Celebrate International Women's Day 2021 - LinkedIn Learning
To celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March 2021 we at OD&PL want to share some of the courses highlighted by LinkedIn Learning that support the skills needed for a progressive and diverse workplace. LinkedIn Learning is free to all University of Leeds students and staff, to access the courses just click on the links below and log in with your University IT credentials.
International Women's Day is a global day that celebrates women’s achievements and marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity and women's equality. The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2021 is 'Choose To Challenge'. A challenged world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change. Browse the courses below, which have been categorised into themes, click on the categories to view the related courses. (requires login to LinkedIn Learning). As well as the LinkedIn Learning courses, OD&PL are engaged in a variety of equality and inclusion programmes, projects, and events, visit our Equality and Inclusion pages to browse our provision.
Course Categories
(click to view the range of courses for each category)
- Women in Leadership
- Women in Tech
- Inspirational
- Gender, Inclusion and Allyship
- Relationships and Networking
- Personal and Professional Development
- Family, Work and Finance
- Wellbeing in the Workplace
Women in Leadership
Courses in this section focus on the multifaceted qualities of human-centric leadership designed to help you connect to your purpose. Learn specific traits and skills common among leaders past and present.
Aspirational
- Becoming an Impactful and Influential Leader
- Fostering Belonging as a Leader
- How Leaders Can Motivate Others by Creating Meaning
- Human-Centered Leadership
- Leadership Stories: 5-Minute Lessons in Leading People
- Leading like a Futurist
- Leading with Purpose
- Transformational Leadership
Women Focussed
- Leadership Strategies for Women
- Own It: The Power of Women at Work
- Proven Success Strategies for Women at Work
- Women Helping Women Succeed in the Workplace
Leadership Skills
- Building Your Visibility as a Leader
- Collaborative Leadership
- Communicating in the Language of Leadership
- Complex Negotiation Tips
- Developing Assertive Leadership
- Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust
- Inclusive Leadership
- Leadership Foundations: Leadership Styles and Models
- Leadership Mindsets
- Leading with Kindness and Strength
- Adaptive Leadership for VUCA Challenges
Women in Tech
These courses include tips on navigating and breaking through barriers and gaining a successful career in tech.
- Leadership in Tech
- Women in STEM
- Women Transforming Tech: Breaking Bias
- Women Transforming Tech: Building Your Brand
- Women Transforming Tech: Career Insights
- Women Transforming Tech: Finding Sponsors
- Women Transforming Tech: Getting Strategic with Your Career
- Women Transforming Tech: Networking
- Women Transforming Tech: Tips for Career Success
- Women Transforming Tech: Voices from the Field
Inspirational
What inspires you to challenge yourself, to push beyond your place of comfort, to forge ahead and try new things? Inspiration gives us motive, confidence, and conviction to stand up and rise.
Inspire Excellence
- A Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Calling
- Finding Your Purpose at Work
- Hello Monday
- How I Got Here
- How to Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose
- How to Motivate Yourself to Do What’s Most Important
- Key Mental Shifts for Servant Leadership
- Lessons in Enlightened Leadership
- Women Helping Women Succeed in the Workplace
Career Insights
- Betty Liu on Career Success
- Bill George on Self-Awareness, Authenticity, and Leadership
- Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business
- Find Your Passion: How Padma Lakshmi Found Hers
- Influencer Interview: Oprah Winfrey
- Insights from Influencers and Business Leaders
- On Leadership by Jeff Weiner
- Sallie Krawcheck on Risk-Taking
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
- Why Trust Matters with Rachel Botsman
Gender, Inclusion and Allyship
Learn about the importance of recognizing gender bias, promoting inclusion, advocating for inclusion, and what it means to be an ally to others.
Gender Bias
- Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
- Fighting Gender Bias at Work
- Handling Workplace Bullying
- Overcoming Cognitive Bias
- Preventing Harassment in the Workplace
- Unconscious Bias
Embrace Inclusion
- Cultivating Cultural Competence and Inclusion
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Inclusion During Difficult Times
- Inclusive Mindset
- Leading Inclusive Teams
- Skills for Inclusive Conversations
- Speaking Up At Work
Allyship
- Adding Value through Diversity
- Becoming a Male Ally at Work
- Bystander Training: From Bystander to Upstander
- Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies
Relationships and Networking
Learn key skills that will help you feel confident in different networking environments and equip you with the right abilities to nurture new relationships.
Relationships Matter
- Activate Connections That Will Transform Your Career
- Being a Good Mentee
- Building Professional Relationships
- Building Relationships While Working from Home
- Creating Personal Connections
Successful Networking
- 21 Opportunities for Better Networking
- Building a Diverse Professional Network
- Digital Networking Strategies
- How to Network When You Don't Like Networking
- Managing Up, Down, and Across the Organization
- Professional Networking
- Professional Networking for Career Starters
Personal and Professional Development
This section includes courses that teach specific skills you need to cultivate and develop personal and professional growth.
Personal Growth
- Asserting Yourself, an Empowered Choice
- Being the Best You: Self-Improvement Modeling
- Cultivating a Growth Mindset
- Enhancing Resilience
- Just Ask: Dorie Clark on Personal Effectiveness
- Managing Self-Doubt to Tackle Bigger Challenges
- Mastering Self-Motivation
- Subtle Shifts in Thinking for Tremendous Resilience
- Working with Your Personal Strengths and Weaknesses
Professional Prosperity
- Empathy at Work
- Finding and Benefiting from a Mentor
- How to Make Strategic Thinking a Habit
- Learn Emotional Intelligence, the Key Determiner of Success
- Learning from Failure
- Powerless to Powerful: Taking Control
- Unlocking Your Potential
Family, Work, and Finance
As we all try to navigate and manage life with the pandemic, courses in this section cover topics such as work-life balance, working remotely and more.
Work-life Balance
- Balancing Work and Life as a Work-from-Home Parent
- Building Better Routines
- Constructive Candor: Important Conversations with Coworkers, Family, and Friends
- Planning Your Career and Your Life
- Planning Your Family Leave and Return
- Supporting Your Kids' Learning at Home
Working Remotely
- Building Relationships While Working from Home
- Leading Remote Projects and Virtual Teams
- Leading Virtually: Vulnerability and Presence when Working from Home
- Supporting Your Mental Health While Working from Home
- Time Management: Working from Home
- What's Next: Reinventing Work in the New Normal
Wellbeing in the Workplace
These courses cover different aspects of wellbeing, including physical wellbeing, supporting mental health, coping skills for dealing with stress, and ways to integrate mindfulness in your daily life.
Mental Health
- Happiness Tips
- Managing Anxiety in the Workplace
- Managing Depression in the Workplace
- Managing Your Emotions at Work
- Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Option B: Building Resilience
- Supporting Your Mental Health While Working from Home
Self-care
- Arianna Huffington's Thrive 02: Learning How to Unplug and Recharge
- De-stress: Meditation and Movement for Stress Management
- How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed
- Managing Stress
- Managing Your Energy
- Reduce Tension with Breathwork
- Sleep Is Your Superpower
Mindfulness
- Mindful Meditations for Work and Life
- Mindfulness Practices
- Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
- The Leader’s Guide to Mindfulness (getAbstract Summary)
- The Mindful Workday
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