Before we can lead others well, we must first learn to lead ourselves well. Knowing thyself is the starting point on this journey. In this course, you will come to understand the importance of three forms of awareness, craft a personal identity, gain understanding of how you work best, learn to be strategic with your time and energy, manage cognitive biases, mental models and better understand your worldview.
This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The ME-EM is designed to help engineers, scientists, and technical professionals move into leadership and management roles in the engineering and technical sectors. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the ME-EM is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience. Learn more about the ME-EM program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/me-engineering-management-boulder.
Status: Engineering Management
Engineering Management
Status: Leadership Development
Leadership Development
Beginner·Course·19 hours
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4.0
·Reviewed Oct 10, 2023
Very good, lots of helpful info. FYI- there's a lot more reading than verbal instruction
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 15, 2025
Love the entire Leading Oneself Specialization. I thought I was in tune with all the topics but I learned so much and at the perfect time! Highly Recommend!
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 6, 2023
perfect course that covered many important concepts
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 26, 2024
me he llevado mucho conocimiento de este curso, y es totalmente aplicable a todas las aéreas de mi vida.
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 18, 2026
Khoá học rất hay và những kiến thức dễ dàng áp dụng vào thực tế
5.0
·Reviewed May 4, 2023
This was an incredible course. I found it challenging and rewarding. I have started to implement lessons learned already.
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 26, 2022
Great learning module. Relevant information that can be used in the real world scenario.
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 5, 2023
learning this course provide one with essential skills uch as emotional intelligence, decision-making , confidence, active listening which are important in every specs of life
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 5, 2026
Really gives you the introspect of learning about yourself. I really enjoyed this class.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 5, 2026
Loved this course, Ron has a lot of excellent teachings that are helping me in my career
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Castellanos
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 26, 2023
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Much thanks to you educator for directing us, for loving us, for making us what we are today. You have and will keep on being an awesome impact on me. Much thanks to you for the immense work you do and the gigantic effect you make on youngsters' lives as an educator.
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Omar
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 30, 2023
This is a fantastic course! It has tons of great articles, videos, podcasts and good general information to help one be more self-aware. Thank you to the course facilitators and professor for the great work on putting this together.
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bridget
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 6, 2023
learning this course provide one with essential skills uch as emotional intelligence, decision-making , confidence, active listening which are important in every specs of life
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Adrien
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 22, 2022
Very comprehensive course, very dynamic and so essential !
Thank you for providing us with this self-knowledge (at such a low price)...
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Matthew
5.0
·Reviewed May 5, 2023
This was an incredible course. I found it challenging and rewarding. I have started to implement lessons learned already.
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Harold
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 27, 2022
Great learning module. Relevant information that can be used in the real world scenario.
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Joy
4.0
·Reviewed Oct 11, 2023
Very good, lots of helpful info. FYI- there's a lot more reading than verbal instruction
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ELS
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 15, 2025
Love the entire Leading Oneself Specialization. I thought I was in tune with all the topics but I learned so much and at the perfect time! Highly Recommend!
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Andrea
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 26, 2024
me he llevado mucho conocimiento de este curso, y es totalmente aplicable a todas las aéreas de mi vida.
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Joshua
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 6, 2026
Loved this course, Ron has a lot of excellent teachings that are helping me in my career
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Will
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 6, 2026
Really gives you the introspect of learning about yourself. I really enjoyed this class.
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Lương
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 18, 2026
Khoá học rất hay và những kiến thức dễ dàng áp dụng vào thực tế
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Fadi
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 7, 2023
perfect course that covered many important concepts
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Luis
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 14, 2025
Increíble. Muy valioso su contenido.
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Mahalakshmi
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 21, 2024
This course is very useful for me
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Nancy
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 2, 2025
Excelente!!
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Mike
2.0
·Reviewed Jun 23, 2026
The course is deceiving regarding the amount of time and effort required. Each module had a reading section with multiple articles, some being long peer-reviewed articles that dive into the topic further than necessary for this level of course. Also, many of the articles repeated the same content, not providing any new information. I would recommend the readings be filtered and then select one or two articles at the most for each topic. I could not commit the time to read a 40+ page journal articles about psychology.
Secondly the assessment quizzes in most of the modules referenced information that I could not find in the articles even when searching afterwards. I don't feel like the assessments were testing my knowledge of the materials, which again were too extensive.
I know this class was revamped and just launched again and I don't know how it was organized prior to this but compared to other courses, this was a step down.