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Leadership and followership
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This free course was written by Liz Smith.

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Week 1

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Figure 5: © Lyndon Smith

Table 1: adapted from Gill, R. (2006) ‘Introduction’, Theory and Practice of Leadership, 3rd edn, London, SAGE Publications Ltd.

Week 2

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Table 2: extract from: http://www.ey.com/ us/ en/ issues/ talent-management/ talent-survey-members-of-each-generation-perceived-characteristics http://www/ ey.com

Week 3

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Figure 4: University of Cambridge Leadership attributes framework. https://www.ppd.admin.cam.ac.uk/leadership-development/leadership-attributes-framework

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Figure 7: © Lyndon Smith

Figure 8: adapted from Gibbs reflective cycle, from Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods, Further Education Unit, Oxford, Oxford Polytechnic

Week 4

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Week 5

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Week 6

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Figure 3 adapted from: Tuckman, B. W. (1965) ‘Developmental sequence in small groups’, Psychological Bulletin, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 384–99.

Figure 4: adapted from Gibbs reflective cycle, from Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods, Further Education Unit, Oxford, Oxford Polytechnic

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Figure 8: © Lyndon Smith

Video, Section 4.2 Trust: Building trust during organisational change. Courtesy: Wendy Hirsch https://wendyhirsch.com/

Week 7

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Week 8

Activity 6: adapted from Hart, L. B. and Waisman, C. S. (2004) The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises for Building Effective Leaders, US, Amacom, pp. 11–15

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