Analytics & Leadership
This program comprises Module 2 of the Masters Certificate in Analytics for Leaders
1. Governance, Privacy and Big Data
Data privacy is a vital management planning concern. Ensuring proper business ethics and governance of data is essential across industries. During this module, participants will review and discuss real life business and public sector examples to strategically manage legal or ethical problems, ranging from perception to compliance to data sovereignty.
Participants will learn:
- Security, privacy, sovereignty, and ethical considerations of big data collection & warehousing, and use of big data in business analytics applications.
- Options for privacy protection and data governance including policy creation and enforcement, rights and responsibilities of all parties
- Governance strategies, implications, associated obligations, and models
2. Data Visualization I & Data Visualization II
The rate at which data is generated and managed has increased exponentially in today’s information-based economy. Data visualization is both an art and a science which seeks to communicate information clearly and efficiently to users in an abstracted, schematic form.
Participants will learn to:
- Differentiate between statistical graphics, plots, information graphics, tables, and charts
- Use visualization to help users analyze and make conclusions about data and evidence
- Make complex data more accessible, understandable and usable
- Choose the most effective visualization technique for the analytical task at hand
3. Negotiating and Influencing Skills
Negotiating with and influencing people effectively are important skills gained through experience and effective training. During this module, participants will learn the art and science of negotiating, as well as new skills, strategies, and behaviours needed to influence others and achieve better ‘win- win’ outcomes.
Participants will learn:
- How to gain agreement on difficult and contentious issues
- How to achieve team commitment to deliverables
- When to apply the three primary ways to influence others (power/rights/interests)
- An “interest-based” approach to negotiating and influencing with others
- An influencing “toolkit” for all situations
- How to negotiate past barriers to help both parties get “unstuck”
4. Making Compelling Presentations
The ability to make engaging presentations and persuade others is a critical skill in today’s workplace. Yet many leaders struggle to keep their message on point. During this interactive, hands-on module, participants will learn a simple, easy to apply approach for delivering compelling presentations that builds confidence and competence.
Participants will learn to:
- Develop content in a way that ensures a powerful message is heard and understood
- Design the flow of a presentation to ensure support and engagement
- Deliver technical material in an engaging way
- Handle difficult questions or people in a way that is mutually respectful