Conscious Leadership: Adapting to Changing Situations

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Conscious Leadership: Adapting to Changing Situations

Instructor: Robin Hills

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3 modules

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Intermediate level

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3 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Ways of working with emotional intelligence that lead to better outcomes.
What you need to do to get the most out of people based around your mode and style of leadership.

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There are 3 modules in this course

This course is primarily aimed at leaders who want to build upon their leadership skills and capabilities in a variety of changing circumstances.

This course will help you to develop as a leader to improve the way that you interact with other people, the way that you make decisions and the way that you manage performance and situations change around you. The course introduces you to the six leadership styles of effective leadership and how to adapt them to influence others, lead effectively, work with different types of people, and create an engaging team environment. Become a leader in your workplace by harnessing the power of the six leadership styles: - Directive - securing immediate compliance - Pace-setting - accomplishing tasks to high standards of quality - Affiliative - creating harmony - Democratic - getting everyone's commitment and generating ideas - Visionary - providing long term vision and direction - Coaching - long term professional development There is no right or wrong leadership style - the most effective style will vary depending upon the demands of the situation. Effective leaders use these styles in the right measure and at the right time to create a positive, energising work climate for their teams. The course also includes practical strategies for you to consider to increase the use of each style and to tone down the use of each style. Putting these into practice will help you to be more flexible in your approach as a leader. By completing these practical activities, you will be able to - recognise your preferred leadership style - recognise the leadership style(s) that you are using within your current situation - identify what you need to do to tone down the use of this leadership style at critical times - determine which leadership style you need to increase to have the greatest success - choose the actions and behaviours to develop the use of this leadership style - assess how to become more comfortable using all the styles of leadership for specific work scenarios you’ll face as a leader

Welcome to "Conscious Leadership"! In this course, you'll learn the six leadership styles of effective leadership and how to adapt them to influence others, lead effectively, work with different types of people, and create an engaging team environment. The first lesson introduces and welcomes you to the course and gives an overview of the learning outcomes of the course. You have the chance to reflect upon your own personal reasons and goals for taking the course. In the second lesson lesson, you'll learn all about the principles of good leadership with the opportunity to assess your mode of leadership.

What's included

9 videos4 readings

9 videos Total 30 minutes

Introduction to Conscious Leadership 2 minutes
The Course Learning Outcomes 2 minutes
What Makes an Effective Leader 2 minutes
The Conscious, Subconscious and Unconscious Minds 6 minutes
The Importance of Self-Awareness 4 minutes
Some Perspectives on Leadership 2 minutes
Emotional Intelligence at Work 6 minutes
Leadership vs Management 1 minute
The Modes of Leadership 3 minutes

4 readings Total 40 minutes

Welcome to the Course 10 minutes
Reflecting on this Leadership Course 10 minutes
Assessing your Leadership Mode 10 minutes
Quiz - Leadership Confidence Quiz 10 minutes

This module investigates the six styles of effective leadership. The first lesson covers the advantages and disadvantages of each style and when it is appropriate to use each style. In the next lesson you get to assess the leadership style that you are most comfortable with in your current situation. We then explore the underpinning skills and demonstrated behaviours of each style. In the final lesson, we consider ways that you can fine tune each leadership style by increasing its use or toning it down.

What's included

24 videos4 readings

24 videos Total 47 minutes

The Six Styles of Leadership 1 minute
The Commanding Leadership Style 3 minutes
The Pacesetting Leadership Style 3 minutes
The Democratic Leadership Style 2 minutes
The Affiliative Leadership Style 2 minutes
The Visionary Leadership Style 2 minutes
The Coaching Leadership Style 3 minutes
Skills and Behaviours of the Leadership Styles 1 minute
The Underpinning Skills of Each Leadership Style 4 minutes
The Demonstrated Behaviours of Each Leadership Style 4 minutes
Fine Tuning the Leadership Styles 1 minute
Increasing the Use of the Commanding Leadership Style 2 minutes
Increasing the Use of the Pacesetting Leadership Style 2 minutes
Increasing the Use of the Democratic Leadership Style 1 minute
Increasing the Use of the Affiliative Leadership Style 2 minutes
Increasing the Use of the Visionary Leadership Style 2 minutes
Increasing the Use of the Coaching Leadership Style 3 minutes
Toning Down the Use of the Commanding Leadership Style 2 minutes
Toning Down the Use of the Pacesetting Leadership Style 2 minutes
Toning Down the Use of the Democratic Leadership Style 1 minute
Toning Down the Use of the Affiliative Leadership Style 2 minutes
Toning Down the Use of the Visionary Leadership Style 1 minute
Toning Down the Use of the Coaching Leadership Style 2 minutes
Review of Tuning Up and Toning Down the Styles 1 minute

4 readings Total 40 minutes

Practical Activity - What Is My Leadership Style? 10 minutes
The Six Styles of Leadership Summary Booklet 10 minutes
Practical Activity - My Situation and My Leadership Style 10 minutes
Quiz - Styles of Leadership 10 minutes

No single leadership style is any better or worse than any other. Each style is appropriate and necessary in certain situations but not in others. This module reviews your learning in the course. You get the opportunity to review some case histories to consider around leadership styles by determining which style is going to give you the greatest chance of success.

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1 video2 readings1 assignment

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