No formal leadership qualification is needed. A notebook and a real work or community challenge will make the reflection exercises more useful.
About this course
Leadership becomes easier to act on when your daily decisions connect to a clear purpose. This free Yale Connected Leadership course helps you examine that connection at three levels: yourself, your team and the wider systems you want to influence. The lessons turn reflection into practical choices about attention, relationships and progress.
Course at a glance
| Provider | Yale |
|---|---|
| Instructor / Teaching team | Peter Boyd |
| Platform | YouTube · YaleCourses |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner · WikiFree audience assessment |
| Language | English |
| Lessons | 42 |
| Video duration | 3h 31m · allow extra time for reading and practice |
| Format | Self-paced video learning |
| Certificate | No certificate included with free YouTube viewing |
What you’ll learn
- Use purpose to guide priorities and daily decisions.
- Connect individual motivation with a team's shared direction.
- Apply reflection, listening and feedback tools to working relationships.
- Describe a system problem and identify relevant stakeholders.
Skills you’ll gain
- Purpose setting
- Prioritization
- Team leadership
- Active listening
- Systems thinking
Course Overview
Peter Boyd introduces the four Ps of purpose, priorities, potential and progress, then applies them beyond personal goal setting. The course moves into team values, feedback, stakeholder relationships and systems thinking. It is especially useful when being busy has become a substitute for deciding what matters or when a team needs a shared direction.
How the course develops
- Personal leadership: articulate your purpose, choose meaningful priorities and connect a long-term vision to everyday actions.
- Team leadership: explore shared values, active listening, feedback and the differences in how people respond to management.
- Systems leadership: examine problem statements, stakeholder power and points where a change could influence the wider system.
The classroom contains all 42 videos in this official YaleCourses playlist. Use the lesson list to follow the course or search for a topic you want to revisit. Introductory segments, teaching examples and supplementary discussions remain available within this course.
Who is this for?
New managers, team leads, project professionals and individual contributors who want to lead more deliberately.
Before you start
No formal leadership qualification is needed. A notebook and a real work or community challenge will make the reflection exercises more useful.
Put the lessons into practice
Create a one-page leadership map: write your purpose, three priorities, a description of success and one weekly progress measure. Add the people whose cooperation you need and a question you should ask each of them.
This optional study activity is provided by WikiFree for independent reflection. It is not a graded Yale assignment. Keep a short record of what you can explain confidently and what you need to revisit; use that record to plan your next study session.
Certificate / Assessment
The public videos can be watched free of charge. This WikiFree listing does not include a Yale certificate, academic credit, a degree, graded assessments or feedback from the instructors. A similarly named course on another platform may have different enrollment, assessment and payment conditions.
The classroom’s Mark complete control records your personal progress. It does not assess your understanding or award a credential. Course examples reflect the recordings; check current sources whenever you need up-to-date professional information.
Related courses for your next step
- Explore a higher-level optionLeadership at Work: Free Course
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Intermediate - Compare another approachLeadership and Followership: Free OpenLearn Course
Focus: Leadership awareness · Followership
Beginner - Explore a higher-level optionManaging Workplace Teams: Free Course
Focus: Team development · Collaboration
Intermediate
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Yale Course: Connected Leadership | Beginner | Purpose setting · Prioritization · Team leadership | 3h 31m of video; practice time is additional |
| Leadership at Work: Free Course | Intermediate | Leadership fundamentals · Leadership models · Situational thinking | 5h 4m of video; practice time is additional |
| Leadership and Followership: Free OpenLearn Course | Beginner | Leadership awareness · Followership · Personal reflection | 24 hours estimated; suggested eight weeks of three hours; self-paced. |
| Managing Workplace Teams: Free Course | Intermediate | Team development · Team leadership · Collaboration | 6h 34m of video; practice time is additional |
Frequently asked questions
Is this Yale course free?
Yes. This listing provides the official YaleCourses YouTube videos for free viewing. Textbooks, optional materials and separately enrolled programs may have their own costs.
How long does the course take?
The playlist contains 42 videos totaling approximately 3h 31m. Reading, note-taking, revision and independent practice add to that viewing time.
What background do I need?
No formal leadership qualification is needed. A notebook and a real work or community challenge will make the reflection exercises more useful.
Will I receive a Yale certificate?
No. Watching these YouTube lessons or marking them complete on WikiFree does not earn a Yale certificate, degree or academic credit.
Can I watch on a phone?
Yes. Use the responsive lesson list and player on a phone, tablet or computer. A larger screen and a notebook may help with detailed examples, equations or software demonstrations.
What happens if a video becomes unavailable?
The lesson should remain visible in its place with its title and an availability notice. You can continue with the other lessons and report the problem through the correction link.
Provider: Yale. Videos play from the YaleCourses channel on YouTube.
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