Free Online Course from Edx: Get Beyond Work-Life Balance

edX platform is offering a free online course in work-life “balance”. Join Catalyst experts to learn the importance of inclusive leadership in creating flexible—and productive—work environments. Through research and real-world examples from a variety of situations, you will learn strategies for managing workplace flexibility, and you will learn how you have the power as an individual, a team member, or a leader to make positive change. You will understand the value of a flexible work environment and see what sets successful flexible workers and managers apart.

With short quizzes, compelling case studies, and engaging videos, you will build your knowledge each section and share your experience with other learners on topics such as communication, technology, myth busting, challenges, and solutions. Throughout the course you develop a Personal Work-Life Plan to help apply the strategies taught and effectively manage your own work and life responsibilities or that of others.

What you'll learn:

1. How to support flexible work environments and better work-life integration.
2. Inclusive leadership behaviors that make you a more successful leader.
3. How to identify barriers to work-life effectiveness and create solutions.

Course Length:

4 Weeks (1–2 hours per week)

The instructors:

1. Amelia Costigan, Director of Information Center at Catalyst
2. Liz Mulligan-Ferry, Director of Research at Catalyst
3. Laura Sabattini, Vice President of Research at Catalyst

Note: You can pursue a Verified Certificate to highlight the knowledge and skills you gain by paying $50

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