15 Best Leadership Skills Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Leadership Skills courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder, University of Toronto and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "leadership skills" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Essential Leadership Skills for Career Growth
Offered by Packt
This course is based on Bill Dellecker's bestselling book, Leadership Worthy. This course is designed to help aspiring and current leaders build the skills and mindset needed to guide teams effectively. Drawing from over...
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Advanced Leadership Skills
Offered by IIMA - IIM Ahmedabad
In today’s complex and rapidly evolving workplace, leadership is not just about authority, it is about how effectively you use power, build influence, and earn trust. This advanced leadership course explores the deeper d...
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Career Readiness & Leadership Skills in the Modern Workplace
Offered by Coursera
Career Readiness and Leadership Skills for the Modern Workplace" prepares learners to excel in today's corporate environment by equipping them with essential leadership, communication, and career planning skills. Develop...
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The Circular Economy
Offered by Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder
The Circular Economy is the first course in the Transformative Leadership in the Circular Economy specialization. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, applications, and measurement of the...
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Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age
Offered by University of Toronto
Communication has changed! The traditional rules for speaking and presenting, meeting coordination, influencing people, negotiating and selling ideas no longer apply in a world of skype, messenger, video and teleconferen...
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Leadership and Influence
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The only thing you get to change is yourself, and in the prerequisites to this course we’ve given you real tools to do that. Now, use those tools to influence the course of your future, your team's future, and your organ...
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Stepping Up: Preparing Yourself for Leadership
Offered by Queen Mary University of London
In this course, you will explore the importance of self awareness and feedback, as well as issues such as bias and imposter syndrome. As a leader, it is important to know when to step in and lead, as well as how to estab...
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Professional IQ: Preventing and Solving Problems at Work
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
In this Specialization, Professional IQ: Preventing Solving Problems at Work, learners use real-world dilemmas and ethical problems experienced by professionals around the world to clarify and articulate their personal v...
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Leadership Development for Engineers
Offered by Rice University
Engineers wanting to advance their careers must be able to lead teams effectively. This Specialization is designed for professional engineers who are interested in advancing into leadership and management roles. You’ll d...
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Professional Skills: Decision-Making
Offered by Arizona State University
Make smarter everyday choices regardless of your workplace setting. Learn ethical, strategic, and practical decision-making skills with guidance from ASU experts. Decision-making is a core skill that shapes professional...
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Introduction to Change Management: Practical Strategies
Offered by University of Cambridge
This course is designed for professionals, managers, and emerging leaders who are new to the field of change management or who have limited prior experience with leading change. It is also suitable for anyone seeking to...
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Human Capital: Strategic HR and Managing Talent
Offered by University of Michigan
“Human Capital: Strategic HR and Managing Talent” explores the importance of finding and cultivating talent that transforms your organization. Learn how strategic human capital management drives organizational success an...
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Professional Skills: Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
Offered by Arizona State University
Resilience isn’t just about surviving tough times, it’s about learning, adapting, and growing through them. The Emotional Intelligence and Resilience specialization—built with Shari Collins, Associate Professor at the Sc...
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Futures Thinking
Offered by Institute for the Future
Do you want to think about the future with more creativity and optimism? Do you want to see what’s coming faster, so you can be better prepared for disruptions and more in control of your future? Do you want to get bette...
$49.00listed price -
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Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams
Offered by University of California, Davis
In this Specialization, you will learn the essential skills to work in and manage multinational and cross-cultural teams. You will learn from organizational consultants and UC Davis MBA alumni Cleveland Justis and Daniel...
$49.00listed price
Best Leadership Skills Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essential Leadership Skills for Career Growth | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Advanced Leadership Skills | Coursera | IIMA - IIM Ahmedabad | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Career Readiness & Leadership Skills in the Modern Workplace | Coursera | Coursera | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | The Circular Economy | Coursera | Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age | Coursera | University of Toronto | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Leadership and Influence | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $79.00 | View → |
| 7 | Stepping Up: Preparing Yourself for Leadership | Coursera | Queen Mary University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Professional IQ: Preventing and Solving Problems at Work | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $79.00 | View → |
| 9 | Leadership Development for Engineers | Coursera | Rice University | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Professional Skills: Decision-Making | Coursera | Arizona State University | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Introduction to Change Management: Practical Strategies | Coursera | University of Cambridge | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Human Capital: Strategic HR and Managing Talent | Coursera | University of Michigan | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Professional Skills: Emotional Intelligence and Resilience | Coursera | Arizona State University | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Futures Thinking | Coursera | Institute for the Future | $49.00 | View → |
| 15 | Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams | Coursera | University of California, Davis | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder, University of Toronto and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.