COURSE OVERVIEW:

Leadership development is any activity designed to improve a person’s competency as a leader. Knowing how to implement a structured leadership development strategy can be essential to establishing an organisation-wide leadership culture, which can aid in cultivating new leaders within a company and encouraging veteran leaders to continue honing their leadership proficiencies.

Leadership development expands the capacity of individuals to perform in leadership roles within organisations. Leadership roles are those that facilitate execution of a company’s strategy through building alignment, winning mindshare and growing the capabilities of others. Leadership roles may be formal, with the corresponding authority to make decisions and take responsibility, or they may be informal roles with little official authority.

A leadership culture encourages employees to independently pursue leadership development opportunities to qualify for higher ranking positions. Thus, what is leadership development’s role in building a leadership culture? When companies offer meaningful incentives to employees who have a strong aptitude for leadership, they make development opportunities a more worthwhile endeavour. These incentives can be material payoffs such as promotions or increased compensation, or less tangible rewards like prestige within the organisation. 

In a company with a strong leadership culture, management personnel can spend less time micromanaging their staff and instead focus on more pressing administrative tasks. This is because a leadership culture cultivates trustworthy employees that are able to keep each other working productively without constant management. In the end, both groups benefit — the managers can spend more time addressing important business affairs, while the employees can have more autonomy and control over their work.

These benefits, combined with the higher earning potential available to skilled leaders, means companies that foster a leadership culture can provide more job satisfaction to their employees.

This course is for anyone who is about to take up a leadership role in any organisation. And is equally useful for those already in such roles who wish to develop their leadership skills. If leadership matters to you, this course will give you a complete framework for becoming an effective leader.

The first part of this course answers important questions such as: What you have to be? What you have to know? and What you need to do? To be a successful leader. The second part explains the ways to turn the core leadership functions into skills. Then discusses how to develop yourself as a leader. Then shows you how to lead at the strategic level. Finally, examines the principles to grow leaders in your organisation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

• The importance of leadership development
• What you have to be, to become a successful leader?
• The essential qualities of leaders
• The generic leadership traits
• What you have to know to be a great leader?
• The four forms of authority among people
• What you need to do to meet group needs?
• The three areas of need and how the three needs interact?
• The functional approach to leadership
• Why you should not act outside your role as a leader?
• How to turn the core leadership functions into skills?
• How leadership exists on different levels?
• The function of defining the task
• The function of planning for your team and organisation
• The planning continuum
• The guidelines for effective briefing
• The importance of team building
• The function of controlling in leadership
• The function of evaluating teams and individuals
• The criteria of an excellent, high-performance team
• The function of motivating your people
• The five categories of the hierarchy of needs
• The key principles for motivating others
• The organising function of leadership
• The most important words in leadership
• The key questions for good leadership
• How to develop yourself as a leader?
• How to be prepared?
• How to be proactive?
• How to be reflective?
• How to lead at the strategic level?
• The functions of a strategic leader
• The importance of practical wisdom
• The importance of leadership for desirable change
• How to grow leaders in your organisation?
• How to develop a strategy for leadership development?
• The importance of selection for leadership development
• The importance of training for leadership development
• The importance of career development
• The role of line managers as leadership developers
• The importance of organisational culture for development
• The role of the chief executive in leadership development
• How to find greatness in people?
• A leadership checklist for achieving the task
• A leadership checklist for building and maintaining the team
• A leadership checklist for developing the individual

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.