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Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles

Name: Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles
Rating: 4.5 (272 reviews)

Mastering Leadership Styles: Developing Emotional Intelligence | Enhancing Communication | Building Effective Teams

Created byRobin Hills

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

Define leadership and the expectations of the role
Explain the principles of good leadership and the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership
Determine how leaders work with their emotional intelligence
Distinguish between management and leadership
Categorise the modes of leadership
Assess your preferred leadership mode of leadership
List the six styles of effective leadership
Recognise the leadership style(s) that you are using within your current situation
Outline the actions and behaviours to develop the use of any leadership style
Identify what you need to do to tone down the use of any leadership style at critical times
Determine which leadership style you need to increase to have the greatest success
Assess how to become more comfortable using all the styles of leadership for specific work scenarios you’ll face as a leader
Enhance your capabilities to adapt your leadership capabilities to suit the circumstances

Course content

8 sections • 45 lectures • 1h 38m total length

Introduction to the Course - Exploring Different Leadership Styles2:18
Welcome to the course Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles. This video introduces the course and looks at what is covered.
Being Emotionally Intelligent about this Course on Udemy4:09
This video is critical to watch as it provides valuable insights to help you get the most from this course on the Udemy platform. It also helps address any potential criticisms and negative reactions through the application of emotional intelligence.
Activity Booklet: Reflecting about this Leadership Course1:04
Before we start the course, here is a practical activity that encourages you to think about why you are taking the course and what you want to get from it.
Working with Leadership Styles - Learning Outcomes2:15
In this lesson I am introducing the course looking at what we will be covering as you work through the course material.

What Makes an Effective Leader in an AI World2:29
An effective leader affects the climate of the team and therefore the team's performance. This lecture looks at what makes not only an effective leader BUT, also, what makes a great leader in a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence.
Giving and Receiving Feedback as a Leader5:43
This lecture introduces the skill and capability of working with feedback as a leader highlighting some of the challenges that this can present.
Why Self-Awareness is so Important in Leadership3:49
Self-awareness is a fundamental part of emotional intelligence and good leadership. This lesson looks at self-awareness as a leadership capability - its advantages and disadvantages.
The Paradox of Self-Awareness and Feedback2:04
This video explores the complex relationship between receiving feedback and developing self-awareness.
Some Perspectives on Leadership2:20
Being a leader is like being connected to Wi-Fi. With emotional intelligence- a strong Wi-Fi signal - you are able to tune into yourself, other people and the situation that you find yourselves in.
Why Emotional Intelligence is Important as a Leader6:47
We all experience a range of emotions at work. This lesson covers why emotional intelligence at work matters.
The Differences Between Leadership and Management1:10
What is leadership? It's the same as management, isn't it?
The 3 Modes of Leadership3:18
A mode of leadership is the way or manner in which your leadership occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done.
This lecture looks at three distinctive modes of leadership.
Authoritarian
Participative
Enabling
Activity Booklet: Assessing your Mode of Leadership0:33
This interactive questionnaire contains statements about beliefs around modes of leadership and will help assess what leadership mode you normally use.

The 6 Leadership Styles0:45
In his book "Leadership That Gets Results”, Daniel Goleman identified six Leadership Styles. This lecture covers the six styles.
This lesson includes a downloadable document, which is a reference chart covering the six leadership styles.
Activity Booklet: What Is My Leadership Style?0:44
This questionnaire gives you the chance to determine which leadership style(s) you are currently using in your current work situation and which leadership style(s) you are least comfortable using.
"Do What I Tell You" - The Commanding Leadership Style2:40
What is the Commanding Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
"Do What I Do" - The Pacesetting Leadership Style3:00
What is the Pacesetting Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
"Let's Decide What To Do Together" - The Democratic Leadership Style2:15
What is the Democratic Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
"Let's Do What's Best For Everyone" - The Affiliative Leadership Style2:20
What is the Afiliative Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
"Do What Will Help Us To Reach Our Goals" - The Visionary Leadership Style2:00
What is the Visionary Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
"How Can I help You Do It Better?" - The Coaching Leadership Style2:31
What is the Coaching Style of leadership? When and where should it be used?
The Six Leadership Styles Summary Booklet and Poster0:08
This lesson contains a booklet that summarises all of the six leadership styles.
Quiz to Test your Knowledge of Leadership Styles

Activity Booklet: My Situation and My Leadership Style0:27
This practical activity will show you what you believe your current situation demands of you as a leader by assessing your view on how important each leadership style in responding to those demands
The Skills and Behaviours of Each Leadership Style1:15
This lecture looks at the underpinning skills and behaviours of leadership styles.
The Underpinning Skills of Each Leadership Style3:50
This lecture covers the skills that underpin each leadership style.
The Demonstrated Behaviours of Each Leadership Style3:35
This lecture covers the demonstrated behaviours that underpin each leadership style.

