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No prior experience required
2 weeks to complete
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Prepare for a degree

What you'll learn

  • Adapt leadership styles to various situations using situational leadership and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory.

  • Enhance communication effectiveness through framing, rhetorical crafting, and storytelling techniques.

  • Manage and lead virtual teams proficiently by mastering virtual leadership competencies.

  • Analyze and apply cross-cultural leadership strategies based on established models and the GLOBE study findings.

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21 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Welcome to our "Advanced Leadership Skills & Communication" course, your gateway to mastering effective leadership and transformative communication techniques. This course continues the exploration of leadership theories, focusing on situational leadership, leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, and other communication styles that leaders use to enhance their leadership effectiveness.

Throughout this course, you will delve into the importance of communication in leadership, examine barriers to effective communication, and learn how framing and rhetorical crafting can amplify your message. Discover the competencies required for virtual leadership in today’s evolving work environment and evaluate the challenges of leading virtual teams. Analyze cultural differences in global leadership and synthesize key findings from the GLOBE study to understand the impact of cultural dimensions on leadership. By the end, you will possess advanced skills to adapt leadership styles to suit different situations, enhance team dynamics, manage virtual teams effectively, and communicate your vision with clarity and impact.

This module continues the exploration of leadership theories, focusing on situational leadership and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory. The module is structured to help you understand how leaders adapt their behaviours to suit different situations and how the quality of relationships between leaders and followers impacts leadership effectiveness.

What's included

2 videos13 readings6 assignments

2 videos•Total 6 minutes
  • Welcome to leadership styles continued•4 minutes
  • Leadership styles continued reflection•2 minutes
13 readings•Total 130 minutes
  • Module Overview•10 minutes
  • Meet the teaching team•10 minutes
  • Leadership styles continued overview•10 minutes
  • Defining situational leadership•10 minutes
  • Situational leadership theory•10 minutes
  • Benefits of situational leadership•10 minutes
  • Importance of the follower for leader/member exchange•10 minutes
  • History underpinning leader/member exchange•10 minutes
  • Social exchange theory and leader/member exchange•10 minutes
  • Phases of leader/member exchange•10 minutes
  • Evaluating leader/member exchange•10 minutes
  • Case study one: Leading through change at Tech Innovators Inc. •10 minutes
  • Case study two: Enhancing team dynamics at HealthCare Solutions Inc.•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 145 minutes
  • Situational leadership scenario judgements•10 minutes
  • Social exchange theory: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • LMX evaluation: Activity submission•30 minutes
  • Case study two submission: Enhancing team dynamics at HealthCare Solutions Inc. •30 minutes
  • Let's Practice: Leadership styles continued•15 minutes
  • Test Yourself: Leadership styles continued•30 minutes

This module examines the pivotal role of communication in effective leadership. The module is structured to help you understand the importance of communication skills, the various communication styles leaders use, and how effective communication can enhance leadership effectiveness. Exploring some theoretical approaches to understanding leadership shows that these theories are broader than the leaders themselves.

What's included

3 videos13 readings6 assignments

3 videos•Total 22 minutes
  • Welcome to leadership and communication•3 minutes
  • Research insights on neurodiversity•16 minutes
  • Leadership and communication reflection•3 minutes
13 readings•Total 130 minutes
  • Leadership and communication overview•10 minutes
  • Theoretical arguments•10 minutes
  • Value amplification continued•10 minutes
  • Framing: Belief amplification•10 minutes
  • How to communicate•10 minutes
  • Metaphors•10 minutes
  • Repetition and rhythm•10 minutes
  • Alliteration•10 minutes
  • Barriers to effective communication•10 minutes
  • Storytelling•10 minutes
  • Leaders and apologies•10 minutes
  • Apology case studies•10 minutes
  • Neurodiversity and communication•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 165 minutes
  • Belief amplification: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • Metaphor: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • Great speech: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • Apologies: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • Let's Practice: Leadership and Communication•15 minutes
  • Test Yourself: Leadership and Communication•30 minutes

This module delves into the critical role of virtual leadership in today's evolving work environment. The module is structured to help you understand the competencies required for virtual leadership, differentiate between virtual and traditional leadership, and evaluate the challenges of leading virtual teams.

What's included

2 videos11 readings4 assignments

2 videos•Total 6 minutes
  • Welcome to virtual leadership•3 minutes
  • Virtual leadership reflection•3 minutes
11 readings•Total 110 minutes
  • Virtual leadership overview•10 minutes
  • Introducing virtual teams•10 minutes
  • Virtual leadership versus face-to-face leadership•10 minutes
  • Challenges of virtual leadership•10 minutes
  • Communication: Context and place matter•10 minutes
  • Coordination: Challenge of time and distance•10 minutes
  • Collaboration with others•10 minutes
  • The three Cs and trust•10 minutes
  • Governing body guidance•10 minutes
  • Practices of effective leadership•10 minutes
  • Seven myths of virtual leadership •10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 105 minutes
  • Virtual leadership challenges: summary submission•30 minutes
  • Trust: Reflection submission•30 minutes
  • Let's Practice: virtual leadership•15 minutes
  • Test Yourself: virtual leadership•30 minutes

This module delves into the critical role of cultural differences in leadership. The module is structured to help you analyse the link between dimensions of culture and their impact on leadership, identify cultural impacts based on established models, and synthesise key findings from the GLOBE study.

What's included

2 videos12 readings5 assignments

2 videos•Total 7 minutes
  • Welcome to global leadership•4 minutes
  • Global leadership reflection•4 minutes
12 readings•Total 120 minutes
  • Global leadership overview•10 minutes
  • Defining cross-cultural competencies•10 minutes
  • The importance of cross-cultural competencies for leaders•10 minutes
  • Ethnocentrism and prejudice•10 minutes
  • Hofstede’s dimensions of culture•10 minutes
  • Introduction to GLOBE study•10 minutes
  • Dividing the world's cultures in clusters•10 minutes
  • Six leadership styles•10 minutes
  • Relationship between clusters and leadership styles•10 minutes
  • Desirable and undesirable leadership attributes•10 minutes
  • Evaluating the GLOBE study•10 minutes
  • Summary of the course and next steps•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 135 minutes
  • Dimensions of culture: Summary submission•30 minutes
  • Dividing cultures activity: Response submission•30 minutes
  • Leadership styles activity: Compare and contrast submission•30 minutes
  • Let's Practice: Global leadership•15 minutes
  • Test Yourself: Global leadership•30 minutes

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