About this course

Proficiency Area: Leading.

Mission Leadership is an organization's ability to inspire people within the organization to work toward a common vision and mission.

In the first lesson toward your gold Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Where motivation comes from, and why developing your leadership is vital to improving every other ability you have in your nonprofit work.

  • How to grow beyond your preferred leadership style and embrace "dynamic leadership" techniques.

  • How to apply--and move between--leadership styles according to the situation.

  • Four types of personal motivation, and how each relates to your own leadership development.

Course curriculum

    1. What you can expect in this series

    2. Before we begin...

    3. Motivation in Mission-Focused Leadership Lens

    1. Motivating to Improve Mission-Focused Leadership

    2. Personal Motivation Around our Own Leadership

    3. Check your learning

    1. Getting (and Staying!) Motivated about Mission-Focused Leadership

About this course

  • Free
  • 7 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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