Introduction to this Fine Tuning Around Leadership Styles Module1:11
This lecture introduces this section looking at the ways that each of the leadership styles can be changed by increasing the use or by toning down the use.
How to Increase the Use of The Commanding Leadership Style1:30
The Commanding Style is a task focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at the relationship side of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Commanding Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Increase the Use of The Pacesetting Leadership Style1:36
The Pacesetting Style is also a task focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at the relationship side of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Pacesetting Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Increase the Use of The Democratic Leadership Style1:08
The Democratic Style is a people focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at the task side of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Democratic Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Increase the Use of The Affiliative Leadership Style1:31
The Affiliative Style is also a people focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at the task side of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Affiliative Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Increase the Use of The Visionary Leadership Style1:44
The Visionary Style is an enabling focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at day to day, tactical part of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Visionary Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Increase the Use of The Coaching Leadership Style3:03
The Coaching Style is also an enabling focused style of leadership. Leaders who are good at day to day, tactical part of leadership often find using this style of leadership can be quite challenging.
This lecture covers some ways that the Coaching Style of Leadership can be increased.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Commanding Leadership Style1:49
The Commanding Style is a task focused style of leadership. It gets quick results. However, used consistently and over a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on the leader's effectiveness.
This lecture covers some ways that the Commanding Style of Leadership can be toned down.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Pacesetting Leadership Style1:41
The Pacesetting Style is a task focused style of leadership. It sets standards and drives quality. However, used consistently and over a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on the leader's effectiveness.
This lecture covers some ways that the Pacesetting Style of Leadership can be toned down.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Democratic Leadership Style1:25
The Democratic Style is a people focused style of leadership. It gets involves everyone in decision making. However, used consistently and over a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on the leader's effectiveness.
This lecture covers some ways that the Democratic Style of Leadership can be toned down.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Affiliative Leadership Style1:52
The Affiliative Style is a people focused style of leadership. It engages the minds and hearts of people. However, used consistently and over a long period of time, it can have a negative impact on the leader's effectiveness.
This lecture covers some ways that the Affiliative Style of Leadership can be toned down.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Visionary Leadership Style1:24
The Visionary Style is an enabling style of leadership. It gets sets the long term vision. It is a style that can cause problems if the leader is too visionary and lacks an understanding of day to day delivery and tasks.
This lecture covers some ways that the Visionary Style of Leadership can be toned down.
How to Tone Down the Use of The Coaching Leadership Style2:01
The Coaching Style is an enabling style of leadership. It gets develops people for the future. It is a misunderstood style as many leaders using other styles mistakenly think that they are using the Coaching Style.
This lecture covers some ways that the Coaching Style of Leadership can be toned down.
Conclusions to this Fine Tuning Around Leadership Styles Module0:48
This lecture reviews and concludes this section looking at the ways that each of the leadership styles can be changed by increasing the use or by toning down the use.

Review of the Leadership Styles Course2:19
This lecture reviews the course on Leadership Styles and introduces the assignment.
Situational Leadership Case Studies - Which Style Would You Use?
Activity Booklet: Three Good Things to Develop your Leadership1:42
This is a practical activity to conclude the course. It requires you to consider your goals and objectives for taking the course that you set for yourself at the beginning of the course.
You can easily build this activity into your team meetings to build and enhance your reputation as a leader.

Requirements

An interest in understanding more about leadership
Anyone in a leadership role who wants to try to get the best out of people
You will have a willingness to complete the practical activities to grow and develop your leadership skills.

Description

Great leaders can be many things, but they can only be measured by one criterion - the performance that they influence through others.

In today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous workplace, it’s not enough to be a manager. You must truly learn how to be a leader - someone who influences and transforms how others feel about themselves and the work they do.

Your leadership behaviour has the greatest impact on the people you lead and your team. This will impact the productivity and the motivation of everyone. It affects the effort that people are prepared to contribute. The more they contribute, the more successful the team will be.

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.

Understanding the six leadership styles, you will be able to:

Determine how to adapt your style to be an effective leader
Identify daily practices that will enable you to shift your style to do the right things, at the right time, in the right circumstances and with the right people
Recognise how each style of leadership plays a crucial role in influencing others and leading a company to success

Leadership is not something you’re born with, it can be learned.

Whether you have been recently promoted to a leadership role, have an interest in being promoted to a management position, or are simply looking for the next step in your career, you probably have or will find yourself asking, “How can I understand what to do to become a good leader?”

This course will introduce 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.

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.

The interactive practical activities within this course will help you to define your preferred style of leadership. 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

There is a case study and a challenging quiz based around a range of leadership situations .

You are going work through a range of typical scenarios / case studies that leaders experience in business.

The series of questions gets you to consider all the leadership styles and to choose the style that will give the best outcome and the best chance of success.

You’ll walk away from this course able to communicate powerfully to your colleagues, develop effective relationships, and improve the overall performance of yourself, your team and your organisation.

Take action and learn how to harness the power of using different styles for effective leadership today!

Recently, the course has been hit with a number of low ratings without comments, which affect the overall course ratings. Constructive feedback is always welcome. I have recently upgraded and rerecorded many of the lessons to improve the overall quality, so far this has not been reflected in the ratings.

The course contains a series of Lightbulb Moments resource cards, which have been created to provide you with handy reminders of key points around topics covered within the course.

All PDFs can be completed online and are Section 508 / ADA Accessibility compliant.

All videos are High Definition recorded in 1080p.

All videos have grammatically correct English captions.

Latest update - January 2026

Who this course is for:

Anyone in an organisational role that involves leading, influencing and developing people.
Anyone leading people at work, running a club, or a starting a new business.
Anyone who is in a management role and who is keen to develop their leadership qualities.

Effective Leadership: Exploring Different Leadership Styles

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Introduction to the Course4 lectures • 10min

The Principles of Good Leadership9 lectures • 28min

The Six Styles of Leadership9 lectures • 16min

The Underpinning Skills and Behaviours of the Leadership Styles4 lectures • 9min

Case Study: Leading with Style0

Fine Tuning - Increasing and Toning Down Each Leadership Style14 lectures • 23min

Exploring Different Leadership Styles - Course Review & Leadership Case Studies2 lectures • 4min

Further Resources3 lectures • 8min

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