Leading and Managing Today
What you'll learn
- I share the biggest insights from my 25+ years as a business executive, leader, coach, academic and mentor to help you learn how to become the best leader you can be in today's busy world. You'll be introduced to a range of leadership styles so you can better understand your default or natural style. You will also learn about the different choices you have as a leader and how to improve your effectiveness and impact on others. The course includes prompts for reflection and action to ensure you are able to apply what you’ve learned at work. Current leaders, will benefit immediately from the course. Even better, it's enjoyable to watch and learn from!
Requirements
- An interest and commitment to learning and applying how to become a more effective and successful 21st Century leader. A thirst for understanding more about how you lead, your impact on others and in developing your ability to lead like an Organic Leader.
Description
Your success as a leader is based on your ability to lead from within. After all, if you can't lead yourself, how can you lead others?! This course focuses on the importance of self-awareness, the role of the empowering leader, the differences/similarities between leadership and management, leadership styles and leadership values and principles. The course features lots of opportunities for self-reflection which is a critical factor for leaders to become more self-aware and effective in their roles. Besides lectures by the author Dr Richard Carter, there are links to other global leadership experts such as Bill George, Bev James, Lars Sudmann and John Kotter. And there are a few quizzes to make it more fun and engaging. Finally, you'll be introduced to a new concept "The Organic Leader" that highlights the key skills and behaviors leaders need to be successful in today's world.
Who this course is for:
- Aspiring, emerging and current leaders who want to learn how to lead from within and become great 21st Century Organic Leaders.
Course content
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Instructor
I'm a highly experienced (25+ years) management educator, leadership development expert and organisation psychologist with diverse experience as an executive, facilitator, coach, consultant and academic. Besides my work as a co-founder of Switch Education for Business, I teach leadership, management and corporate strategy online and F2F. In recognition of my extensive executive experience and PhD qualification, I've been designated a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (UK). Besides teaching, I conduct team and group facilitation. My approach to building novel and sustainable management education and leadership development programmes is strongly informed by social cognitive theory and its core principle of self-efficacy beliefs.