Course Description

This course will help you to understand the difference between leadership and management, what are the most common leadership styles and how your own leadership style affects your team.

You will study the following topics:

The difference between leadership and management

Why is leadership important

How to assess and develop leadership characteristics

Trust and leadership styles

Leadership theories - situational and Tannenbaum


Throughout all the above you will be tasked to complete numerous activities, that will allow you to reflect and assess your own leadership style and ability.

Course curriculum

    1. Video 1: An introduction to the unit - leading your work team

    2. An introduction to the unit - leading your work team slides

    1. Video 4 - How to assess and develop leadership characteristics

    2. How to assess and develop leadership characteristics slides

    1. Video 5 - Trust and leadership styles

    2. Trust and leadership styles slides

    1. Video 6 - Leadership theories

    2. Leadership theories slides

    3. Leadership Questionnaire

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  • 2 hours of video content
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Tutor Lynsey Heeks

I have 15 years’ experience of managing and leading within a highly commercial environment, combined with 15 years’ experience of teaching Leadership, Management, Coaching/Mentoring and HR. This ensures that I can relate your learning to real life experience and help you put your learning in to context. My philosophy within any of my courses is that we all know the right thing to do, we just don’t always know we know! It is my job to facilitate your learning and guide you through this process so that you can take your knowledge and have the confidence to be better leaders and managers within your own workplaces.