BUS 160 W — Leadership Skills for Women in the Workplace: Aim High and Achieve Impact
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Nita Singh Kaushal
Date(s): Apr 8—May 27
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $725
Refund Deadline: Apr 10
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 60
Status: Registration opens Feb 23, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Spring
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 8 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 8—May 27
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $725
Refund Deadline: Apr 10
Instructor(s): Nita Singh Kaushal
Enrollment Limit: 60
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Feb 23, 8:30 am (PT)
As the workplace evolves with new technologies and faster decision cycles, women who pursue high-impact opportunities will be best positioned to lead with influence and drive meaningful outcomes. Doing so requires earning trust quickly, contributing where key decisions are made, and cultivating a presence others depend on. This course helps you build the clarity, credibility, and leadership focus needed to meet that moment.
You’ll refine an authentic, proactive leadership style by strengthening your negotiation skills, advocating effectively for your ideas and career, and building the relationships that enable collaboration, sponsorship, and impact. Through evidence-based frameworks, real-world case studies, and guided practice, you’ll explore pivotal leadership moments, including taking ownership of high-visibility work, navigating resistance, setting boundaries, and communicating decisions under pressure.
Women at all career stages will leave with practical tools and a clear roadmap to expand their influence, accelerate their growth, and confidently shape the work that matters most.
While this course focuses on addressing challenges women commonly face, the course is open to everyone, and the techniques and strategies taught will have broad application. Since most of the learning in this course takes place asynchronously in threaded discussions on the Canvas classroom site, the live Zoom sessions are limited to 60 minutes per week.
NITA SINGH KAUSHAL
Founder, NSK Leadership and Miss CEO
Nita Singh Kaushal is the founder of NSK Leadership, helping professionals and teams develop skills to drive meaningful impact. She founded and leads Miss CEO, empowering students with leadership training, mentorship, and career exploration opportunities. She is an adjunct lecturer at the Stanford School of Engineering. Previously, she held senior product and engineering roles at Yahoo and Intel, led Yahoo Women in Tech, and served on Stanford’s Women’s Community Center Advisory Board. She received a BS in electrical engineering from Stanford. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.