Learning path

Leadership and strategy

Entrepreneurial Mindset and Self-Leadership

Living in a world full of uncertainties, such as the recent pandemic and geopolitical conflicts, can induce stress and anxiety. Have you noticed challenges in thinking clearly, finding focus, and being creative? If you answered yes, this course might help you regain clarity, boost your well-being, and gain resilience to navigate the uncertainties.

The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Self-Leadership learning path is a set of four self-paced online courses: 

  • External Context - Where are We?
  • Inner Compass - Where do We Want to Go?
  • Mind Flexibility - How Will You Get There?
  • Resilience & Antifragility – How to Keep on Going If Things Get Complicated?

Throughout these courses and the learning path, you will be provided with practical tools that help improve your resilience and help you succeed in your personal and professional life.

Learning Path

Entrepreneurial Mindset and Self-Leadership

Price (+ VAT)

150€

Workload

1 ECTS

Format

Self-paced online

Language

English

This is aMicro-credential

Entrepreneurial Mindset and Self-Leadership Path
4 Courses

You must complete 4 required courses.

External Context - Where are We?

You must complete 1 of the required courses.

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External Context - Where are We?
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During this course, we will explore the external context and delve into our perception of the world and how it shapes our reality. We will discuss the effects of chronic anxiety, stress, and information overload. And importantly, we will examine the context of narrow and wide entrepreneurship and how an entrepreneurial mindset can equip us to navigate our world better.
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Inner Compass – Where do You Want to Go?

You must complete 1 of the required courses.

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Inner Compass – Where do You Want to Go?
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Self-paced online
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In this course, we will focus on our inner compass and discuss the importance of vision, passion, and goals, even when they are unclear or cumbersome. We will explore techniques for designing your life, setting goals and making sense of complexity. This module contains theory and approaches from various fields such as entrepreneurship, design-thinking, and self-leadership.
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Mind Flexibility

You must complete 1 of the required courses.

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Mind Flexibility – How Will You Get There?
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This course provides a range of solutions and tools that you can apply to your thinking on an everyday basis. This course covers topics like stress management, resilience, mindset flexibility, motivation, and creativity.
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Stress Management

You must complete 1 of the required courses.

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Resilience & Antifragility – How to Keep on Going If Things Get Complicated?
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Self-paced online
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How to keep on going if things get complicated? In this course, we aim to provide you with some answers to this question. We will present the building blocks for your inner core and learn about the elements of antifragility.
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For Whom?

This course is designed for individuals who want to develop their self-leadership skills as leaders or specialists. This course has no prerequisites, and we welcome learners from diverse disciplines from all around the globe.

The course is particularly suitable for

  • Young leaders
  • New managers
  • New entrepreneurs
  • Persons transitioning from studies to working life
  • Individuals navigating professional transitions, whether it be embarking on a new role or joining a new organization.

Learning Outcomes

After the completion of the course, you will

  • Know yourself better and understand what your motivating factor is.
  • Be able to reflect on your worldview, define strategic life goals, and plan your journey towards the defined goals.
  • Gain time-management skills essential for your journey towards the defined goals.
  • Acquire a tool kit that can be used to tackle anxiety and stress.
  • Master techniques that help you to stay resilient and build your inner core.

Skills you will develop

Thinking skills and competences
Think analytically
Think critically
Self-management skills and competences
Taking a proactive approach
Planning and organising
Dealing with problems
Identify problems
Solve problems
Think creatively
Think innovately
Applying entrepreneurial and financial skills and competencies

Meet Your Instructors

  • Avatar of Lidia Rauramo

    Lidia Rauramo

    Lidia Rauramo is an educator in teamwork, leadership, self-leadership, well-being, and entrepreneurship areas, with a current role as a lecturer at Aalto Ventures Program (AVP).

    Lidia contributed to courses like "Good Life Engine," "Startup...

  • Avatar of Kalle Airo

    Kalle Airo

    Kalle Airo serves as the Head of Entrepreneurial Mindset at Aalto University. He is a co-founder of Aalto Ventures Program and developer of Integrated Entrepreneurship Education.

    He is a builder and creator, most often co-creator. He ha...

  • Avatar of Laura Sivula

    Laura Sivula

    Laura Sivula is a Business Area Director and educator at Aalto University with a passion for lifewide learning and the future of work. She has taught service design, digital business, and entrepreneurship at Aalto University and University of Arts...

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