVryPro’s leadership pathway, Leading Teams and Driving Impact, expands your influence from personal effectiveness to team-level performance. You’ll deepen your leadership skills by learning how to build high-trust teams, drive measurable results, communicate with clarity, and make strategic decisions that create meaningful business impact.
Interested in a degree program instead?
Explore undergraduate and graduate business, technology, and digital health programs offered by DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management.
1 Global Leadership Forecast 2025, Development Dimensions International (DDI) (January 2025), p. 9.