Business Leadership Skills is a one year elective course that will offer students the skills needed to develop their leadership abilities. This course will focus on the fundamentals of a professional work environment and those characteristics needed for an individual to become a model employee. Students in this course will gain an understanding of the importance of social diversity and the value to others’ contributions in the workplace.  Students will learn to communicate in a constructive format and will integrate verbal skills with team building strategies. This course will allow students to explore ways to further understand themselves and to value their personal strengths. They will also address their personal limitations so that they may build upon them in positive ways. The art of compromise and negotiation will also be taught and practiced in this course. This course may be repeated once with prior teacher approval. This course does not meet the A-G requirements.