Leadership and followership

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Leadership and followership provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 24 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Leadership and followership, will help you to explore what makes a good leader, recognise common leadership challenges, and identify the skills you need to develop if you want to ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction and guidance
    • Introduction and guidance
    • What is a badged course?
    • How to get a badge
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week1Week 1: Where are you starting from?
    • Introduction
    • 1 Definitions
    • 1.1 Defining leadership
    • 1.2 Defining followership
    • 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
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week2Week 2: What kind of leader could you be?
    • Introduction
    • 1 Leadership theory – a brief history
    • 2 Leadership context
    • 2.1 Cross-cultural context
    • 2.2 Generational 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
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week3Week 3: What makes a good leader?
    • Introduction
    • 1 Leadership skills and abilities
    • 1.1 A key leadership skill: emotional intelligence
    • 2 What employers look for
    • 2.1 Different employers value different skills
    • 3 Reviewing your leadership skills
    • 4 Building your leadership experience
    • 5 Keeping a leadership journal
    • 6 This week’s quiz
    • 7 Summary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week4Week 4: When leadership goes wrong
    • 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
    • 4.1 Advice for leaders
    • 4.2 Advice for followers
    • 5 Developing key skills
    • 5.1 Lack of emotional intelligence
    • 5.2 Lack of integrity
    • 5.3 Lack of resilience
    • 6 This week’s quiz
    • 7 Summary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week5Week 5: Why is followership important?
    • Introduction
    • 1 Different follower types
    • 1.1 What type of follower are you?
    • 2 The benefits of good followership
    • 2.1 Benefits for the organisation
    • 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
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week6Week 6: Challenges for every leader
    • Introduction
    • 1 Challenges for modern leaders
    • 2 Building an effective team
    • 2.1 Team building exercises
    • 3 Dealing with internal politics
    • 4 Motivating and developing staff
    • 5 Leading change
    • 5.1 Force field analysis
    • 6 This week’s quiz
    • 7 Summary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week7Week 7: The future of leadership
    • Introduction
    • 1 The impact of change
    • 2 The impact of disruptive technologies
    • 2.1 A case study
    • 3 The impact of collaboration
    • 4 Emerging leadership styles
    • 4.1 Responsible leadership
    • 4.2 Authentic leadership
    • 4.3 Politically astute leadership
    • 4.4 Case study
    • 5 Sources of information/expertise to keep you up to date
    • 6 This week’s quiz
    • 7 Summary
    • References
    • Further reading
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week8Week 8: Developing yourself as a leader
    • 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?
    • References
    • Acknowledgements