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Leadership Training Resources


This compilation of curated free leadership training resources provides registered dietitian nutritionists with tools to enhance their leadership skills.

Leadership Fundamentals

Centered Leadership
Cost: $0
Course Time: 1 hour
This resource aims to identify participants' current leadership strengths and guides the development of these skills.

Joyful Leadership
Cost: $0
Course Time: 5 hours
This resource explores traits of strong leaders and provides insight into developing those skills to lead others with a joyful mindset.

Communicate like a Leader
Cost: $0
Course Time: 1 hour
This resource provides tools to enhance communication skills related to motivating, influencing, and inspiring others from a leadership perspective.

Negotiation Proficiency

Salary Negotiation
Cost: $0
Course Time: ~10 minutes
This resource provides quick strategies for salary negotiation during an interview.

Making the Most of Your Negotiation Situation
Cost: $0
Course Time: ~30 minutes
This resource explains negotiation strategies related to conflict resolution. Using the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) participants will optimize their negotiation tactics through the identification of conflict-handling behaviors.

The Art of Negotiation
Cost: $0
Course Time: 6 hours
This resource identifies negotiation strategies and demonstrates how these can be implemented in professional settings while explaining the personal and behavioral characteristics of effective negotiators.

Self-Advocacy Strategies

Self-Advocacy: Be Your Own Champion
Cost: $0
Course Time: 1 hour
This resource focuses on developing assertive leadership communication skills for self-advocacy in professional contexts. By exploring advocacy strategies and engaging in relevant practice scenarios, participants will gain practical experience applicable to real-world professional situations.

Advocacy in Leadership
Cost: $0
Course Time: N/A
This resource is a compilation of written materials that explore advocacy in different areas of the professional world.

The Secret to Self-Advocacy
Cost: $0
Course Time: ~20 minutes
This resource explores why self-advocacy can be difficult and provides steps to overcoming the fear of asking for what you want.*
*The presentation is directed to a female audience, however, the concepts are applicable to all genders.

FNCE® Resources

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FNCE® 2022 Collections on Leadership
Cost: $90 (for Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Members)
CPEU: 5.5 hours
This is a collection of leadership presentations designed to develop leadership skills in finance, negotiation, equity, resilience, and systems thinking.

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