- Introduction and guidance
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions
- 2 Are leadership and management different or the same?
- 3 Reviewing your own leadership experience
- 4 Identifying your aims
- 5 Making time for this course
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Leadership theory – a brief history
- 2 Leadership context
- 3 What is leadership style?
- 4 A closer look at leadership styles
- 5 A closer look at more leadership styles
- 6 Assessing your own leadership style
- 7 This week’s quiz
- 8 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Leadership skills and abilities
- 2 What employers look for
- 3 Reviewing your leadership skills
- 4 Building your leadership experience
- 5 Keeping a leadership journal
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 What is poor leadership?
- 2 Defining poor or weak leadership
- 3 Exploring the impact of poor or weak leadership
- 4 Common mistakes leaders make
- 5 Developing key skills
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Different follower types
- 2 The benefits of good followership
- 3 Can you be a leader without followers?
- 4 What do followers need?
- 5 Engaging and developing your followers
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Challenges for modern leaders
- 2 Building an effective team
- 3 Motivating and developing staff
- 4 Leading change
- 5 Dealing with internal politics
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 The impact of change
- 2 The impact of disruptive technologies
- 3 The impact of collaboration
- 4 Emerging leadership styles
- 5 Sources of information/expertise to keep you up to date
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 What have you learned?
- 2 Progressing your career
- 3 Planning your leadership development
- 4 Networking with the right people
- 5 Exploring training
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Tell us what you think
- Where next?
- Further reading
- References
- Acknowledgements
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