Introduction to leadership

Duration of Course - 1 day

Unit Aims

To develop an introductory knowledge and understanding of leadership as required by a practising or potential manager.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand leadership styles
• Understand leadership qualities and review own leadership qualities and potential

Course Outline

• Differences and similarities between leadership and management, and the need for each of them
• Range of at least three leadership models (such as trait, contingency, situational, distributive, servant oblique leader, transactional/transformational) and their significance for task performance, culture and relationships
• Leadership behaviours and the sources of power
• Identification, development and appropriate choice of personal leadership styles and behaviours
• The role of trust and respect in effective team leadership
• Supervised practice or simulation to develop the ability to apply knowledge and skills